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Herman Jacob Mankiewicz, Герман Джейкоб Манкевич
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Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953; New York City) was an American screenwriter, who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Earlier, he was the Berlin correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the drama critic for The New York Times and The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Herman Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York". Both Mankiewicz and Welles received Academy Awards for their screenplay. Mankiewicz's younger brother was Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993), an Oscar-winning Hollywood director, screenwriter, and producer. His nephew Tom Mankiewicz (1942 – 2010) was also a screenwriter and director. He was often asked to fix the screenplays of other writers, with much of his work uncredited. Occasional flashes of what came to be called the "Mankiewicz humor" and satire distinguished his films, and became valued in the films of the 1930s. The style of writing included a slick, satirical, and witty humor, which depended almost totally on dialogue to carry the film. It was a style that would become associated with the "typical American film" of that period. Among the screenplays he wrote or worked on, besides "Citizen Kane", were "The Wizard of Oz", "Man of the World", "Dinner at Eight", "Pride of the Yankees", and "The Pride of St. Louis". Film critic Pauline Kael credits Mankiewicz with having written, alone or with others, "about forty of the films I remember best from the twenties and thirties. ... he was a key linking figure in just the kind of movies my friends and I loved best.". Mankiewicz was an alcoholic. Ten years before his death, he wrote: “I seem to become more and more of a rat in a trap of my own construction, a trap that I regularly repair whenever there seems to be danger of some opening that will enable me to escape. I haven’t decided yet about making it bomb proof. It would seem to involve a lot of unnecessary labor and expense". A future Hollywood biographer went so far as to suggest that Mankiewicz’s behavior “made him seem erratic even by the standards of Hollywood drunks.” Herman Mankiewicz died March 5, 1953, of uremic poisoning, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1897-11-07
- event Death Date 1953-03-05
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 2.7
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Herman J. Mankiewicz
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Citizen Kane
1941-04-17
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Duck Soup
1933-11-12
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Love and Learn
1928-01-14
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Christmas Holiday
1944-07-31
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Stamboul Quest
1934-07-13
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The Enchanted Cottage
1945-04-28
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A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13
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Another Language
1933-07-28
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The Spanish Main
1945-10-01
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This Time for Keeps
1942-03-01
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Man of the World
1931-03-24
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Man of the World
1931-03-24
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Stand by for Action
1942-12-31
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The Last Command
1928-01-21
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
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Escapade
1935-07-05
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John Meade's Woman
1937-02-26
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Dancers in the Dark
1932-03-11
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Ladies' Man
1931-04-16
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The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14
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After Office Hours
1935-02-22
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Horse Feathers
1932-08-19
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The Vagabond King
1930-02-17
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The Man I Love
1929-05-25
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Keeping Company
1940-12-27
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Million Dollar Legs
1932-07-08
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The Pride of St. Louis
1952-05-02
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True to the Navy
1930-05-25
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A Gentleman of Paris
1927-09-30
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Ladies Love Brutes
1930-05-14
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Rise and Shine
1941-11-21
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The Road to Mandalay
1926-06-26
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Men Are Like That
1930-03-22
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Dinner at Eight
1989-12-11
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A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13
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The Big Killing
1928-07-01
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Figures Don't Lie
1927-10-08
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Fashions for Women
1927-03-26
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Love in Exile
1936-12-09
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Meet the Baron
1933-10-20
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Girl Crazy
1932-03-24
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Fast Workers
1933-03-10
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Dinner at Eight
1933-12-22
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Stranded in Paris
1926-12-13
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The City Gone Wild
1927-11-12
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Honeymoon Hate
1927-12-03
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The Gay Defender
1927-12-10
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Two Flaming Youths
1927-12-17
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Something Always Happens
1928-03-28
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A Night of Mystery
1928-04-07
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Abie's Irish Rose
1928-04-19
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His Tiger Lady
1928-05-27
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The Drag Net
1928-05-01
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The Magnificent Flirt
1928-06-02
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The Mating Call
1928-07-21
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The Water Hole
1928-08-25
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Take Me Home
1928-10-13
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Avalanche
1928-11-10
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Avalanche
1928-11-10
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The Barker
1928-10-02
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928-01-22
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Three Week Ends
1928-12-08
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What a Night!
1928-12-22
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The Love Doctor
1929-01-06
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The Canary Murder Case
1929-02-16
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The Dummy
1929-03-09
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Thunderbolt
1929-06-20
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The Mighty
1929-11-16
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Honey
1930-03-29
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Honey
1930-03-29
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Love Among the Millionaires
1930-07-05
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Laughter
1930-09-24
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The Royal Family of Broadway
1930-12-22
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Leave the kitchen!
1931-02-25
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Every Woman Has Something
1931-03-20
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Monkey Business
1931-09-19
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The Lost Squadron
1932-03-12
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The Three Maxims
1936-01-01
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
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It's a Wonderful World
1939-05-19
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The Wizard of Oz
1939-08-15
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The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08
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Comrade X
1940-12-13
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The Good Fellows
1943-08-11
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The Wild Man of Borneo
1941-01-24
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The Enchanted Cottage
1945-04-28
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See Here, Private Hargrove
1944-03-18
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The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
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Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29
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Street of Shadows
1937-04-13
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San Francisco
1936-06-26
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Suzy
1936-07-20
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The Perfect Gentleman
1935-11-22
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It's in the Air
1935-10-10
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The Murder Man
1935-07-12
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Operator 13
1934-06-08
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Come On, Marines!
1934-03-23
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Dude Ranch
1931-05-15
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Fast Company
1929-09-20
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Moran of the Marines
1928-10-13
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The Spotlight
1927-11-19
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Serenade
1927-12-24
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
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The Show-Off
1934-03-09
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Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02