X-Nico

unusual facts about Herman J. Mankiewicz



Auteur theory

In Kael's review of Citizen Kane, a classic film for the auteur model, she points out how the film made extensive use of the distinctive talents of co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz and cinematographer Gregg Toland.

Bijou Theatre

It was one of three theatres which hosted the premiere season of the musical Fancy Free, but primarily it presented plays by many writers including Sacha Guitry, John Galsworthy, A. A. Milne, James M. Barrie, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Leslie Howard, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, Luigi Pirandello, Graham Greene, Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan and Sean O’Casey.

Herman J. Adèr

Since 2006 he is advisor at the Reading Center of the University of Stavanger.

P. M. Pasinetti

For Joseph L. Mankiewicz's critically acclaimed Julius CesarPasinetti served as a technical advisor.

Stand By for Action

Suggested by a story by Laurence Kirk, and with an original story by Captain Harvey Haislip and R. C. Sherriff, the film's screenplay was written by George Bruce, John L. Balderston, and Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Walter M. Scott

His first Academy Award nomination came in 1950 for Joseph L. Mankiewicz's drama All About Eve.


see also