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.
Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
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1941 | Ciudadano Kane | Newspaperman (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
1931 | Un gran reportaje | (Undetermined Secondary Role) | ★★★☆☆ |
1928 | The Mating Call | Newspaperman | ★★★☆☆ |
Año | Título | Trabajo | Calificación |
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1989 | Cena a las ocho | Writer | ★★☆☆☆ |
1976 | Hollywood, Hollywood | Thanks | ★★★☆☆ |
1952 | The Pride of St. Louis | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1949 | Un secreto de mujer | Producer | ★★★☆☆ |
1949 | Un secreto de mujer | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1945 | Su milagro de amor | Writer | ★★★★☆ |
1945 | Los piratas del mar Caribe | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1945 | Su milagro de amor | Screenplay | ★★★★☆ |
1944 | Luz en el alma | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1943 | The Good Fellows | Screenplay | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1943 | La comedia humana | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1942 | This Time for Keeps | Characters | ★★★☆☆ |
1942 | Stand by for Action | Screenplay | ★★★★☆ |
1942 | El orgullo de los Yanquis | Screenplay | ★★★★☆ |
1941 | Ciudadano Kane | Screenplay | ★★★★☆ |
1941 | Rise and Shine | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | The Wild Man of Borneo | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | Keeping Company | Story | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | The Ghost Comes Home | Staff Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | Camarada X | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1939 | En este mundo traidor | Original Story | ★★★☆☆ |
1939 | El mago de Oz | Staff Writer | ★★★★☆ |
1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1937 | John Meade's Woman | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1937 | El secreto del candelabro | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Original Story | ★★★☆☆ |
1937 | Live, Love and Learn | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1937 | Mademoiselle Docteur | Writer | ★★★★☆ |
1936 | Love in Exile | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1936 | The Three Maxims | Adaptation | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1936 | San Francisco | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1936 | Suzy | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1935 | Escapade | Screenplay | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1935 | El escándalo del día | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1935 | The Perfect Gentleman | Writer | ★★☆☆☆ |
1935 | It's in the Air | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1935 | La voz que acusa | Writer | ★★★★☆ |
1934 | Mademoiselle Doctor | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | La espía número 13 | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | Come On, Marines! | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | The Show-Off | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1933 | Sopa de ganso | Producer | ★★★★☆ |
1933 | Another Language | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1933 | Meet the Baron | Story | ★★☆☆☆ |
1933 | Fast Workers | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1933 | Cena a las ocho | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Writer | ★★☆☆☆ |
1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Producer | ★★★☆☆ |
1932 | Girl Crazy | Adaptation | ★★☆☆☆ |
1932 | La Escuadrilla Deshecha | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1932 | Plumas de caballo | Producer | ★★★☆☆ |
1931 | Man of the World | Story | ★★★☆☆ |
1931 | Man of the World | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1931 | Ladies' Man | Writer | ★★☆☆☆ |
1931 | ¡Salga de la cocina! | Adaptation | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1931 | Jede Frau hat etwas | Adaptation | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1931 | Pistoleros de agua dulce | Producer | ★★★☆☆ |
1931 | Dude Ranch | Writer | ★★☆☆☆ |
1930 | El rey vagabundo | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1930 | True to the Navy | Dialogue | ★★★★☆ |
1930 | Ladies Love Brutes | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1930 | Men Are Like That | Adaptation | ★★★★★ |
1930 | Honey | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1930 | Honey | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1930 | Love Among the Millionaires | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1930 | Laughter | Writer | ★★☆☆☆ |
1930 | The Royal Family of Broadway | Adaptation | ★★★☆☆ |
1929 | The Man I Love | Story | ★★☆☆☆ |
1929 | The Love Doctor | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1929 | The Canary Murder Case | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1929 | The Dummy | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1929 | Thunderbolt | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1929 | The Mighty | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1929 | Fast Company | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | The Big Killing | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | A Night of Mystery | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Abie's Irish Rose | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | His Tiger Lady | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | The Drag Net | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1928 | The Magnificent Flirt | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | The Mating Call | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
1928 | The Water Hole | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Take Me Home | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Avalanche | Screenplay | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Avalanche | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | The Barker | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Los caballeros las prefieren rubias | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Three Week Ends | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | What a Night! | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Moran of the Marines | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | Love and Learn | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1928 | La última orden | Writer | ★★★★☆ |
1927 | Figures Don't Lie | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1927 | Fashions for Women | Writer | ★☆☆☆☆ |
1927 | The City Gone Wild | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1927 | Honeymoon Hate | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1927 | The Gay Defender | Dialogue | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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