Herman J. Mankiewicz
American screenwriter (1897-1953)
Herman Jacob Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Mankiewicz was previously a Berlin correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily, assistant theater editor at The New York Times, and the first regular drama critic at The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York".
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 13 films (1926–1941) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 34 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▼ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Films inc. | 119 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1939 | It's A Wonderful World | Handy (Jam) Organization | 80 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1936 | [San Francisco | film | 50 | [San Francisco | B&W | |
| 1933 | Dinner at eight. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. | 11 reels. | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1933 | Duck soup | Universal 16 | 70 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1931 | Ladies' man. | Paramount Publix Corp. | 8 reels | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1930 | The Front Page | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 101 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1929 | Thunderbolt. | Paramount Famous Lasky Corp | 8 reels | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1928 | SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS. | Paramount Famous Lasky Corp | 5 reels | B&W | ||
| 1928 | TAKE ME HOME. | Paramount Famous Lasky Corp | B&W | |||
| 1928 | THE WATER HOLE. | Paramount Famous Lasky Corp | B&W | |||
| 1926 | The Road to Mandalay | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp | 0:47:00 | 16mm | B&W | silent |
| 1926 | The road to Mandalay. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. | 7 reels | 16mm | B&W | silent |