Herman J. Mankiewicz
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".
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The Mad Dog of Europe
actor
2026
A Woman's Secret
writer
1949
The Spanish Main
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1945
The Enchanted Cottage
writer
1945
Christmas Holiday
writer
1944
See Here, Private Hargrove
writer
1944
The Human Comedy
writer
1943
Stand by for Action
writer
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
writer
1942
Citizen Kane
writer
1941
Comrade X
writer
1940
Live, Love and Learn
writer
1937
John Meade's Woman
writer
1937
Love in Exile
writer
1936
Suzy
writer
1936
San Francisco
writer
1936
The Perfect Gentleman
writer
1935
The Murder Man
writer
1935
Operator 13
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1934
Dinner at Eight
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1933
Ladies' Man
writer
1931
Love Among the Millionaires
writer
1930
Ladies Love Brutes
writer
1930
Men Are Like That
writer
1930
Thunderbolt
writer
1929
The Dummy
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1929
What a Night!
writer
1928
Three Week Ends
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1928
Take Me Home
writer
1928
The Water Hole
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1928
The Big Killing
writer
1928
His Tiger Lady
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1928
The Magnificent Flirt
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1928
The Drag Net
writer
1928
A Night of Mystery
writer
1928
Something Always Happens
writer
1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
writer
1928
The Last Command
writer
1928
Serenade
writer
1927
Honeymoon Hate
writer
1927
Figures Don't Lie
writer
1927