Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Nascimento : 1909-02-11, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Morte : 1993-02-05

História

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of the Oscar-winning All About Eve (1950). He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J. Mankiewicz who also won an Oscar for co-writing Citizen Kane (1941).

Perfil

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Filmes

Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the making of the 1950 film "All About Eve."
Pleins feux
Writer
A famous actress learns the hard way that the devotion of a young admirer is not what it seems.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Night Of 100 Stars III
Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Richard Burton: In from the Cold
Self
Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Self
Documentary directed by Joseph Adamson.
A Letter to Three Wives
Screenplay
Three women are going on a trip that leaves incommunicado with the rest of the world and before they leave; a woman who either has a history or relationship with each of their husbands leaves them a letter that says that she is leaving with one of their husbands. As they wait to return so they could find out who it is, they each remember an important moment in their lives that involves them and their husbands...and the woman.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
All About Mankiewicz
Self
Joseph L. Mankiewicz discusses his career in a feature-length interview recorded at his New England home and the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano
Self
A documentary about and an interview with Hollywood actress Bette Davis about her life and career from the late 1920s to the 1980s on stage and mostly before the camera.
Trama Diabólica
Director
Um cabeleleiro e um escritor de histórias de mistérios têm algo em comum: a mesma mulher. Enquanto o primeiro é um amante apaixonado, que não sabe como sustentar as extravagâncias de sua paixão, o segundo é um marido que está cansado dela e pretende ficar com a amante. O marido propõe ao amante da sua mulher que este roube sua jóias e as venda para um receptador de confiança. O marido não sofreria prejuízo, pois as jóias estão no seguro, mas existe um problema: um tenta ludibriar o outro em um duelo de inteligência.
Ninho de Cobras
Producer
Paris Pitman Jr. é um criminoso cheio de charme, o único de seu bando a sobreviver à caçada implacável ordenada por Lomax, um milionário homem de negócios de quem roubou 500 mil dólares. Pouco tempo depois de esconder o dinheiro, ele acaba sendo reconhecido por Lomax em um bordel e vai para a prisão. Seu plano de subornar o carcereiro para fugir vai por água abaixo quando ele é morto por um dos outros prisioneiros. Lopeman, o substituto, é um sujeito idealista disposto a acabar de uma vez por todas com a história de corrupção do lugar através de várias pequenas reformas. Cansado da cadeia, Pitman resolve se engajar nos planos de Lopeman certo de que com isso conseguirá afrouxar a vigilância sobre si enquanto espera a hora certa de escapar.
Ninho de Cobras
Director
Paris Pitman Jr. é um criminoso cheio de charme, o único de seu bando a sobreviver à caçada implacável ordenada por Lomax, um milionário homem de negócios de quem roubou 500 mil dólares. Pouco tempo depois de esconder o dinheiro, ele acaba sendo reconhecido por Lomax em um bordel e vai para a prisão. Seu plano de subornar o carcereiro para fugir vai por água abaixo quando ele é morto por um dos outros prisioneiros. Lopeman, o substituto, é um sujeito idealista disposto a acabar de uma vez por todas com a história de corrupção do lugar através de várias pequenas reformas. Cansado da cadeia, Pitman resolve se engajar nos planos de Lopeman certo de que com isso conseguirá afrouxar a vigilância sobre si enquanto espera a hora certa de escapar.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Director
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
The Honey Pot
Screenplay
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.
The Honey Pot
Director
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.
Carol for Another Christmas
Producer
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
Carol for Another Christmas
Director
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
Cleópatra
Screenplay
O filme narra a ascensão e o declínio de Cleópatra, rainha do Egito, sua luta para defender o império das ambições políticas e territoriais de Roma e seu relacionamento com Júlio César e Marco Antônio.
Cleópatra
Director
O filme narra a ascensão e o declínio de Cleópatra, rainha do Egito, sua luta para defender o império das ambições políticas e territoriais de Roma e seu relacionamento com Júlio César e Marco Antônio.
De Repente, no Último Verão
Director
A jovem socialite Catherine Holly fica traumatizada após testemunhar a morte do seu primo. Mas a sua tia tenta subornar um médico para fazer uma lobotomia na sobrinha, com o objetivo de manter as circunstâncias da morte do filho em segredo.
O Americano Tranquilo
Producer
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
O Americano Tranquilo
Writer
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
O Americano Tranquilo
Director
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Eles e Elas
Screenplay
Comédia musical ambientada no submundo de Nova York, entre pequenos furtos e jogadores profissionais. Marlon Brando é o jogador Sky Masterson e Jean Simmons, uma voluntária do Exército da Salvação. Frank Sinatra completa o trio como o banqueiro Nathan. A história começa quando Brando é desafiado a levar a missionária Simmons para Havana. A aposta funciona até que eles se apaixonam. Oportunidade de se ver e ouvir Marlon Brando cantando "Luck Be A Lady", enquanto Sinatra entoa "Guys And Dolls" e "Adelaide".
Eles e Elas
Director
Comédia musical ambientada no submundo de Nova York, entre pequenos furtos e jogadores profissionais. Marlon Brando é o jogador Sky Masterson e Jean Simmons, uma voluntária do Exército da Salvação. Frank Sinatra completa o trio como o banqueiro Nathan. A história começa quando Brando é desafiado a levar a missionária Simmons para Havana. A aposta funciona até que eles se apaixonam. Oportunidade de se ver e ouvir Marlon Brando cantando "Luck Be A Lady", enquanto Sinatra entoa "Guys And Dolls" e "Adelaide".
A Condessa Descalça
Writer
No funeral de Maria Vargas, várias pessoas se lembram de quem ela era e o impacto que ela causou sobre eles. Harry Dawes era um não muito bem sucedido escritor/diretor quando ele e produtor de cinema Kirk Edwards descobriram ela em uma boate de segunda, onde ela trabalhava como dançarina de flamenco. Ele a convenceu a aceitar a chance de atuação e seu primeiro filme foi um enorme sucesso. O Relações Públicas Oscar Muldoon se lembra de quando Maria estava no tribunal apoiando seu pai, que foi acusado de assassinar sua mãe. Foi o testemunho de Maria que o livrou e ela foi uma estrela maior do que nunca. Alberto Bravano, um dos homens mais ricos da América do Sul, lança seu olhar sobre Maria e ela sai com ele - mais para irritar Edwards do que outra coisa - mas ele a trata mal. Quando ela conhece o Conde Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini ficam profundamente apaixonados. Eles se casam, mas eles não têm uma vida feliz.
A Condessa Descalça
Director
No funeral de Maria Vargas, várias pessoas se lembram de quem ela era e o impacto que ela causou sobre eles. Harry Dawes era um não muito bem sucedido escritor/diretor quando ele e produtor de cinema Kirk Edwards descobriram ela em uma boate de segunda, onde ela trabalhava como dançarina de flamenco. Ele a convenceu a aceitar a chance de atuação e seu primeiro filme foi um enorme sucesso. O Relações Públicas Oscar Muldoon se lembra de quando Maria estava no tribunal apoiando seu pai, que foi acusado de assassinar sua mãe. Foi o testemunho de Maria que o livrou e ela foi uma estrela maior do que nunca. Alberto Bravano, um dos homens mais ricos da América do Sul, lança seu olhar sobre Maria e ela sai com ele - mais para irritar Edwards do que outra coisa - mas ele a trata mal. Quando ela conhece o Conde Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini ficam profundamente apaixonados. Eles se casam, mas eles não têm uma vida feliz.
Júlio César
Director
Em Roma, (exatamente nos idos de março de 44 A.C., como tinha sido previsto) César (Louis Calhern) é assassinado, pois os senadores alegam que sua ambição o transformaria em um tirano. Mas Marco Antonio (Marlon Brando) consegue, em um inflamado discurso, reverter a situação e os conspiradores são obrigados a fugir. A partir de então dois exércitos são formados, um comandado por Marco Antonio e Otávio (Douglass Watson) e o outro por Cássio (John Gielgud) e Brutus (James Mason), sendo que este segundo exército é numericamente inferior, mas os conspiradores preferem cometer suicídio a serem capturados.
Cinco Dedos
Director
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, o manobrista do embaixador britânico em Ancara vende segredos britânicos aos alemães, enquanto tenta namorar uma condessa polonesa refugiada. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Dizem Que é Pecado
Writer
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.
Dizem Que é Pecado
Director
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.
The Screen Director
A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
Eva
Screenplay
Margo Channing é uma reconhecida atriz da Broadway que está envelhecendo e Eve Harrington é uma jovem fã que consegue se infiltrar na vida de Channing e que acaba ameaçando sua carreira e relacionamentos pessoais. Filme baseado na obra The Wisdom of Eve, de Mary Orr.
Eva
Director
Margo Channing é uma reconhecida atriz da Broadway que está envelhecendo e Eve Harrington é uma jovem fã que consegue se infiltrar na vida de Channing e que acaba ameaçando sua carreira e relacionamentos pessoais. Filme baseado na obra The Wisdom of Eve, de Mary Orr.
O Ódio é Cego
Writer
Os irmãos Biddle, baleados enquanto roubavam um posto de gasolina, são levados para a ala da prisão do Hospital Municipal; Ray Biddle, um racista radical, não quer tratamento do residente negro Dr. Luther Brooks. Quando o irmão John morre enquanto Lutero tenta salvá-lo, Ray tem certeza de que é um assassinato e se torna obcecado pela vingança. Mas também há racistas negros, e a situação desliza rapidamente em direção à violência. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
O Ódio é Cego
Director
Os irmãos Biddle, baleados enquanto roubavam um posto de gasolina, são levados para a ala da prisão do Hospital Municipal; Ray Biddle, um racista radical, não quer tratamento do residente negro Dr. Luther Brooks. Quando o irmão John morre enquanto Lutero tenta salvá-lo, Ray tem certeza de que é um assassinato e se torna obcecado pela vingança. Mas também há racistas negros, e a situação desliza rapidamente em direção à violência. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Sangue do Meu Sangue
Director
Gino Monetti (Edward G. Robinson) é um banqueiro ítalo-americano que trata sem muita consideração seus quatro filhos, que já são adultos. Gino participou de várias atividades ilegais para construir seu negócio e agora está preso. Embora os filhos sempre estivessem sabendo dos negócios questionáveis do pai, eles lhe recusam ajuda para ficar fora de prisão. Liderados por Joe Monetti (Luther Adler), o filho mais velho, três dos filhos assumem o negócio. Apenas Max Monetti (Richard Conte) se mantém leal ao seu pai, em razão disto seus três irmãos conspiram e Max também é mandado para a cadeia. Max promete ao agonizante Gino que irá se vingar dos seus traiçoeiros filhos, mas quando ele é libertado não consegue se vingar, nem mesmo depois que um dos seus irmãos, Tony (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), tenta matá-lo. Max deixa seus irmãos e ruma para a Califórnia para ter uma nova vida com Irene Bennett (Susan Hayward), sua noiva.
Quem é o Infiel?
Screenplay
Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy uniform in WWII but fears she'll never be dressed just right for the Country Club set. These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands. They won't know which one until that night.
Quem é o Infiel?
Director
Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy uniform in WWII but fears she'll never be dressed just right for the Country Club set. These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands. They won't know which one until that night.
Homem em Fuga
Director
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
O Fantasma Apaixonado
Director
Um ano após a morte do marido, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) decide não mais viver com a sogra e a cunhada e aluga o "Chalé Gaivota", uma casa a beira-mar, e para lá se muda com sua filha e sua empregada. Porém, logo o fantasma de Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison), o falecido proprietário da casa que morrera em um suposto suicídio, surge para a amendrontá-la, mas isto não surte efeito e entre os dois nasce gradativamente uma amizade. Assim, quando ela se vê em uma grave situação financeira, ele decide lhe narrar sua vida para ser transformada em livro e tirá-la deste aperto. Posteriormente, Lucy acaba conhecendo um escritor de histórias para crianças e pensa em se casar com ele. Apesar de não concordar com esta decisão, Daniel decide não mais aparecer e fazer com que Lucy acredite que todas as conversas que tiveram juntos foi produto da imaginação dela.
Tenho Direito ao Amor
Director
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.
Uma Aventura na Noite
Screenplay
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Uma Aventura na Noite
Director
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
O Solar de Dragonwyck
Writer
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
O Solar de Dragonwyck
Director
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
As Chaves do Reino
Producer
Um jovem sacerdote, padre Chisholm é enviado à China para estabelecer uma paróquia católica entre chineses não cristãos. Enquanto seu amigo de infância, também sacerdote, prospera em seu chamado como um sacerdote em uma área mais cristã do mundo, padre Chisholm luta muito. Ele encontra hostilidade, isolamento, doenças, pobreza e uma variedade de contratempos que o humilham, mas que o tornam mais determinado do que nunca em ter sucesso. Durante um período de muitos anos ele ganha a aceitação e uma crescente congregação entre os chineses, por sua calma determinação, compreensão e paciência.
As Chaves do Reino
Screenplay
Um jovem sacerdote, padre Chisholm é enviado à China para estabelecer uma paróquia católica entre chineses não cristãos. Enquanto seu amigo de infância, também sacerdote, prospera em seu chamado como um sacerdote em uma área mais cristã do mundo, padre Chisholm luta muito. Ele encontra hostilidade, isolamento, doenças, pobreza e uma variedade de contratempos que o humilham, mas que o tornam mais determinado do que nunca em ter sucesso. Durante um período de muitos anos ele ganha a aceitação e uma crescente congregação entre os chineses, por sua calma determinação, compreensão e paciência.
Uma Aventura em Paris
Producer
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
A Mulher do Dia
Producer
Tess e Sam trabalham no mesmo jornal e não gostam muito um do outro. Pelo menos na primeira vez, porque eles acabam se apaixonando e se casando. Mas Tess é uma mulher muito ativa e uma das feministas mais famosas do país; ela é ainda eleita como "A Mulher do Ano". Por estar ocupada o tempo todo, ela se esquece de como ser realmente uma mulher e Sam começa a se sentir negligenciado.
The Feminine Touch
Producer
A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans to publish a book on the subject. Meeting with publisher Elliott Morgan (Van Heflin), who falls head over heels for Julie, John is assigned to his assistant Nellie (Kay Francis), who only has eyes for her boss. Working closely with Nellie, who Julie thinks is after her husband, John continues his high-minded ways while his angry spouse schemes to make him so jealous he'll knock Elliott's block clean off.
Casamento escandaloso
Producer
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Almas Rebeldes
Producer
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
Producer
Mais uma das primorosas versões feitas pelo cinema do livro de Mark Twain. Clássico.
Noite de Natal
Producer
Ebenezer Scrooge é um velho rico, avarento e grosseiro. Na noite de Natal, três espíritos o visitam. Eles representam o passado, o presente e o futuro, e mostram a Scrooge sua vida, os sonhos que já teve, seus erros e o que ele pode vir a ser.
A Mulher Proibida
Screenplay
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
A Mulher Proibida
Producer
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
O Último Beijo
Producer
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over.
Três camaradas
Producer
Alemanha, após a primeira grande guerra. A história de três amigos, ex-combatentes, envolvidos na reconstrução do país e pela afeição de uma frágil garota que os acompanha.
Manequim
Additional Writing
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.
Manequim
Producer
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.
Double Wedding
Producer
A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.
Felicidade de Mentira
Additional Writing
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
Felicidade de Mentira
Producer
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
Do Amor Ninguém Foge
Producer
A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.
Mulher Sublime
Producer
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
Fúria
Producer
Quando um injustamente acusado prisioneiro mal sobrevive a um ataque de uma turba de linchadores e é dado como morto, ele vingativamente decide responsabilizar a multidão pelo seu assassinato. Joe Wilson e Katherine Grant estão namorando, mas ele não tem dinheiro suficiente para se casar. Então Katherine viaja pelo país para ganhar dinheiro. Mas as coisas dão desastrosamente errado para Joe quando ele para em uma pequena cidade e é confundido com um assassino procurado. Ao longo do filme, Fritz Lang nos mostra como um homem decente e civilizado pode tornar-se um homem cruel e amargo.
Three Godfathers
Writer
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men.
Three Godfathers
Producer
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men.
Só Assim Quero Viver
Screenplay
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Quando o Diabo Atiça
Screenplay
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
O Pão Nosso
Dialogue
John e Mary são citadinos duramente afetados pela crise financeira da Grande Depressão. Impulsionados pela bravura (e por puro desespero), eles fogem para o campo e, com a ajuda de outros trabalhadores, criam uma comunidade agrícola – uma minissociedade baseada nos ensinamentos de Edward Gallafent.
Vencido pela Lei
Screenplay
Jim Wade (William Powell) e Edward "Blackie" Gallagher (Clark Gable) são amigos de infância que seguem caminhos distintos. Gallagher se torna um jogador e gângster, enquanto Wade é eleito promotor, devido à sua integridade, e se candidata a governador. Eleanor Packer (Myrna Loy), que tivera uma forte relação com Blackie, se casa com Wade. Neste período Wade se vê obrigado a pedir a pena de morte ao amigo, que foi acusado de assassinato, sem imaginar que Blackie cometeu o crime para ajudá-lo a se eleger governador.
Alice no País das Maravilhas
Screenplay
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.
Too Much Harmony
Story
A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."
Emergency Call
Screenplay
A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
Diplomaniacs
Writer
Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the Oopadoop nation also enter, hearing the usual barbershop banter about foreign debts, they force them to be ambassadors of their nation at the Peace conference in Geneva. Ammunition industry executive Winkelreid is scheming to prevent their mission becoming an success, but the vamp Dolores aboard the ship fails, falling in love with Nilly, and so does Fifi, the toughest person of the world in Paris, falling for Glub. Although Winkelreid is able to steal their secret papers, Nilly and Glub don't give up after being reminded by constant observation of their Indians and enter the Peace conference, which turns out to be a battlefield...
If I Had a Million
Writer
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Million Dollar Legs
Writer
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Sky Bride
Screenplay
Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows and hawking rides for the locals. But when Speed's rambunctious flying results in tragedy, he gives up flying in despair and guilt. Alec tracks him down and hopes to get him back on his feet and back in the air.
This Reckless Age
Story
Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley comes home from college with ideas that they consider to be outrageous. His parents would like him to get involved with Mary Burke, a prim and proper young lady. More complications ensue because Bradley's sister Lois is attracted to the flapper lifestyle, but she isn't sure whether she can handle its emotional demands.
This Reckless Age
Screenplay
Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley comes home from college with ideas that they consider to be outrageous. His parents would like him to get involved with Mary Burke, a prim and proper young lady. More complications ensue because Bradley's sister Lois is attracted to the flapper lifestyle, but she isn't sure whether she can handle its emotional demands.
Sooky
Writer
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boone Boys, a boys' club that costs thirty dollars to join and has uniforms that Sooky admires, refuses to admit him because he is poor. Sooky and Skippy form their own club called the Beagle Boys.
Newly Rich
Writer
Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families go to London to meet a middle European boy King. The three kids decide they need to escape their stifling lives and run away to the docks and join a gang.
Dude Ranch
Dialogue
Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the West isn't wild anymore and most of Carr's guests are bored and about to leave. He is in despair when a caravan carrying a broke-down-and-out troupe of actors---Jennifer, Judd, Mrs. Merridew and her daughter, Alice---crashes down the hill and wrecks the hotel sign.
Skippy
Writer
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
June Moon
Screenplay
An ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.
Finn and Hattie
Writer
The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the whole town goes to see them off, it is clear who wears the pants in the family - it's their daughter Mildred. Her parents often proclaim she is a genius - but she is just smarter than them, which wouldn't be too hard! On the train, Finn meets shyster Harry who sizes Finn up as a sucker and quickly wires his partner Bessie, aka "The Princess" to make Finn's acquaintance and take him for everything he has.
The Gang Buster
Dialogue
Naïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade. When Sylvia is kidnapped by Slade and his gang, 'Cyclone' decides to save her and wanders straight into a gang war without even realizing it.
The Social Lion
Screenplay
Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.S. army. His hobnobbing with the town-elite and social upper-crust at the polo-matches gives him an inflated idea of his social position, and he decides he is is moving on up. He breaks off with his girl-friend, true-blue Cynthia Brown, and hits on débutante Gloria Staunton, who appears to have an interest in being hit upon. Gloria's interest lies mostly in showing Marco that hired-hands who can play polo still aren't to the manor born.
Paramount on Parade
Screenplay
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
The Light of Western Stars
Writer
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
Slightly Scarlet
Screenplay
Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French Riviera. Aware that Lucy is a phony, jewel-thief Malatroff blackmails Lucy into helping him steal the valuable necklace owned by the young wife of phlegmatic American businessman Sylvester Corbett.
The Saturday Night Kid
Title Graphics
Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.
Woman Trap
Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)
In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that Dan's own brother Ray (Chester Morris) is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dan's resolve in the least. The barely relevant title is a reference to "heroine" Kitty Evans (Evelyn Brent), the wife of a minor gang functionary. Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, presumably on a dare, makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter.
Fast Company
Screenplay
Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.