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My Life as a Mankiewicz
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 646

My Life as a Mankiewicz

“A treasure trove of observations and anecdotes about Hollywood from the 1960s to the 1980s and the people who made the movies back then.” —Associated Press The son of famed director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz and the nephew of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz was genuine Hollywood royalty. He grew up in Beverly Hills and New York, spent summers on his dad’s film sets, had his first drink with Humphrey Bogart, dined with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, went to the theater with Ava Gardner, and traveled the world writing for Brando, Sinatra, and Connery. Although his family connections led him to show business, Tom “Mank” Mankiewicz forge...

My Life as a Mankiewicz
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 400

My Life as a Mankiewicz

The son of famed director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve [1950], Guys and Dolls [1955], Cleopatra [1963]) and the nephew of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz was genuine Hollywood royalty. He grew up in Beverly Hills and New York, spent summers on his dad's film sets, had his first drink with Humphrey Bogart, dined with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, went to the theater with Ava Gardner, and traveled the world writing for Brando, Sinatra, and Connery. Although his family connections led him to show business, Tom "Mank" Mankiewicz forged a career of his own, becoming a renowned screenwriter, director, and producer of acclaimed films and te...

My Life as a Mankiewicz
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 402

My Life as a Mankiewicz

The son of famed director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and nephew of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz was genuine Hollywood royalty. This book is an autobiography of his life.

My Life as a Mankiewicz
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 370

My Life as a Mankiewicz

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The son of famed director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz and nephew of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz was genuine Hollywood royalty. This book is an autobiography of his life.

The Brothers Mankiewicz
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 455

The Brothers Mankiewicz

Winner of the 2020 Peter C. Rollins Book Award Longlisted for the 2020 Moving Image Book Award by the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Named a 2019 Richard Wall Memorial Award Finalist by the Theatre Library Association Herman J. (1897–1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993) wrote, produced, and directed over 150 pictures. With Orson Welles, Herman wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane and shared the picture’s only Academy Award. Joe earned the second pair of his four Oscars for writing and directing All About Eve, which also won Best Picture. Despite triumphs as diverse as Monkey Business and Cleopatra, and Pride of the Yankees and Guys and Dolls, the witty, intellectual brothers spent th...

The Many Lives of James Bond
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

The Many Lives of James Bond

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-10
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  • Publisher: Lyons Press

The Many Lives of James Bond offers the largest ever collection of original interviews with actors who have played Bond in different media, as well as in-depth interviews with many of the diverse artists who have contributed their talents to the making of James Bond movies, television shows, novels, radiodramas, comic books, theme park rides, and video games. These wide-ranging interviews provide a behind-the-scenes look at the artists' goals, the challenges they faced, and how they met them.

For Your Eyes Only
  • Language: en

For Your Eyes Only

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Take a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the world's most successful film series of all time with unprecedented access on the sets and exclusive interviews with Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Sean Connery, as well as key directors, stunt and special effects wizards, old favourites like 'Q', Miss Moneypenny, and of course, the bevy of Bond girls. From literary beginnings to international film sensation, this book also retraces Bond's cultural impact with such luminaries as Hugh Heffner and CIA agent E. Howard Hunt discussing the Bond phenomenon.

Competing with Idiots
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 385

Competing with Idiots

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021
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  • Publisher: Knopf

"A dual biography of brothers Herman and Joseph Mankiewicz, each a Hollywood legend"--

On the tracks of 007
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

On the tracks of 007

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008
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  • Publisher: Unknown

In this detailed field guide, Mulder and Kloosterboer use 30 travel stories to explain exactly where even the smallest James Bond film scene was shot.

Nobody Does it Better
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 724

Nobody Does it Better

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-02-11
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  • Publisher: Forge Books

The ultimate oral history of the only gentleman secret agent with a license to kill... and thrill...telling the incredible, uncensored true stories of the James Bond franchise and spy mania. For over five decades, the cinematic adventures of James Bond have thrilled moviegoers. Now, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind-the-scenes of the most famous and beloved movie franchise of all-time filled with reflections from over 150 cast, crew, critics and filmmakers who reflect on the impact of this legendary movie franchise as well as share their thoughts about their favorite (and least) favorite 007 adventures and spy mania which gripped fans the world over in the w...