Mankiewicz
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He told Ben Mankiewicz of TCM that he wasn’t a maverick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Workplace movies “give you very quickly an identifiable everyman or everywoman—somebody we can relate to,” says Ben Mankiewicz, the Turner Classic Movies host and great-nephew of legendary Hollywood screenwriter and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Set in a dour factory, “Metropolis” is “the grandfather of all ‘beat the worker down with monotonous, repetitive labor, totally unrecognized by management’ movies,” says Mankiewicz of TCM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Much of the New York literary clique followed Mankiewicz to California when the industry shifted from silents to sound and filmmakers suddenly needed to hand their beautiful faces brilliant things to say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Welles and writer Herman Mankiewicz shared the award for Best Original Screenplay.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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