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Competing with idiots : Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a dual portrait
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First edition.
"A dual biography of brothers Herman and Joseph Mankiewicz, each a Hollywood legend." --
"Herman Mankiewicz went to Hollywood in 1926, was almost immediately successful, and became one of the highest-paid screenwriters in Hollywood. His brother Joe, eleven years younger, focused, organized, a disciplined writer, produced, wrote and directed Oscar winning films before seeing his career upended by the spectacular fiasco of Cleopatra. Davis-- grandson of Herman, great-nephew of Joe, shows us their dreams and desires, fears and feuds, struggles to free themselves from their dark past; and the driving forces that kept them bound to a system they loved and hated." --Adapted from jacket.
"Herman Mankiewicz went to Hollywood in 1926, was almost immediately successful, and became one of the highest-paid screenwriters in Hollywood. His brother Joe, eleven years younger, focused, organized, a disciplined writer, produced, wrote and directed Oscar winning films before seeing his career upended by the spectacular fiasco of Cleopatra. Davis-- grandson of Herman, great-nephew of Joe, shows us their dreams and desires, fears and feuds, struggles to free themselves from their dark past; and the driving forces that kept them bound to a system they loved and hated." --Adapted from jacket.
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
0 current holds with 5 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenburgh Public Library | 791.43 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31009154817690 |
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| Ossining Public Library | B MANKIEWICS (Text) Biography |
31021153425714 |
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| The Field Library | B MANKIEWICZ (Text) Biography |
31022152311244 |
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| White Plains Public Library | BIOGRAPHY MANKIEWICZ (Text) Nonfiction |
31544101224103 |
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| Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | B MANKIEWICZ (Text) Biography |
31035162243850 |
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