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Herman J. Mankiewicz
Co-author of Citizen Kane; Academy Award winner; first drama editor of The New Yorker.
From Notable Alumni · Foundation editorial
Co-author of Citizen Kane; Academy Award winner; first drama editor of The New Yorker. One of two writers credited on Citizen Kane (1941). Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay alongside Orson Welles. Wrote the book and lyrics for the 1916 Varsity Show The Peace Pirates; "Off-Hour" editor of the Spectator; first drama editor of The New Yorker in 1925.
Vital
- Full name
- Herman J. Mankiewicz
Columbia & the Society
- Columbia
- Class of 1917 (Columbia College)
Works (75)
- 1926 Stranded in Paris · Adaptation
- 1926 The Good Fellow · Broadway comedy, co-written with George S. Kaufman
- 1926 The Road to Mandalay · Story (with Tod Browning)
- 1927 A Gentleman of Paris · Intertitles
- 1927 Fashions for Women · Writer
- 1927 Honeymoon Hate · Titles
- 1927 The City Gone Wild · Titles
- 1927 The Gay Defender · Titles
- 1927 The Wild Man of Borneo · Broadway comedy, co-written with Marc Connelly
- 1927 Two Flaming Youths · Titles
- 1928 A Night of Mystery · Titles
- 1928 Abie's Irish Rose · Titles
- 1928 Avalanche · Screenplay and titles
- 1928 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · Titles
- 1928 His Tiger Lady · Titles
- 1928 Love and Learn · Titles
- 1928 Something Always Happens · Titles
- 1928 Take Me Home · Titles
- 1928 The Barker · Titles
- 1928 The Dragnet · Intertitles
- 1928 The Last Command · Titles
- 1928 The Magnificent Flirt · Titles
- 1928 The Mating Call · Titles
- 1928 The Water Hole · Titles
- 1928 Three Weekends · Titles
- 1928 What a Night! · Titles
- 1929 The Canary Murder Case · Titles
- 1929 The Dummy · Writer
- 1929 The Love Doctor · Titles
- 1929 The Man I Love · Story
- 1929 The Mighty · Titles
- 1929 Thunderbolt · Adaptation (dialogue)
- 1930 Honey · Scenario and titles
- 1930 Ladies Love Brutes · Screenplay
- 1930 Laughter · Writer (with Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Z. Doty, Donald Ogden Stewart)
- 1930 Love Among the Millionaires · Dialogue
- 1930 Men Are Like That · Adaptation
- 1930 The Royal Family of Broadway · Adaptation (with Gertrude Purcell)
- 1930 The Vagabond King · Screenplay and story
- 1930 True to the Navy · Dialogue
- 1931 Every Woman Has Something · Adaptation
- 1931 Ladies' Man · Screenplay
- 1931 Man of the World · Screenplay and story
- 1931 Salga de la cocina · Adaptation
- 1932 Dancers in the Dark · Screenplay
- 1932 Girl Crazy · Screenplay (with Walter DeLeon, Eddie Welch, Tim Whelan)
- 1932 The Lost Squadron · Additional dialogue
- 1933 Another Language · Screenplay (with Donald Ogden Stewart)
- 1933 Dinner at Eight · Screenplay
- 1933 Meet the Baron · Screenplay (with Norman Krasna)
- 1934 Karl Ludwig von Haller, der „Restaurator der Staats Wissenschaft" · Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung
- 1934 Stamboul Quest · Screenplay
- 1934 The Show-Off · Screenplay
- 1935 After Office Hours · Screenplay
- 1935 Escapade · Screenplay (with Walter Reisch & Willi Forst)
- 1936 Love in Exile · Screenplay (with Ernest Betts & Roger Burford)
- 1936 Three Maxims · Screenplay (one of five credited writers)
- 1937 John Meade's Woman · Screenplay (with John Bright, Vincent Lawrence & Robert Tasker)
- 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich · Original story and screenplay
- 1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks · Dialogue (uncredited)
- 1939 It's a Wonderful World · Story (with Ben Hecht)
- 1939 The Wizard of Oz · Early treatment (uncredited, Kansas sequences)
- 1940 Comrade X · Writer (uncredited)
- 1940 Keeping Company · Story
- 1940 The Ghost Comes Home · Contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1941 Citizen Kane (with Orson Welles) · Screenplay
- 1941 Rise and Shine · Screenplay
- 1942 Stand By for Action · Screenplay (with George Bruce & John L. Balderston)
- 1942 The Pride of the Yankees · Screenplay
- 1942 This Time for Keeps · Characters credit (with Muriel Roy Bolton, Rian James & Harry Ruskin)
- 1944 Christmas Holiday · Screenplay
- 1945 The Enchanted Cottage · Screenplay (with DeWitt Bodeen)
- 1945 The Spanish Main · Screenplay
- 1949 A Woman's Secret · Screenplay and producer
- 1952 The Pride of St. Louis · Screenplay
Primary sources
The Columbia Daily Spectator
1916-05-05 OFFICERS ELECTED FOR KINGS CROWN Haight, Harrison, Earle and Beals Elected to the Board of Governors. PAST YEAR SUCCESSFUL spoke on centralization plan
OFFICERS ELECTED FOR KINGS CROWN Haight, Harrison, Earle and Beals Elected to the Board of Governors. PAST YEAR SUCCESSFUL Nearly two hundred men gathered in the Gemot last night for the third annual smoker of Kings Crown. The most important business of the meeting was the election of the undergraduate members of the Board of Governors. The following four men were elected: E. M. Earle 'l7, J. D. Beals 'l7, J. P. Haight 'I7S, and J. R. Harrison 'l7. The report of the Graduate treasurer was also read and accepted. Plans for next year and the proposed centralization of campus activities in East Hall were discussed j..nd a resolution was adopted stating that the meeting was in favor of the proposed plan. The evening was begun by the appearance of the Mandolin Club sextette, which rendered two selections. Afterwards, by special request E. Sperling 'l7 and D. Lee 'l7 gave their number…
1928-05-01 MANY VOTES CAST IN SPRING ELECTION AT JOHN JAY POLLS New System of Using Bursar's Receipts Proves Immediate Success. candidate, Class of 1928 permanent officer
MANY VOTES CAST IN SPRING ELECTION AT JOHN JAY POLLS New System of Using Bursar's Receipts Proves Immediate Success. TOMORROW LAST DAY TO SUBMIT BALLOTS Polls Open in John Jay Lobby for One Hour After Noon. Voting was unusually heavy yesterday at the Spring Election polls in John Jay, it was announced by George T. Hammond '2B, chairmaiof Student Board. While no exact figures were released, it was learned that the new system of identification by Bursar's receipts had nearly doubled the usual number of voters for the first day of elections. Today and tomorrow, the voting will be continued from the John Jay booth, beginning at noon daily. A complete alphabetic list of the candidates for office this Spring is published below: STUDENT BOARD GEORGE DONALDSON Societies: Crewsters, Black Avengers, Van Am. Fraternity: Phi Kappa Psi. Insignia: "C". "1929". Activities* Crew, (1), (2), (3);…
1928-05-02 SPRING ELECTIONS WILL CLOSE TODAY Polls Will Be Open in John Jay From Noon to 2 o'clock. candidate, Class of 1928 permanent officer
SPRING ELECTIONS WILL CLOSE TODAY Polls Will Be Open in John Jay From Noon to 2 o'clock. VOTING HEAVY SO FAR New System Brings Out Large Number of Voters —Print Activity List. Voting for members of Student | Board, King's Crown Board of Governors, the Athletic Association Committee and class officers will close today.* The polls will be open in the lobby of John Jay from noon till 2 o'clock. With the new system of only demanding Bursar's receipts for voting, another heavy vote was cast yesterday. The results of the elections will be published in tomorrow's Spectator. STUDENT BOARD EDWARD A. ARANOW Societies: Pre-Law. Fraternity: Zeta Beta Tau. Insignia: Silver King's Crown. Activities: Spectator (1), (2); Advertising Manager (3); Columbian (2); Varsity (2); Blue Book (2), (3); Tennis (1), (2), (3); Interclass Swimming (2); Class Secretary (1); Finance Committee (3);…
1990-08-30 From Hamilton to Sha Na Na: Famous CU alums abound [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION] screenwriter, author of Oscar-winning Citizen Kane
From Hamilton to Sha Na Na: Famous CU alums abound By Jean Lee Did the walls of your John Jay room witness the musical birth of Sha Na Na? Are you washins your whites in the same machine as Suzanne Vesa did? Did Art Garfunkel lose his way around campus durins Orientation, too? Possibly, very probably. These former Columbia first—years and more survived Orientation, Contemporary Civilization, and the required swim test while their counterparts across Broadway endured the senior thesis and the year of lab science. And they went beyond the sates on Broadway to achieve fame and admiration in the music, art, literature, business, and political worlds of American culture. The lons an d lustrous list of Columbia alums stretches back to the University'sorisins as Kins's Collese, established in 1754. Under the leadership of the Collese's first president, the Reverend Samuel Johnson,…
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