Joseph L. Mankiewicz Movies

Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts...

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...

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....

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...

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...

This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors

A documentary about the making of the 1950 film "All About Eve."

Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows...

A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Catherine Moreau is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress...

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

The younger brother of a police captain is a wanted fugitive, so when the captain railroads his brother's former criminal partner, the partner's...

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

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...

A behind-the-scenes look at all the responsibilities (and headaches) a director assumes when making a motion picture.

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...

A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind...

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...

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Catherine Moreau is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress...

Documentary directed by Joseph Adamson.