JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ - LETTER - CLEOPATRA - FILMING DISPUTE - DARRYL F. ZANUCK

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JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ
Dispute with Darryl F. Zanuck
over
Cleopatra
Mankiewicz retained  carbon copy of his personal and confidential seven-page
letter to Darryl F. Zanuck on the controversy over filming of
Cleopatra
.
8 1/2" x 11", October 10, 1962,
to Darryl F. Zanuck
20th Century-Fox Film Corp.
444 West 56th Street, New York 19, New York
Offering fascinating details on the famous dispute between Mankiewicz
and Zanuck over the direction of the film
Condition: very good; upper left corner old staple holes
** Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) was an American film producer and studio executive,
one of the kingpins of the Hollywood studio system. Vice-President in charge of production
at 20th Century Fox 1935-1952; later an independent producer. Won three Best Picture Academy
Awards; received three Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Awards. After his 3rd win, the rules were
changed to limit one Thalberg Award to one person.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He had a long Hollywood
career and twice won the Academy Award for both Best Director and Best Screenplay for
A letter to Three
Wives
(1949) and
All About Eve
(1950). He was the younger brother of writer, screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz.
Born: 1909, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; died: 1993, Bedford, New York.
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