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Mitchell Leisen

Actor / Film Director / Film Producer / Costume Designer / Screenwriter | * 10/06/1898 († 74, 10/28/1972) | Menominee, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired ...

The Mating Season

Certification unknown

1951 | 3.2/5 | 1h 41min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done lik ...

Hold Back the Dawn

NR

1941 | 3.3/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financ ...

Dynamite

Certification unknown

1929 | 3.0/5 | 2h 9min
Drama
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After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the ...

Death Takes a Holiday

NR

1934 | 3.3/5 | 1h 19min
Romance / Love, Drama, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Mitchell Leisen

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Production Design
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Movies with Mitchell Leisen as Actor(4)

as himself1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions
as himself1947 Variety Girl
as Mr. Saxon1941 Hold Back the Dawn
as Man in Radio Station Hallway (uncredited)1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937

Movies with Mitchell Leisen as Crew(69)

Directing/Director1967 Spree
Directing/Director1958 The Girl Most Likely
Directing/Director1955 Bedevilled
Directing/Director1953 Tonight We Sing
Directing/Director1952 Young Man with Ideas
Directing/Director1951 The Mating Season
Directing/Director1951 Darling, How Could You!
Directing/Director1950 Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Directing/Director1950 No Man of Her Own
Writing/Writer1950 No Man of Her Own
Directing/Director1949 Song of Surrender
Directing/Director1949 Bride of Vengeance
Directing/Director1948 Dream Girl
Directing/Director1947 Suddenly It's Spring
Directing/Director1947 Golden Earrings
Directing/Director1946 To Each His Own
Directing/Director1945 Masquerade in Mexico
Directing/Director1945 Kitty
Production/Producer1945 Kitty
Directing/Director1944 Practically Yours
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1944 Lady in the Dark
Directing/Director1944 Lady in the Dark
Directing/Director1944 Frenchman's Creek
Directing/Director1943 No Time for Love
Production/Producer1943 No Time for Love
Directing/Director1942 The Lady Is Willing
Directing/Director1942 Take a Letter, Darling
Directing/Director1941 I Wanted Wings
Directing/Director1941 Hold Back the Dawn
Directing/Director1940 Arise, My Love
Directing/Director1940 Remember the Night
Production/Producer1940 Remember the Night
Directing/Director1939 Midnight
Directing/Director1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Directing/Director1938 Artists and Models Abroad
Directing/Director1937 Swing High, Swing Low
Directing/Director1937 Easy Living
Directing/Director1936 13 Hours by Air
Directing/Director1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937
Directing/Director1935 Four Hours to Kill!
Directing/Director1935 Hands Across the Table
Directing/Director1934 Behold My Wife!
Directing/Director1934 Murder at the Vanities
Directing/Director1934 Death Takes a Holiday
Directing/Director1933 Cradle Song
Directing/Co-Director1933 The Eagle and the Hawk
Art/Art Direction1932 The Sign of the Cross
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1932 The Sign of the Cross
Directing/Assistant Director1932 The Sign of the Cross
Art/Art Direction1931 The Squaw Man
Directing/Assistant Director1931 The Squaw Man
Art/Art Direction1930 Madam Satan
Directing/Assistant Director1930 Madam Satan
Art/Art Direction1929 Dynamite
Art/Art Direction1929 The Godless Girl
Art/Art Direction1927 The Angel of Broadway
Art/Art Direction1927 Chicago
Art/Art Direction1927 The Wise Wife
Art/Art Direction1927 Dress Parade
Art/Art Direction1927 The Fighting Eagle
Art/Art Direction1927 His Dog
Art/Art Direction1927 The Forbidden Woman
Art/Art Direction1926 The Volga Boatman
Art/Art Direction1925 The Road to Yesterday
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1924 Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1924 The Thief of Bagdad
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1923 Rosita
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1922 Robin Hood
Art/Set Decoration1920 Conrad in Quest of His Youth

TV Shows/Series with Mitchell Leisen as Crew(6)

Directing/Director1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Directing/Director1960 Thriller
Directing/Director1959 Adventures in Paradise
Directing/Director1959 The Twilight Zone
Directing/Director1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook
Directing/Director1953 GE Theater

Full Name: Mitchell Leisen
Born: Thursday, 10/06 1898 (October) in Menominee, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 10/28 1972 (October) in Woodland Hills (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Mitchell Leisen frequently works together with these people:
Hans Dreier (22x, Crew)
Robert McCord (18x, Actor)
Cecil B. DeMille (15x, Crew)
Edith Head (15x, Crew)
Adrian (12x, Crew)
Alma Macrorie (12x, Crew)
Victor Young (12x, Crew)
Sam Comer (11x, Crew)
Ray Milland (10x, Actor)
Doane Harrison (10x, Crew)
Wally Westmore (10x, Crew)
Julia Faye (10x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:830597, Added: 11/11/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024