Mitchell Leisen

Mitchell Leisen

Directing
1898-10-06
Menominee, Michigan, USA

Biography

Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer. He is known for directing the films Remember the Night, Midnight, and Easy Living.

Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles

#1Variety Girl

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Mitchell Leisen

6.5 / 10
MusicComedy

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.

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#2Murder at the Vanities

Movie - 1934, 2h 15m as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

5.6 / 10
MusicMysteryComedy

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

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#3Hold Back the Dawn

Movie - 1941, 2h 15m as Mr. Saxon

6.7 / 10
DramaRomance

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 likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

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#4Miss Tatlock's Millions

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Himself

6.3 / 10
RomanceComedy

After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the estate of Miss Tatlock's millions.

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#5Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

Movie - 1934, 2h 15m as Self

8.8 / 10
Documentary

Essentially an advertisement for Murder at the Vanities (1934). Features Chico Marx, W.C. Fields, Duke Ellington and many others.

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#6The Big Broadcast of 1937

Movie - 1936, 2h 15m as Man in Radio Station Hallway (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
ComedyRomanceMusic

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.

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