Anthony Mann

Biography

Emil Anton Bundsmann, Born June 30, 1906 in San Diego, California, USA, was the son of Jewish-Austrian immigrants Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and his wife Bertha Waxelbaum (original Jewish surname: Weichselbaum) of Macon, Georgia. Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures. Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures. Mann was respected for his acute visual sensitivity toward the American Western landscape, effortlessly blending natural vistas with human drama. Mann's dramas verged on classical tragedy, often showing anguished heroes attempting to resolve personal pain and confusion. In 1964 he was head of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. On April 29, 1967, Mann died from a heart attack in Berlin, Germany while filming the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic. The film was completed by the film's star, Laurence Harvey. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Anthony Mann has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6229 Hollywood Blvd Trade Mark: Liked to experiment with widescreen "scope" aspect ratios by placing major action on both the far left and right edges of the frame, often in the same shot. Often included heavy elements of sadism in his films Trivia: Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 723-731. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. In the late 1930s Mann, who was a stage director, was hired by David O. Selznick, who put him to work as a talent scout and casting director. In that capacity Mann directed screen tests for several of Selznick's films, including Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940). Father of Nina Mann. Filmography: Dr. Broadway (1942) Moonlight in Havana (1942) Nobody's Darling (1943) My Best Gal (1944) Strangers in the Night (1944) Sing Your Way Home (1945) The Great Flamarion (1945) Two O'Clock Courage (1945) Strange Impersonation (1946) The Bamboo Blonde (1946) T-Men (1947) Railroaded! (1947) Desperate (1947) — also story He Walked by Night (1948) — director (uncredited), together with Alfred L. Werker Raw Deal (1948) Border Incident (1949) Reign of Terror (1949) Follow Me Quietly (1949) — director (uncredited), together with Richard Fleischer; also story The Furies (1950) Winchester '73 (1950) Side Street (1950) Devil's Doorway (1950) The Tall Target (1951) Bend of the River (1953) Thunder Bay (1953) The Naked Spur (1953) The Glenn Miller Story (1954) The Far Country (1954) The Last Frontier (1955) The Man from Laramie (1955) Strategic Air Command (1955) Serenade (1956) The Tin Star (1957) Men in War (1957) — also producer Man of the West (1958) God's Little Acre (1958) Cimarron (1960) El Cid (1961) The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) The Heroes of Telemark (1965) A Dandy in Aspic (1968) — also producer