Herman J. Mankiewicz, affectionately known as “Mank,” was born in New York City in 1897, but he spent his formative years in Wilkes-Barre. It was here that he became the youngest prep school graduate ...
Orson Welles, standing, is shown in a scene from “Citizen Kane,” which was co-written by Welles and Wilkes-Barre native Herman J. Mankiewicz. For the past year or so, I’ve been enthralled by this ...
Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953; New York City) was an American screenwriter, who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Earlier, he was the Berlin ...