Herman J. Mankiewicz’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Herman J. Mankiewicz has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Citizen Kane.
Recurring themes

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Dir. Orson Welles · With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Dir. Sam Wood · With Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Dir. George Cukor · With Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery