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Director

Mitchell Leisen

USA · b. October 6, 1898 – d. October 28, 1972
Profile

Mitchell Leisen was an American film director known for his sophisticated comedies and romantic dramas during Hollywood's Golden Age. He directed notable films including 'Easy Living' (1937) and 'Midnight' (1939), showcasing his talent for witty dialogue and elegant visual storytelling. Leisen's career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s, and he was also an accomplished production designer before becoming a director.

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Filmography (61)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 1966
Here’s Las Vegas (documentary 1964
Adventures in Paradise 1961
Wagon Train 1960
Markham 1960
The Twilight Zone 1959
Shirley Temple’s Storybook 1958
The Girl Most Likely 1957
G.E Theatre (–61 1955
Bedevilled 1955
Tonight We Sing 1953
Young Man with Ideas 1952
Darling, How Could You? 1951
The Mating Season 1951
No Man of Her Own 1950
Captain Carey, USA 1950
Bride of Vengeance 1949
Song of Surrender 1949
Dream Girl 1948
Golden Earrings 1947
Suddenly It’s Spring 1947
To Each His Own 1946
Masquerade in Mexico 1945
Kitty 1945
Frenchman’s Creek 1944
Lady in the Dark 1944
Practically Yours 1944
No Time for Love 1943
The Lady Is Willing 1942
Take a Letter, Darling 1942
I Wanted Wings 1941
Hold Back the Dawn 1941
Arise My Love 1940
Remember the Night 1940
Midnight 1939
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Artists and Models Abroad 1938
Easy Living 1937
Swing High, Swing Low 1937
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Thirteen Hours by Air 1936
Hands Across the Table 1935
Behold My Wife 1935
Four Hours to Kill 1935
Murder at the Vanities 1934
Death Takes a Holiday 1934
Cradle Song 1933
The Sign of the Cross (Cecil B. DeMille, ) costumes, art direction (& assistant director 1932
The Squaw Man (Cecil B. DeMille, ) art director (& assistant director 1931
Madam Satan (Cecil B. DeMille, ) art director with Cedric Gibbons 1930
Dynamite (Cecil B. DeMille, ) art director with Cedric Gibbons 1929
The Godless Girl (Cecil B. DeMille, ) art director 1929
The King of Kings (Cecil B. DeMille, ) art director with Anton Grot 1927
The Volga Boatman (Cecil B. DeMille, ) art director with Anton Grot 1926
The Road to Yesterday (Cecil B. DeMille, ) set decorator 1925
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (Marshall Neilan, ) costumes 1924
The Thief of Bagdad (Raoul Walsh, ) costumes 1924
Rosita (Ernst Lubitsch, ) costumes 1923
Robin Hood (Allan Dwan, ) costumes 1922
Forbidden Fruit (Cecil B. DeMille, ) costumes with Natacha Rambova 1921
Male and Female (Cecil B. DeMille, ) costumes 1919