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  1. James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer.

  2. Mitchell Leisen was born on 6 October 1898 in Menominee, Michigan, USA. He was a director and art director, known for Death Takes a Holiday (1934), The Mating Season (1951) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941).

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  3. Jun 8, 2021 · James Mitchell Leisen was born into an affluent middle-class American family in 1898, right at the twilight of the 19th century. Suburban peace and familial security weren't lasting factors of his childhood, however. By the time Leisen was five, his parents were divorced.

  4. May 7, 2024 · Mitchell Leisen was an American costume designer, art director, and film and television director. He was considered a “woman’s director” by dint of the affinity he demonstrated for actresses. His motion pictures—almost all of them made at Paramount—were often dominated by strong female leads such.

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  5. Oct 20, 2005 · A bisexual enduring psychoanalysis and a sham marriage – plus a string of furtive affairs with young men – Mitchell Leisen in the ’30s was, outwardly, a high-toned sophisticate with a glamorous career but, inwardly, a damaged soul on a quest for impossible love.

  6. Mitchell Leisen was born on 6 October 1898 in Menominee, Michigan, USA. He was a director and art director, known for Death Takes a Holiday (1934), The Mating Season (1951) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941).

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  8. May 15, 2016 · The story of a Mother Superior whose admiration for a younger nun borders on the sexual, that oddball drama already displayed his skill with subverting sexual norms. Leisen did uncredited work on “Bolero,” a musical vehicle for George Raft and Carole Lombard which proved widely successful, before the dark comedy