Word: mankiewicz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...interested from the beginning, and Owner Hepburn could write her own ticket. She demanded two leading male stars, an all-out production, $175,000 for the screen rights, $75,000 for her services as an actress. M. G. M. ponied up gladly after its bright young Producer-Writer Joseph Mankiewicz put together an acceptable trial script. It further offered that amiably stringy young man, James Stewart, plus Cary Grant, whose $137,500 fee was paid directly to British war relief...