Metal Todd-AO motion picture camera viewfinder, engraved "J.L. Mankiewicz" on one side, with 5 metal lens masks of various sizes and aspect ratios attached to a chain, all connected to a black neck strap. On his first day as a director on Dragonwyck (1946), Mankiewicz tried to look as though he knew what he was doing and said, "Give me the finder." As he began to look through it, a colleague came over and turned it around. "I was looking through the wrong end of the finder which was a wonderful start." Accompanied by a "Motion Picture Employee" photo identification card from MGM dated June 18, 1942, with Mankiewicz's picture, fingerprints, vital statistics, and signature. 3 x 1.5 x 1.25 in.
Metal Todd-AO motion picture camera viewfinder, engraved "J.L. Mankiewicz" on one side, with 5 metal lens masks of various sizes and aspect ratios attached to a chain, all connected to a black neck strap. On his first day as a director on Dragonwyck (1946), Mankiewicz tried to look as though he knew what he was doing and said, "Give me the finder." As he began to look through it, a colleague came over and turned it around. "I was looking through the wrong end of the finder which was a wonderful start." Accompanied by a "Motion Picture Employee" photo identification card from MGM dated June 18, 1942, with Mankiewicz's picture, fingerprints, vital statistics, and signature. 3 x 1.5 x 1.25 in.
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