Leisen

The bitterer Wilder leaves me just a little cold...yeah, he had issues of many stripes(not least the nasty misogynist touch he sometimes indulged in), and sacrilege that it is, I do like his earlier films as well as the ones with Brackett he wrote for other directors such as Leisen(a badly undersung director, imho).

Not So Wild About Wilder Jaime J. Weinman 2006

German Sequences, "Leisen," or "Leiche," [6] as they were also called, became much more common, and at the highest festivals were sung even at the service of the mass itself.

Christian Singers of Germany 1869

It was Leisen who devised a way for H. B. Warner to hang on the Cross for the two weeks necessary to shoot the Crucifixion sequence.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

For the famous scene where she bathes in milk, DeMille told Leisen that he wanted the milk to barely cover her nipples.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

Production was complicated by a major blowup between DeMille and Paul Iribe, after which the director ordered Mitch Leisen to take over.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

He had Mitch Leisen costume her and thought she looked magnificent.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

The day before the sequence was shot, Leisen had Colbert stand in the empty pool and took measurements to get the level perfect, then filled the pool with powdered milk.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

“Everybody adored him that ever worked with him,” said Leisen.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

Adrian was born in Connecticut in 1903 and met Mitch Leisen in New York, when he was five years out of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art and three years out of Paris.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

The pressure was so intense that Mitchell Leisen had a minor nervous breakdown.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010