Joseph Mankiewicz becomes new 'Cleopatra' director
London: Claridges: New Director for 'Cleopatra': Joseph
Mankiewicz interview by Desmond Grealy: he is the 2nd director
the film has had: he is not superstitious: refers to curse of
Tutankhamun: not a rescue operation: starting again from
scratch: previous director had his own valid concept and he
has his own: film cuts away to airview of Pinewood Studios
with huge film sets for the film: he continues talking
about using as much of the physical construction from the old
set as possible: no cast changes for principals: script to be
rewritten by Lawrence Durrell and Sidney Buchman.
