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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1001
- Address:
6231 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101754, -118.325462
Anthony Mann
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Anthony Mann
Source: Freebase
Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director. Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, Mann was the son of an Austrian immigrant, Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and Bertha Waxelbaum of Macon, Georgia. Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures. Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures. Mann was respected for his acute visual sensitivity toward the American Western landscape, effortlessly blending natural vistas with human drama. Mann’s dramas verged on classical tragedy, often showing anguished heroes attempting to resolve personal pain and confusion.
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Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Argyle and Vine
Nearby you will also find Quentin Reynolds, Nat King Cole, Buster Keaton, Jackie Gleason, and many others.