Rites set for director Michell Leisen

On Oct. 31, 1972, The Times re­por­ted that pro­du­cer-dir­ect­or Mitchell Leis­en had died at the Mo­tion Pic­ture Re­lief Hos­pit­al in Wood­land Hills, Cal­if. Leis­en, had been an art dir­ect­or on Cecil B. De­Mille pic­tures for 12 years be­fore en­ter­ing the ranks of dir­ect­ors in the 1930s.

Published: Oct. 31, 1972
Sources: Los Angeles Times
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