Eddie Mannix

Joseph Edgar Allen John Eddie Mannix was an American film studio executive and producer. He is remembered for his work protecting Hollywood stars as a fixer, a person paid to disguise details of the stars often colorful private lives to maintain their public image. Among his most lasting contributions to Hollywood was a ledger he maintained that lists the costs and revenues of every MGM film produced between 1924 and 1962, an important reference for film historians.

Mannix was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the son of John and Lizzie Mannix. Christened Joseph Edgar Allen John Mannix, he used Edgar Joseph Mannix as his official name, but was known to most associates as Eddie. After working as a bouncer and then treasurer of the Palisades Park Amusement Park, he became involved in motion picture exhibition, eventually working his way up to general manager and vicepresident of MetroGoldwynMayer , becoming known as a fixer, going on to help Spencer Tracy avoid a jailbait morals rap, getting a drunken Clark Gable out of a hitandrun driving rap et al.

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