The Mank true story is compared to the David Fincher Mank movie about screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the inspiration for Orson Welles acclaimed 1941 film Citizen Kane. In examining the Mank fact vs. fiction, we reveal whether the real Herman Mankiewicz played a part in Upton Sinclair's election loss like in the movie. We also examine the historical accuracy regarding who wrote Citizen Kane, Orson Welles or Herman Mankiewicz. Were his secretary Rita Alexander (Lily Collins) and nurse Frieda (Monika Gossmann) part of the Mank true story? Did he lose $1,000 in a coin toss bet like in the movie? Did Herman Mankiewicz write Citizen Kane while recovering from a car accident? How did he die? Get the answers to these and many other questions regarding the true story behind David Fincher's Mank movie.

See side-by-side photos of many of the Mank real people vs. their movie counterparts, including his brother Joseph Mankiewicz (Tom Pelphrey), Marion Davies (Amanda Seyfried), William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance), Louis B. Mayer (Arliss Howard), Irving Thalberg (Ferdinand Kingsley) and Herman Mankiewicz's wife Sara (Tuppence Middleton).

To learn even more about the movie vs. the Mank true story, read our article 'Mank: History vs. Hollywood' here: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/re...