Mervyn LeRoy
American film director and producer (1900-1987) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 86
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer. During the 1930s, he was one of the two great practitioners of economical and effective film directing at Warner Brothers studios, the other being his colleague Michael Curtiz.
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A Majority of OneFilm, Director, Producer1958
Home Before DarkFilm, Director1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries1956Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille AwardAward1955
Mister RobertsFilm, Director1952
This Is Your LifeSeries
Lovely to Look AtFilm, 1952Director1949
Any Number Can PlayFilm, Director1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1946Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International UnderstandingAward
Without ReservationsFilm, 1946Director1945Academy Honorary AwardAward1944
Thirty Seconds Over TokyoFilm, Director1942
Random HarvestFilm, Director1940
EscapeFilm, Director, Producer1939
At the CircusFilm, Producer1936
Anthony AdverseFilm, Director1933
Gold Diggers of 1933Film, Director1931
Five Star FinalFilm, Director1900Born15 October 1900People around Mervyn
Lana Turner Mervyn directed Johnny Eager and Homecoming
Greer Garson Mervyn directed Random Harvest and Madame Curie
Walter Pidgeon Mervyn directed Quo Vadis and Madame Curie
Henry O'Neill Mervyn directed Anthony Adverse (1936)
Glenda Farrell Mervyn directed Little Caesar (1931)
Edward G. Robinson Mervyn directed Little Caesar (1931)
Robert Taylor Mervyn directed Quo Vadis and Waterloo Bridge
Joan Blondell Mervyn directed Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Sidney Franklin Produced Waterloo Bridge and Random Harvest
George E. Stone Mervyn directed Little Caesar (1931)
Melville Cooper Mervyn produced The Great Garrick (1937)
Gale Sondergaard Mervyn directed Anthony Adverse (1936)
Aline MacMahon Mervyn directed Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Harry Davenport Mervyn produced Little Women (1949)
Murray Hamilton Mervyn produced The FBI Story (1959)
Preston Foster Mervyn directed I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Allen Jenkins Mervyn directed I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1933)
Jean Willes Mervyn produced The FBI Story (1959)
Clara Blandick Mervyn directed Anthony Adverse (1936)
Alan Napier Mervyn directed Random Harvest (1942)
Edward Fielding Mervyn directed Random Harvest (1942)
Leonard Mudie Mervyn directed Anthony Adverse (1936)
Elizabeth Taylor Mervyn directed Quo Vadis (1951)
Frank Sinatra Mervyn directed The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932
The Wizard of Oz 1939
Waterloo Bridge 1940
Little Women 1949
No Time for Sergeants 1958
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LeRoy's most acclaimed films of his tenure at Warners include Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Anthony Adverse (1936), and They Won't Forget (1937). LeRoy left Warners and moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1939 to serve as both director and producer. He is best known for producing the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, as well as for directing the 1951 Oscar-nominated film Quo Vadis.
