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Mervyn LeRoy

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American film director and producer (1900-1987)

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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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Filmography 40

The Wizard of Oz1939 · ★ 7.6
Quo Vadis1951 · ★ 7.1
Little Women1949 · ★ 7.4
The Bad Seed1956 · ★ 7.1
Little Caesar1931 · ★ 6.9
Waterloo Bridge1940 · ★ 7.5
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang1932 · ★ 7.8
Mister Roberts1955 · ★ 7.1
Gold Diggers of 19331933 · ★ 7.2
Random Harvest1942 · ★ 7.3
Gypsy1962 · ★ 6.3
At the Circus1939 · ★ 6.4
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo1944 · ★ 6.7
Three on a Match1932 · ★ 6.3
Madame Curie1943 · ★ 7.2
No Time for Sergeants1958 · ★ 7.3
Johnny Eager1941 · ★ 6.2
The Devil at 4 O'Clock1961
The FBI Story1959
Five Star Final1931
Blossoms in the Dust1941
Anthony Adverse1936
They Won't Forget1937
Million Dollar Mermaid1952
East Side, West Side1949
Two Seconds1932
The Great Sinner1949
Home Before Dark1958
Without Reservations1946
The House I Live In1945
Heat Lightning1934
Escape1940
Hard to Handle1933
Toward the Unknown1956
A Majority of One1961
Moment to Moment1966
Big City Blues1932
Any Number Can Play1949
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story2008
Hi, Nellie!1934

121 credits on file

Television 3

The Ed Sullivan Show1948
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
This Is Your Life1952

Awards 7

1975Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
1962Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding
1956Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
1946Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding
1945Academy Honorary Award
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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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. 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.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1987 · aged 86
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