- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 15, 1900
- Place of Birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- September 13, 1987
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director, producer, and sometime actor. LeRoy worked in costumes, processing labs and as a camera assistant until he became a gag writer and actor in silent films, including The Ten Commandments in 1923. LeRoy credits Ten Commandments director, Cecil B. DeMille, for inspiring him to become a director: "As the top director of the era, DeMille had been the magnet that had drawn me to his set as often as I could go." LeRoy also credits DeMille for teaching him the directing techniques required to make his own films. His first directing job was with First National Pictures on 1927's No Place to Go. LeRoy ended up working at Warner Bros. after they took control of First National. When his movies made lots of money without costing too much, he became well received in the movie business. He directed two key films which launched Edward G. Robinson into major s…
Filmography
movieYou Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movie42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
movieThe Making of the Wizard of Oz
1979 · Self
movieMoment to Moment
1966 · Producer, Director
movieMary, Mary
1963 · Director, Producer
movieGypsy
1962 · Director, Producer
movieA Majority of One
1961 · Director, Producer
movieThe Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961 · Director
movieWake Me When It's Over
1960 · Director, Producer
movieThe FBI Story
1959 · Director, Producer
movieHome Before Dark
1958 · Director
movieNo Time for Sergeants
1958 · Director
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
movieToward the Unknown
1956 · Director, Producer
movieThe Bad Seed
1956 · Director, Producer
movieMister Roberts
1955 · Director
movieStrange Lady in Town
1955 · Director, Producer
movieRose Marie
1954 · Director
movieLatin Lovers
1953 · Director
movieMillion Dollar Mermaid
1952 · Director
tvThis Is Your Life
1952 · Self
movieLovely to Look At
1952 · Director
movieQuo Vadis
1951 · Director
movieRome, the Eternal City
1951 · Self
movieEast Side, West Side
1949 · Director
movieAny Number Can Play
1949 · Director
movieThe Great Sinner
1949 · Co-Director
movieLittle Women
1949 · Director, Producer
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieHomecoming
1948 · Director
movieDesire Me
1947 · Director
movieWithout Reservations
1946 · Director
movieThe House I Live In
1945 · Director, Producer
movieThirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Director
movieMadame Curie
1943 · Director
movieYou, John Jones!
1943 · Director
movieRandom Harvest
1942 · Director
movieJohnny Eager
1941 · Director, Producer
movieUnholy Partners
1941 · Director
movieBlossoms in the Dust
1941 · Director, Producer
You Can't Fool a Camera
movieYou Can't Fool a Camera
1941 · Himself
movieEscape
1940 · Director, Producer
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
movieWaterloo Bridge
1940 · Director
movieAt the Circus
1939 · Producer
movieThe Wizard of Oz
1939 · Producer
movieStand Up and Fight
1939 · Producer
movieDramatic School
1938 · Producer
movieFools for Scandal
1938 · Director, Producer
movieThe Great Garrick
1937 · Producer
movieMr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937 · Producer
movieThey Won't Forget
1937 · Director
movieThe King and the Chorus Girl
1937 · Director
movieThree Men on a Horse
1936 · Director
movieAnthony Adverse
1936 · Director
movieThe Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
movieI Found Stella Parish
1935 · Director
moviePage Miss Glory
1935 · Director
movieOil for the Lamps of China
1935 · Director
movieSweet Adeline
1934 · Director
movieHappiness Ahead
1934 · Director
movieHeat Lightning
1934 · Director
movieHi, Nellie!
1934 · Director
movieThe World Changes
1933 · Director
movieTugboat Annie
1933 · Director
movieGold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Director
movieElmer, the Great
1933 · Director
movieHard to Handle
1933 · Director
movieI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · Director
movieThree on a Match
1932 · Director
movieBig City Blues
1932 · Director
movieTwo Seconds
1932 · Director
movieThe Heart of New York
1932 · Director
movieHigh Pressure
1932 · Director
movieLocal Boy Makes Good
1931 · Director
movieFive Star Final
1931 · Director
movieBroadminded
1931 · Director
movieToo Young to Marry
1931 · Director
movieGentleman's Fate
1931 · Director
movieLittle Caesar
1931 · Director
movieTonight or Never
1931 · Director
movieTop Speed
1930 · Director
movieNumbered Men
1930 · Director
movieShow Girl in Hollywood
1930 · Director
moviePlaying Around
1930 · Director
movieLittle Johnny Jones
1929 · Director
movieBroadway Babies
1929 · Director
movieHot Stuff
1929 · Director
movieNaughty Baby
1928 · Director
movieOh Kay!
1928 · Director
movieHarold Teen
1928 · Director
movieFlying Romeos
1928 · Director
movieNo Place to Go
1927 · Director
movieElla Cinders
1926 · Scenario Writer
movieThe Chorus Lady
1924 · Duke (the jockey)
movieBroadway After Dark
1924 · Carl Fisher
movieThe Call of the Canyon
1923 · Jack Rawlins
movieGoing Up
1923 · The Bellboy
movieLittle Johnny Jones
1923 · George Nelson, Jockey
movieProdigal Daughters
1923 · Newsboy
movieMy American Wife
1922 · Extra