Mervyn LeRoy

Director 38 / Actor 3 / Writer · 1923 – 2008 · 🎬 42 · 🇺🇸 United States

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.

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Highlights

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990

Mary, Mary

Mary, Mary

1963

Frequent Collaborators

Greer Garson

5 shared

John Lee Mahin

4 shared

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

4 shared

Berton Churchill

4 shared

Nick Adams

Nick Adams

4 shared

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

4 shared

All decades 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

actor

2008

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

actor

1990

Mary, Mary

Mary, Mary

director

1963

Gypsy

Gypsy

director

1962

A Majority of One

A Majority of One

director

1961

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

director

1961

The FBI Story

The FBI Story

director

1959

Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark

director

1958

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

director

1958

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

director

1956

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

director

1956

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

director

1955

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

director

1955

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

director

1954

Lovely to Look At

Lovely to Look At

director

1952

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

director

1951

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side

director

1949

Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play

director

1949

Little Women

Little Women

director

1949

Homecoming

Homecoming

director

1948

Desire Me

Desire Me

director

1947

Without Reservations

Without Reservations

director

1946

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

director

1944

Madame Curie

Madame Curie

director

1943

Random Harvest

Random Harvest

director

1942

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

director

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

director

1941

Escape

Escape

director

1940

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

director

1940

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse

director

1936

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory

director

1935

Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

director

1933

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

director

1933

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

director

1932

Three on a Match

Three on a Match

director

1932

Two Seconds

Two Seconds

director

1932

High Pressure

High Pressure

director

1932

Five Star Final

Five Star Final

director

1931

Little Caesar

Little Caesar

director

1931

Numbered Men

Numbered Men

director

1930

Ella Cinders

Ella Cinders

writer

1926

Little Johnny Jones

Little Johnny Jones

actor

1923

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