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Read More. Former actor and comedy writer who began a prolific directing career in 1927. LeRoy did his best work at Warner Bros. in the 1930s, turning out a string of grittily realistic films which reflected the hardships of Depression-era America. His 1930 gangster film, "Little Caesar," launched Edward G. Robinson into stardom and inaugurated ...
Mervyn LeRoy (n. 15 octombrie 1900 , San Francisco, California – d. 13 septembrie 1987 , Beverly Hills, California ) a fost un regizor american , producător și uneori actor .
“Mervyn LeRoy spent virtually all of his long career with two of the leading Hollywood studios, Warner Bros. and MGM. He went about as far as it was possible for a contract director to go during the peak studio years of the 30s and 40s and, when the 50s decline set in, he attempted to continue as an independent producer-director for a time, albeit with only varying degrees of success.”
Description. Also known as. English. Mervyn LeRoy. American film director and producer (1900–1987) Mervyn Le Roy.
Died Sept. 13, 1987 in Beverly Hills, Calif. O scar-winning producer-director Mervyn LeRoy set the tone of Hollywood moviemaking for 40 years with such films as "Little Caesar," "The Wizard of Oz," "Quo Vadis" and "Gypsy." He had been a full-fledged director at First National (later Warner Bros.) for only three years when his handling of ...
Filmografia di Mervyn LeRoy. Mervyn LeRoy. Data di nascita 15 ottobre 1900 a San Francisco, California (USA) ed è morto il 13 settembre 1987 all'età di 86 anni a Los Angeles, California (USA). Nei suoi 37 anni di carriera come regista ha diretto Il mago di Oz, Quo vadis?
Madame Curie. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in Madame Curie (1943), directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Random Harvest (1942), based on James Hilton ’s novel, was a big box-office success. A soldier (Ronald Colman) is left with amnesia and shell shock after World War I, but his frustration melts away under the tender ministrations of a dancer (Garson ...
