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6 days ago · Mervyn LeRoy (/ l ə ˈ r ɔɪ /; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and actor. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.
Jul 2, 2024 · Mervyn LeRoy. Highly recommended: Little Caesar, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. Recommended: Five Star Final, Gold Diggers of 1933, Waterloo Bridge, Random Harvest, Mister Roberts (partially directed by LeRoy), The Bad Seed.
4 days ago · I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime tragedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932.
Jul 14, 2024 · The movie was directed by Mervyn LeRoy, a renowned Hollywood director known for his work on films like “The Wizard of Oz” and “Little Caesar. Comedy Genre No Time for Sergeants is a comedy film, known for its humorous portrayal of military life and bureaucracy.
3 days ago · When Turner was discovered, MGM executive Mervyn LeRoy envisioned her as a replacement for the recently deceased Jean Harlow and began developing her image as a sex symbol. In They Won't Forget (1937) and Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), she embodied an "innocent sexuality" portraying ingénues.
Jul 4, 2024 · In a proto-noir predating the studio's adaptation of The Petrified Forest, Mervyn LeRoy's Heat Lightning (isn't that such a great title?) packs plenty of tension, yearning, lust and regret into this hour-long tale of two sisters, Olga (Aline MacMahon, one of my favorite Brooklynites!) and Myra (Ann Dvorak, always such a striking presence), who ...
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3 days ago · According to Sondheim & Co., writer George Oppenheimer witnessed a “fracas” when Ethel Merman screamed at Jule Styne over the phone when film director Mervyn LeRoy reneged on a promise and signed Rosalind Russell as Rose for the 1962 Gypsy movie. “If Momma Was Married” name-drops Fanny Brice, a contemporary of Gypsy Rose Lee.
