Mervyn LeRoy

American film director and producer (1900–1987)

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Born: 1900
Died: 1987
Works: 7

Top works

好萊塢工作實錄
Haolaiwu gong zuo shi lu
Gold diggers of 1933
Thirty seconds over Tokyo
Three on a match

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Directing · San Francisco, California, USA

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…

Known for

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — Self (archive footage)2008
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)2006
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic — Self (archive footage)1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)

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Mervyn LeRoy (/ləˈrɔɪ/; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) 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.

Early life