Mervyn LeRoy

Mervyn LeRoy

1900-10-15 San Francisco, California, USA 103 Credits

Biography

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...

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Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner

Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner

2019

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most ce...

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

as Self (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century....

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.3
Acting

Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of t...

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...

The Making of the Wizard of Oz

The Making of the Wizard of Oz

1979

as Self

Acting

The time was 1938. The place, Hollywood. This is the story of one of the 456 films made that year, how it was made, and why it has endured.

Moment to Moment

Moment to Moment

1966

Producer, Director

5.1
Producing Directing

When an erring wife's supposedly dead lover turns up an amnesiac, it's her unsuspecting shrink husband who's enlisted to get those memories back.

Mary, Mary

Mary, Mary

1963

Director, Producer

5.2
Directing Producing

Sparks fly when a recently-divorced couple is forced back into proximity to sort out a tax matter.

Gypsy

Gypsy

1962

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention t...

A Majority of One

A Majority of One

1961

Director, Producer

5.7
Directing Producing

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the les...

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

1961

Director

6.3
Directing

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smolderin...

Wake Me When It's Over

Wake Me When It's Over

1960

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's j...

The FBI Story

The FBI Story

1959

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark

1958

Director

7.2
Directing

A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

1958

Director

7.2
Directing

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

1956

Director, Producer

5.6
Directing Producing

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bon...

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

1956

Director, Producer

7.1
Directing Producing

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps he...

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1955

Director

7.0
Directing

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying ...

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

1955

Director, Producer

4.5
Directing Producing

Julia Garth, a female doctor, plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor, Rourk...

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

1954

Director

4.0
Directing

Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mount...

Latin Lovers

Latin Lovers

1953

Director

4.6
Directing

An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil.

Million Dollar Mermaid

Million Dollar Mermaid

1952

Director

6.4
Directing

After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.

Lovely to Look At

Lovely to Look At

1952

Director

5.1
Directing

Three broke Broadway producers are desperately looking for backers for a new show. When they are about to give up, one of them discovers that they are...

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951

Director

7.1
Directing

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...

Rome, the Eternal City

Rome, the Eternal City

1951

as Self

Acting

A Traveltalk style documentary look at Rome.

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side

1949

Director

7.0
Directing

A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play

1949

Director

6.9
Directing

When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it diff...

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

1949

Co-Director

6.6
Directing

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

Little Women

Little Women

1949

Director, Producer

7.4
Directing Producing

Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil ...

Homecoming

Homecoming

1948

Director

7.0
Directing

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than d...

Desire Me

Desire Me

1947

Director

5.7
Directing

A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.

Without Reservations

Without Reservations

1946

Director

6.2
Directing

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't...

The House I Live In

The House I Live In

1945

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

Frank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

Director

6.6
Directing

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Jap...

Madame Curie

Madame Curie

1943

Director

7.1
Directing

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concern...

You, John Jones!

You, John Jones!

1943

Director

6.0
Directing

John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing occurs.

Random Harvest

Random Harvest

1942

Director

7.3
Directing

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

1941

Producer, Director

6.1
Producing Directing

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Unholy Partners

Unholy Partners

1941

Director

7.0
Directing

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats ...

You Can't Fool a Camera

1941

as Himself

5.5
Acting

This short starts out as a documentary. In a dramatization, Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments prove that when a horse gallops, there are ti...

Escape

Escape

1940

Director, Producer

7.4
Directing Producing

An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess h...

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.5
Acting

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

1940

Director

7.5
Directing

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ...

At the Circus

At the Circus

1939

Producer

6.3
Producing

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take ov...

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

1939

Producer

7.6
Producing

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow ...

Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight

1939

Producer

5.8
Producing

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

Dramatic School

Dramatic School

1938

Producer

6.2
Producing

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at nigh...

Fools for Scandal

Fools for Scandal

1938

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

An incognito Hollywood star in Paris meets a penniless nobleman who follows her to London.

The Great Garrick

The Great Garrick

1937

Producer

5.9
Producing

A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career.

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937

Producer

5.4
Producing

A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.

They Won't Forget

They Won't Forget

1937

Director

5.7
Directing

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with polit...

The King and the Chorus Girl

The King and the Chorus Girl

1937

Director

5.5
Directing

A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.

Three Men on a Horse

Three Men on a Horse

1936

Director

6.2
Directing

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse

1936

Director

5.8
Directing

Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by...

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

1936

5.0
Acting

Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.

I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish

1935

Director

7.0
Directing

A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory

1935

Director

6.3
Directing

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

Oil for the Lamps of China

Oil for the Lamps of China

1935

Director

7.3
Directing

An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.

Sweet Adeline

Sweet Adeline

1934

Director

5.7
Directing

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infur...

Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead

1934

Director

6.0
Directing

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washe...

Heat Lightning

Heat Lightning

1934

Director

6.7
Directing

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

Hi, Nellie!

Hi, Nellie!

1934

Director

6.5
Directing

Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a s...

The World Changes

The World Changes

1933

Director

4.8
Directing

Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr....

Tugboat Annie

Tugboat Annie

1933

Director

7.0
Directing

Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscie...

Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

Director

7.2
Directing

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to...

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

1933

Director

4.9
Directing

Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only...

Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle

1933

Director

6.9
Directing

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

Director

7.8
Directing

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s false...

Three on a Match

Three on a Match

1932

Director

6.2
Directing

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery ...

Big City Blues

Big City Blues

1932

Director

5.3
Directing

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets ...

Two Seconds

Two Seconds

1932

Director

6.3
Directing

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flash...

The Heart of New York

The Heart of New York

1932

Director

6.7
Directing

A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.

High Pressure

High Pressure

1932

Director

6.0
Directing

Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is...

Local Boy Makes Good

Local Boy Makes Good

1931

Director

6.0
Directing

John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, o...

Five Star Final

Five Star Final

1931

Director

6.7
Directing

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman in...

Broadminded

Broadminded

1931

Director

3.7
Directing

Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, a...

Too Young to Marry

Too Young to Marry

1931

Director

Directing

In this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his overbearing wife. Only one of his daughters is on his si...

Gentleman's Fate

Gentleman's Fate

1931

Director

5.5
Directing

A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.

Little Caesar

Little Caesar

1931

Director

6.9
Directing

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never

1931

Director

5.9
Directing

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

Top Speed

Top Speed

1930

Director

6.0
Directing

An order clerk poses as a millionaire.

Numbered Men

Numbered Men

1930

Director

4.6
Directing

Prison drama from 1930. Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud to get Mary, and escape-minded K...

Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood

1930

Director

5.8
Directing

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

Playing Around

Playing Around

1930

Director

4.7
Directing

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.

Little Johnny Jones

Little Johnny Jones

1929

Director

Directing

Little Johnny Jones is a jockey who is in love with his all-American sweetheart, Mary Baker, and also his career as the rider of thoroughbred horses. ...

Broadway Babies

Broadway Babies

1929

Director

5.2
Directing

Dee is a naive chorus girl living in a boarding house full of low-paid actors. Dee and Billy are in love and he helps her to move from chorus girl to ...

Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff

1929

Director

Directing

An uptight society aunt sends her too sexy niece to college so she can land a man.

Naughty Baby

Naughty Baby

1928

Director

4.5
Directing

A cloak room girl (Alice White) falls for a rich boy who may not actually be rich.

Oh Kay!

Oh Kay!

1928

Director

Directing

On the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out to sea and she is rescued by a passing rumrunner bound ...

Harold Teen

Harold Teen

1928

Director

7.0
Directing

Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He...

No Place to Go

No Place to Go

1927

Director

Directing

Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her like it.

Ella Cinders

Ella Cinders

1926

Scenario Writer

7.0
Writing

Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of ...

The Chorus Lady

The Chorus Lady

1924

as Duke (the jockey)

Acting

When her latest show closes, Pat O'Brien returns home. The stable owned by her fiancé, Dan Mallory, catches fire, and Pat helps save his prize horse, ...

Broadway After Dark

Broadway After Dark

1924

as Carl Fisher

Acting

Ralph Norton, man-about-town and wealthy favorite in Broadway society circles, is attracted to Helen Tremaine, but her flirtatious behavior causes him...

The Call of the Canyon

The Call of the Canyon

1923

as Jack Rawlins

Acting

Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His fia...

Going Up

Going Up

1923

as The Bellboy

Acting

Going Up (1923)

Little Johnny Jones

Little Johnny Jones

1923

as George Nelson, Jockey

Acting

Jockey Johnny Jones is hired to ride The Earl of Bloomsburg's horse at the English Derby. Crooked gambler Robert Anstead frames Johnny as a thief and ...

Prodigal Daughters

Prodigal Daughters

1923

as Newsboy

1.0
Acting

Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes. Their mother shows no restraint over her dau...

My American Wife

My American Wife

1922

as Extra

Acting

Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky woman whose horse has won a race at a South American ...