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See all related content →. Mervyn LeRoy (born October 15, 1900, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died September 13, 1987, Beverly Hills, California) was an American motion-picture director whose wide variety of films included dramas, romances, epics, comedies, and musicals. He also produced films, including the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939).
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 ...
“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.”
LeRoy continued to take on challenges into the decade of the '50s, successfully bringing the chilling play The Bad Seed to the screen in 1955 with most of its Broadway cast intact. LeRoy remained busy into '60s -- his last major film was the screen adaptation of Gypsy, starring Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, and Karl Malden.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. 1932 1h 32m Approved. 8.2 (14K) Rate. Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him. Director Mervyn LeRoy Stars Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson. 2. Little Caesar. 1931 1h 19m Not Rated.
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 nació de padres judíos americanos en San Francisco, California. Su familia, que tenía unos grandes almacenes, se arruinó con el terremoto de 1906 en esa ciudad. Para ganar dinero, LeRoy vendió periódicos y luego empezó a cantar: trabajó en un vaudeville. Con su primo Jesse Lasky, LeRoy luego fue a Hollywood y comenzó a ...
