Mervyn LeRoy
Directing
Born October 15, 1900 in 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 that had drawn me to his set as often as I could go." LeRoy also credits DeMille for teaching him the directing techniques required to make his own films.
Filmography
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
Self
Moment to Moment
Mary, Mary
Gypsy
A Majority of One
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Wake Me When It's Over
The FBI Story
Home Before Dark
No Time for Sergeants
Toward the Unknown
The Bad Seed
Mister Roberts
Strange Lady in Town
Rose Marie
Latin Lovers
Million Dollar Mermaid
This Is Your Life
Self
Lovely to Look At
Quo Vadis
Rome, the Eternal City
Self
East Side, West Side
Any Number Can Play
The Great Sinner
Little Women
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Homecoming
Desire Me
Without Reservations
The House I Live In
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Madame Curie
You, John Jones!
Random Harvest
Johnny Eager
Unholy Partners
Blossoms in the Dust
Escape
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Waterloo Bridge
At the Circus
The Wizard of Oz
Stand Up and Fight
Dramatic School
Fools for Scandal
The Great Garrick
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
They Won't Forget
The King and the Chorus Girl
Three Men on a Horse
Anthony Adverse
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
I Found Stella Parish
Page Miss Glory
Oil for the Lamps of China
Sweet Adeline
Happiness Ahead
Heat Lightning
Hi, Nellie!
The World Changes
Tugboat Annie
Gold Diggers of 1933
Elmer, the Great
Hard to Handle
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Three on a Match
Big City Blues
Two Seconds
The Heart of New York
High Pressure
Local Boy Makes Good
Five Star Final
Broadminded
Too Young to Marry
Gentleman's Fate
Little Caesar
Tonight or Never
Top Speed
Numbered Men
Show Girl in Hollywood
Playing Around
Little Johnny Jones
Broadway Babies
Hot Stuff
Naughty Baby
Oh Kay!
Harold Teen
Flying Romeos
No Place to Go
Ella Cinders
The Chorus Lady
Duke (the jockey)
Broadway After Dark
Carl Fisher
The Call of the Canyon
Jack Rawlins
Going Up
The Bellboy
Little Johnny Jones
George Nelson, Jockey
Prodigal Daughters
Newsboy
My American Wife
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