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Mervyn LeRoy 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).
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Mervyn LeRoy: His 20 best films. A nice Hollywood director who was in charge of some big productions during the 40's and 50's, sometimes he got some very good results.
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Mervyn LeRoy. Director: Gypsy. The great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 was a tragedy for Mervyn LeRoy. While he and his father managed to survive, they lost everything they had. To make money, LeRoy sold newspapers and entered talent contests as a singer.
- October 15, 1900
- September 13, 1987
Mervyn LeRoy. Producer: The Wizard of Oz. The great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 was a tragedy for Mervyn LeRoy. While he and his father managed to survive, they lost everything they had. To make money, LeRoy sold newspapers and entered talent contests as a singer.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
His Madame Curie (1943) was a highly praised and successful film biography, while Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), a dramatization of the 1942 Doolittle raid on Japan, was one of the biggest hits of the war, and also helped turn Van Johnson into a major star.
- October 15, 1900
- September 13, 1987
Mervyn LeRoy - Film Director, MGM, WWII: LeRoy left Warner Brothers for the greener pastures of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he was offered an unusual deal that allowed him to function as either a producer or a director.
Sep 14, 1987 · Oscar-winning producer-director Mervyn LeRoy, the one-time San Francisco newsboy who set the tone of Hollywood movie making for 40 years with such films as “Little Caesar,” “The Wizard of Oz,”...
