The Wizard of Oz
1939
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Sep 14, 1987 · Mervyn LeRoy, the versatile movie director of such explosive dramas as ''Little Caesar'' and ''I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang'' and such lush romances as ''Waterloo Bridge'' and...
Mar 21, 2024 · 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).
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.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir. 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, Noel Francis.
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.
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 ...
