Mervyn LeRoy is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Co-Director American born on 15 october 1900 at San Francisco (USA)
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy participated to
88 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
15 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
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Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
George Cukor,
Victor Fleming,
Norman Taurog,
Richard Thorpe,
King VidorOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Musical theatre,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
MusicalThemes Films about magic and magicians,
Monde imaginaire,
Films about music and musicians,
Le pays d'Oz,
Witches in film,
Musical films,
Steampunk films,
Children's filmsActors Judy Garland,
Frank Morgan,
Ray Bolger,
Bert Lahr,
Jack Haley,
Billie BurkeRating80%
The film starts in sepia toned Kansas in the early 1900s. Dorothy Gale lives with her dog Toto on the farm of her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy and Toto get in trouble with a ruthless neighbor, Miss Almira Gulch, when Toto bites her. However, Dorothy's family and the farmhands are all too busy to pay attention to her. Miss Gulch arrives with permission from the sheriff to have Toto euthanized. He is taken away, but escapes and returns to Dorothy; she then decides to run away from home with Toto to escape Miss Gulch. , 2h3
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
John Ford,
Joshua LoganOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Military humor in film,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Henry Fonda,
James Cagney,
William Powell,
Jack Lemmon,
Betsy Palmer,
Ward BondRating75%
In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean. The executive officer/cargo chief, Lieutenant Junior Grade Douglas A. "Doug" Roberts (Henry Fonda), tries to shield the dispirited crew from the harsh and unpopular captain, Lieutenant Commander Morton (James Cagney). Eager to join the fighting, Roberts repeatedly requests a transfer. Morton is forced by regulation to forward his requests, but refuses to endorse them, which means they are always rejected. Roberts shares quarters with Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver (Jack Lemmon). Pulver spends most of his time idling in his bunk and avoids the captain at all costs, so much so that Morton is actually unaware that the ensign is even part of the crew., 2h51
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
Anthony MannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
Peplum,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about religionActors Robert Taylor,
Deborah Kerr,
Peter Ustinov,
Leo Genn,
Patricia Laffan,
Finlay CurrieRating70%
The action takes place in ancient Rome from AD 64–68, a period after Emperor Claudius' illustrious and powerful reign, during which the new corrupt and destructive Emperor Nero ascends to power and eventually threatens to destroy Rome's previous peaceful order. The main subject is the conflict between Christianity and the corruption of the Roman Empire, especially in the last period of the Julio-Claudian line. The characters and events depicted are a mixture of actual historical figures and situations and fictionalized ones., 2h22
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
John Wayne,
Edgar Ray KelloggOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors David Janssen,
John Wayne,
Jim Hutton,
Aldo Ray,
George Takei,
Luke AskewRating56%
At Fort Bragg, cynical newspaper reporter George Beckworth (David Janssen) is at a Special Forces briefing about the American military involvement in the war in Vietnam. The briefing at Gabriel Demonstration Area (named for SGT Jimmy Gabriel, the first "Green Beret" soldier killed in Vietnam), includes a demonstration and explanation of the whys and wherefores of participating in the Vietnam War., 2h18
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Dans un avion,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Van Johnson,
Robert Walker,
Spencer Tracy,
Don DeFore,
Phyllis Thaxter,
Stephen McNallyRating71%
In February 1942, just two months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the United States Army Air Forces plan to retaliate by bombing Tokyo and four other Japanese cities—taking advantage of the fact that US aircraft carriers can approach near enough to the Japanese mainland to make such an attack feasible., 2h1
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about families,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Elizabeth Taylor,
June Allyson,
Janet Leigh,
Margaret O'Brien,
Mary Astor,
Peter LawfordRating72%
In the small town of Concord, Massachusetts, during the Civil War, the March sisters — Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor) and Beth (Margaret O'Brien) — live with their mother in a state of genteel poverty, their father having lost the family's fortune to an unscrupulous businessman several years earlier. While Mr. March (Leon Ames) serves in the Union Army, Mrs. March (Mary Astor), affectionately referred to as "Marmee" by her daughters, holds the family together and teaches the girls the importance of giving to those less fortunate than themselves, especially during the upcoming Christmas season. Though the spoiled and vain Amy often bemoans the family's lack of material wealth and social status, Jo, an aspiring writer, keeps everyone entertained with her stories and plays, while the youngest March, the shy and sensitive Beth, accompanies Jo's productions on an out-of-tune piano., 1h36
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
Busby BerkeleyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Warren William,
Joan Blondell,
Aline MacMahon,
Ruby Keeler,
Dick Powell,
Ginger RogersRating76%
The "gold diggers" are four aspiring actresses: Polly the ingenue (Ruby Keeler), Carol the torch singer (Joan Blondell), Trixie the comedienne (Aline MacMahon), and Fay the glamour puss (Ginger Rogers)., 2h21
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors Fredric March,
Olivia de Havilland,
Donald Woods,
Anita Louise,
Edmund Gwenn,
Claude RainsRating62%
In 1773, Maria Bonnyfeather (Anita Louise) is the new bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis (Claude Rains). However, she is pregnant by Denis Moore (Louis Hayward), the man she loved before being forced to marry Don Luis. After the marquis learns of his wife's affair, Don Luis takes her away but Denis tracks them down at an inn, where Don Luis treacherously kills him in a sword fight., 1h47
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeActors Robert Taylor,
Lana Turner,
Edward Arnold,
Van Heflin,
Robert Sterling,
Paul StewartRating69%
Johnny Eager (Robert Taylor) masquerades as a taxi driver for his gullible parole officer, A. J. Verne (Henry O'Neill), but in reality, he is the ruthless head of a powerful gambling syndicate. Verne introduces him to socialite Lisbeth "Liz" Bard (Lana Turner), a sociology student. Johnny and Liz are attracted to each other, but then he discovers that she is the stepdaughter of his longtime nemesis, John Benson Farrell (Edward Arnold). As a crusading prosecutor, Farrell was responsible for sending Johnny to prison, and now as the district attorney, he has gotten an injunction preventing Johnny's expensive dog racing track from opening., 1h48
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Théâtre,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Erotic thriller filmsActors Robert Taylor,
Vivien Leigh,
Lucile Watson,
Virginia Field,
Maria Ouspenskaïa,
C. Aubrey SmithRating76%
After Britain's declaration of World War II, Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor), an army colonel, is being driven to London's Waterloo Station en route to France, and briefly alights on Waterloo Bridge to reminisce about events which occurred during the First World War when he met Myra Lester (Vivien Leigh) whom he had planned to marry. While Roy gazes at a good luck charm, a billiken that she had given him, the story unfolds., 1h29
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Edward G. Robinson,
Marian Marsh,
Anthony Bushell,
H. B. Warner,
Boris Karloff,
Aline MacMahonRating72%
Joseph W. Randall (Edward G. Robinson), the city editor of a tabloid newspaper, reluctantly agrees when publisher Bernard Hinchecliffe (Oscar Apfel) plans to boost circulation with a restrospective series on a 20-year-old murder and scandal, involving a secretary, Nancy Voorhees (Frances Starr), who shot the man who got her pregnant and then refused to marry her. Nancy is now married to Michael Townsend (H. B. Warner), an upstanding member of society, and has a daughter, Jenny (Marian Marsh), about to marry the son of a socially prominent family, Philip Weeks (Anthony Bushell). She reacts with horror at the renewed interest in the scandal she had put behind her., 1h19
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Mob film,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Gangster filmsActors Edward G. Robinson,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
Glenda Farrell,
Sidney Blackmer,
William Collier Jr.,
George E. StoneRating71%
Small-time criminals Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello (Edward G. Robinson) and his friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) move to Chicago to seek their fortunes. Rico joins the gang of Sam Vettori (Stanley Fields), while Joe wants to be a dancer. Olga (Glenda Farrell) becomes his dance partner and girlfriend., 1h33
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
ÉvasionActors Paul Muni,
Glenda Farrell,
Helen Vinson,
Preston Foster,
Noel Francis,
Allen JenkinsRating81%
Sergeant James Allen (Paul Muni) returns to civilian life after World War I but his war experience makes him restless. His family feels he should be grateful for a tedious job as an office clerk, and when he announces that he wants to become an engineer, they react with outrage. He leaves home to find work on any sort of project, but unskilled labor is plentiful and it's hard for him to find a job. Wandering and sinking into poverty, he accidentally becomes caught up in a robbery and is sentenced to ten years on a brutal Southern chain gang., 2h36
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Théâtre,
Musical films,
Films based on playsActors Rosalind Russell,
Alec Guinness,
Ray Danton,
Madlyn Rhue,
Mae Questel,
George TakeiRating67%
M Jacoby, une veuve originaire de Brooklyn dont le fils a été tué par les Japonais pendant la guerre, accepte à regret d'accompagner sa fille Alice et son gendre Jerry pour un voyage au Japon, où Jerry doit participer à la négociation d'un traité commercial. Lors de la croisière trans-pacifique, le ressentiment de M Jacoby à propos des jamonais est encore très fort lorsqu'elle encontre sur M. Asano, un industriel japonais dont la famille a elle aussi été beaucoup touchée par la guerre. Leur amitié naissante est malmenée lorsque Jerry suspecte M. Asano, lui-même un des négociateurs du traité, d'avoir cherché un gain politique dans cette relation. Bien que M Jacoby n'y croie pas vraiment, elle refuse de voir M. Asano lors de leur dernière soirée à bord. Une fois au Japon, Jerry offense sans le faire exprès M. Asano, et la conférence est annulée. M Jacoby se rend alors chez M. Asano. Après une soirée très agréable, il accepte de reprendre les négociations. Alors que les trois Américains se préparent à repartir, M Jacoby est surprise de recevoir une demande en mariage de M. Asano, mais aussi par la réaction négative d'Alice et Jerry. Mais en fait elle refuse surtout car elle considère que M. Asano et elle sont encore trop marqués par leurs histoires personnelles. Des mois plus tard, M. Asano arrive à New York comme délégué aux Nations unies. Il rencontre à nouveau M Jacoby, qui accepte désormais qu'il lui fasse la cour.