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Tag Archives: Mervyn LeRoy
Little Women (1949) Mervyn LeRoy, June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien

Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. Read More »
Anthony Adverse (1936) Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz, Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods

In late 18th century Italy, a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older man. Read More »
Numbered Men (1930) Mervyn LeRoy, Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett

Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou Rinaldo Read More »
Wake Me When It’s Over (1960) Mervyn LeRoy, Ernie Kovacs, Dick Shawn, Margo Moore

Gus Brubaker has been drafted… again. Due to a clerical error, Gus finds himself deployed to a little Japanese island Read More »
The World Changes (1933) Mervyn LeRoy, Paul Muni, Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon

An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat packing business Read More »
Heat Lightning (1934) Mervyn LeRoy, Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster

In the Mohave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger sister Myra. Read More »
Local Boy Makes Good (1931) Mervyn LeRoy, Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall

John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. Read More »
Big City Blues (1932) Mervyn LeRoy, Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, Jobyna Howland

Seventy-two hours in the life of Indiana man Bud who inherits money Read More »
Waterloo Bridge (1940) Mervyn LeRoy, Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I Read More »
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Mervyn LeRoy, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. Read More »
Homecoming (1948) Mervyn LeRoy, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. Read More »
Quo Vadis (1951) Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann, Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn

Returning to Rome after three years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her, though as a Christian she wants nothing to do with a warrior. Read More »
Playing Around (1930) Mervyn LeRoy, Alice White, Chester Morris, William Bakewell

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go. Read More »
Mister Roberts (1955) John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Comedy, Drama, War

Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. Read More »