In the Mohave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger sister Myra. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mervyn LeRoy
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 »
Escape (1940) Mervyn LeRoy, Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Drama
An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of a German countess he engineers her escape. Read More »
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) Mervyn LeRoy, Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet, Comedy, Musical, Drama
When Jimmy Doyle’s Broadway musical is a flop, he takes his rejected star, Dixie Dugan, to a nightclub where she does her number again. Read More »
Five Star Final (1931) Mervyn LeRoy, Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hinchcliffe, the ruthless publisher of a sleazy New York tabloid, is concerned that the ethical journalistic policies of City Editor Randall have caused a drop in circulation. Read More »
High Pressure (1932) Mervyn LeRoy, William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney, Comedy
Gar Evans is a “high pressure” promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. Read More »
Moment to Moment (1965) Mervyn LeRoy, Jean Seberg, Honor Blackman, Sean Garrison, Thriller, Drama
Gypsy (1962) Mervyn LeRoy, Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder Read More »