
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 »
Tag Archives: Mervyn LeRoy
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 »
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 »
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) Mervyn LeRoy, Fernand Gravey, Joan Blondell, Edward Everett Horton, Comedy, Romance

Ex-King Alfred VII is a young, handsome, and charming erstwhile monarch who once ruled a nation of two million people. Read More »
