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After completing his last production featuring Greer Garson in Strange Lady in Town (1955), LeRoy turned largely to adapting Broadway successes, serving as producer and director and often enlisting casts from the original stage productions.
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: His 20 best films. A nice Hollywood director who was in charge of some big productions during the 40's and 50's, sometimes he got some very good results.
View full company info for Mervyn LeRoy Productions Inc. 1. The FBI Story (1959) Approved | 149 min | Crime, Drama, History. 6.5. Rate this. A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies. Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell. Votes: 3,754
Producer: The Wizard of Oz. The great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 was a tragedy for Mervyn LeRoy. While he and his father managed to survive, they lost everything they had. To make money, LeRoy sold newspapers and entered talent contests as a singer.
He began by producing the films of other directors: Robert Sinclair’s Dramatic School (1938), W.S. Van Dyke ’s Stand Up and Fight (1939), Eddie Buzzell ’s At the Circus (1939), and, most enduringly, Victor Fleming ’s The Wizard of Oz (1939). Finally, in 1940, LeRoy stepped behind the camera again.
Mervyn LeRoy ( / ləˈrɔɪ /; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and actor. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.
