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Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Directing
1931 — 1962 · 33 films
Lived
15 October 1900 — d. 1987
From
San Francisco, California, USA

Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director, producer, and sometime actor.

Career Signature

How Mervyn LeRoy’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

bittersweet
heavy emotional
crowd-pleaser
operatic emotion
emotionally devastating

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

William WylerWilliam Wyler29 filmsMichael CurtizMichael Curtiz56 filmsJohn CromwellJohn Cromwell19 filmsOtto PremingerOtto Preminger28 filmsDaniel MannDaniel Mann9 filmsWilliam DieterleWilliam Dieterle24 filmsJean NegulescoJean Negulesco17 filmsLewis MilestoneLewis Milestone18 films

Filmography

Gypsy

1962

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

1961

The FBI Story

1959

No Time for Sergeants

1958

Home Before Dark

1958

The Bad Seed

1956

Mister Roberts

1955

Million Dollar Mermaid

1952

Quo Vadis

1951

Little Women

1949

East Side, West Side

1949

Any Number Can Play

1949

The Great Sinner

1949

Without Reservations

1946

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

Madame Curie

1943

Random Harvest

1942

Johnny Eager

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

Waterloo Bridge

1940

They Won't Forget

1937

Anthony Adverse

1936

Heat Lightning

1934

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

Hard to Handle

1933

Two Seconds

1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

Three on a Match

1932

High Pressure

1932

Big City Blues

1932

Little Caesar

1931

Five Star Final

1931

Tonight or Never

1931