Search results for "Mervyn LeRoy"
Oil for the Lamps of China

Oil for the Lamps of China

Oil for the Lamps of China
IMDb: 6.5
97

An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.

Genre: Drama
Broadminded

Broadminded

Broadminded
IMDb: 5.8
65

Jack’s father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack’s cousin, as guardian, not realizing that Ossie…

Genre: Comedy
Tugboat Annie

Tugboat Annie

Tugboat Annie
IMDb: 7
86

Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
A Majority of One

A Majority of One

A Majority of One
IMDb: 6.9
156

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great
IMDb: 6.1
72

Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only…

Genre: Comedy
Lovely to Look At

Lovely to Look At

Lovely to Look At
IMDb: 6.3
103

Three broke Broadway producers are desperately looking for backers for a new show. When they are about to give up, one of them discovers that they are an heir to…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Madame Curie

Madame Curie

Madame Curie
IMDb: 7.2
124

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Hi, Nellie!

Hi, Nellie!

Hi, Nellie!
IMDb: 6.9
75

Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rose Marie

Rose Marie

Rose Marie
IMDb: 5.8
104

Rose Marie Lemaitre (Ann Blyth), an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone (Howard Keel), an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police….

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead
IMDb: 6.7
86

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother’s choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
They Won’t Forget

They Won’t Forget

They Won’t Forget
IMDb: 7.2
95

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Five Star Final

Five Star Final

Five Star Final
IMDb: 7.3
89

An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Two Seconds

Two Seconds

Two Seconds
IMDb: 6.9
67

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Three on a Match

Three on a Match

Three on a Match
IMDb: 7.2
63

Mary, Vivian and Ruth are former schoolmates who do some catching up after a chance meeting. Of the three women, Vivian, who married successful lawyer Robert, seems to have the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark
IMDb: 7
136

A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital. Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1958 drama stars Jean Simmons, Dan O’Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Joanna Barnes, Mabel…

Genre: Drama
Local Boy Makes Good

Local Boy Makes Good

Local Boy Makes Good
IMDb: 6.2
68

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. One day,…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish
IMDb: 6.7
85

A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Gentleman’s Fate

Gentleman’s Fate

Gentleman’s Fate
IMDb: 6.4
90

A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood
IMDb: 6.2
80

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Unholy Partners

Unholy Partners

Unholy Partners
IMDb: N/A
94

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Gypsy

Gypsy

Gypsy
IMDb: 7.1
143

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
IMDb: 8.2
92

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle
IMDb: 6.7
78

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager
IMDb: 7.1
107

A charming racketeer seduces the DA’s daughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Genre: Drama
Homecoming

Homecoming

Homecoming
IMDb: 6.8
113

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. On…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Random Harvest

Random Harvest

Random Harvest
IMDb: 8
126

An amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-War life.

Genre: Drama, Romance
East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side
IMDb: 6.9
108

A New Yorker’s (James Mason) mistress (Ava Gardner) drives his wife (Barbara Stanwyck) to a war hero; then someone kills the mistress.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Desire Me

Desire Me

Desire Me
IMDb: 6.1
91

A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband’s death.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play
IMDb: 6.8
112

Clark Gable stars in this 1949 drama, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, about a casino owner juggling both business and family problems. The cast also includes Alexis Smith, Mary Astor, Darryl…

Genre: Drama
Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town
IMDb: 6.3
112

There’s a new doctor in old Santa Fe, and it’s Greer Garson. Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1955 western also stars Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell, Lois Smith, Walter Hampden, Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales, Earl…

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts
IMDb: 7.7
123

Mr. Roberts is as an officer who’s yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, War
No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants
IMDb: 7.6
119

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will? In No Time for Sergeants, Andy Griffith…

Genre: Comedy, War
High Pressure

High Pressure

High Pressure
IMDb: 6.6
73

Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a “Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company”, and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy,…

Genre: Comedy
The FBI Story

The FBI Story

The FBI Story
IMDb: 6.6
149

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency’s battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

Genre: Drama
Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust
IMDb: 6.9
99

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Little Women

Little Women

Little Women
IMDb: 7.3
121

Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg,…

Genre: Family, Romance
Without Reservations

Without Reservations

Without Reservations
IMDb: 6.5
107

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don’t know she is the author…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Escape

Escape

Escape
IMDb: 7
98

An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown
IMDb: 6.5
115

The story of a US Air Force major who was captured during the Korean War, and cracked signing a confession. After his release he ultimately arrives at Edwards Air Force…

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
IMDb: 7.2
171

Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught…