Mervyn LeRoy

Mervyn LeRoy

Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director, producer, and sometime actor. LeRoy worked in costumes, processing labs and as a camera assistant until he became a gag writer and actor in silent films, including The Ten Commandments in 1923. LeRoy credits Ten Commandments director, Cecil B. DeMille, for inspiring him to become a director: "As the top director of the era, DeMille had been the magnet that had drawn me to his set as often as I could go." LeRoy also credits DeMille for teaching him the directing techniques required to make his own films. His first directing job was with First National Pictures on 1927's No Place to Go. LeRoy ended up working at Warner Bros. after they took control of First National. When his movies made lots of money without costing too much, he became well received in the movie business. He directed two key films which launched Edward G. Robinson into major stardom, the Oscar-nominated critique of tabloid journalism Five Star Final, and the classic gangster film Little Caesar, which made his mark. From that point forward, LeRoy would be responsible for a diverse variety of films as a director and producer. The following year's I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang was also nominated for the Academy Award for Outstanding Production as was his Anthony Adverse. In 1938 he was chosen as head of production at MGM, where he was responsible for the decision to make The Wizard of Oz. He was responsible for discovering Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum, and Lana Turner. His 1941 film Blossoms in the Dust was nominated for the Academy Award for Outstanding Motion Picture. His first big hit as a director with MGM was 1942's Random Harvest which was their biggest of the season earning worldwide rentals of $8 million and for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Directing. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Outstanding Motion Picture. He hit big again two years later with Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo with rentals of $6 million. In 1951, he scored his biggest hit with Quo Vadis earning worldwide rentals of $21 million as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture. In the early 1950s, LeRoy directed such musicals as Lovely to Look At, Million Dollar Mermaid, Latin Lovers and Rose Marie. He returned to Warner Brothers in 1955, where he took over from John Ford as director on Mister Roberts, another big hit, which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture. He also directed films for Warners such as The Bad Seed, No Time for Sergeants, The FBI Story, and Gypsy. He received an honorary Oscar in 1946 for The House I Live In, "for tolerance short subject", and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1976. A total of eight movies Mervyn LeRoy directed or co-directed were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, one of the highest numbers among all directors.

  • Title: Mervyn LeRoy
  • Popularity: 3.939
  • Fantatra ho an'ny: Directing
  • Birthday: 1900-10-15
  • Toerana nahaterahana: San Francisco, California, USA
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Mervyn LeRoy Movies

  • 1936
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    The Making of a Great Motion Picture

    The Making of a Great Motion Picture

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Making of the Wizard of Oz

    The Making of the Wizard of Oz

    1 1979 HD

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  • 2015
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    Jag är Ingrid

    Jag är Ingrid

    7.2 2015 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Chorus Lady

    The Chorus Lady

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

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  • 2006
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    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    6 2006 HD

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  • 1924
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    Broadway After Dark

    Broadway After Dark

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1922
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    My American Wife

    My American Wife

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1940
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    8 1988 HD

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  • 1951
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    Rome, the Eternal City

    Rome, the Eternal City

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1923
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    Going Up

    Going Up

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    Prodigal Daughters

    Prodigal Daughters

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1988
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    6 1988 HD

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  • 2019
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    Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

    Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

    9.5 2019 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

    8.3 1990 HD

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  • 1923
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    Little Johnny Jones

    Little Johnny Jones

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Call of the Canyon

    The Call of the Canyon

    1 1923 HD

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  • 2008
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    You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    8.5 2008 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    7.586 1939 HD

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  • 1942
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    Random Harvest

    Random Harvest

    7.3 1942 HD

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  • 1951
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    Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

    7.1 1951 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Devil at 4 O'Clock

    The Devil at 4 O'Clock

    6.4 1961 HD

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  • 1933
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    Gold Diggers of 1933

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    7.161 1933 HD

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  • 1946
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    Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

    6.3 1946 HD

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  • 1932
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    Two Seconds

    Two Seconds

    6.1 1932 HD

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  • 1931
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    Little Caesar

    Little Caesar

    6.857 1931 HD

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  • 1941
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    Johnny Eager

    Johnny Eager

    6.1 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    Johnny Eager

    Johnny Eager

    6.1 1941 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Bad Seed

    The Bad Seed

    7.107 1956 HD

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  • 1932
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    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    7.799 1932 HD

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  • 1931
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    Five Star Final

    Five Star Final

    6.554 1931 HD

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  • 1952
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    Million Dollar Mermaid

    Million Dollar Mermaid

    6.4 1952 HD

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  • 1932
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    Three on a Match

    Three on a Match

    6.2 1932 HD

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  • 1952
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    Lovely to Look At

    Lovely to Look At

    5.1 1952 HD

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  • 1949
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    Little Women

    Little Women

    7.4 1949 HD

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  • 1934
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    Sweet Adeline

    Sweet Adeline

    5.7 1934 HD

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  • 1943
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    Madame Curie

    Madame Curie

    7.1 1943 HD

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  • 1936
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    Anthony Adverse

    Anthony Adverse

    5.7 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    Waterloo Bridge

    Waterloo Bridge

    7.5 1940 HD

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  • 1955
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    Mister Roberts

    Mister Roberts

    7 1955 HD

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  • 1962
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    Gypsy

    Gypsy

    6.3 1962 HD

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  • 1932
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    High Pressure

    High Pressure

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1944
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    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    6.6 1944 HD

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  • 1959
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    The FBI Story

    The FBI Story

    6.115 1959 HD

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  • 1937
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    They Won't Forget

    They Won't Forget

    5.7 1937 HD

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  • 1958
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    No Time for Sergeants

    No Time for Sergeants

    7.2 1958 HD

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  • 1941
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    Blossoms in the Dust

    Blossoms in the Dust

    6.533 1941 HD

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  • 1933
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    Tugboat Annie

    Tugboat Annie

    7 1933 HD

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  • 1934
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    Heat Lightning

    Heat Lightning

    6.8 1934 HD

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  • 1949
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    East Side, West Side

    East Side, West Side

    7 1949 HD

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  • 1941
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    Unholy Partners

    Unholy Partners

    7 1941 HD

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  • 1931
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    Tonight or Never

    Tonight or Never

    5.857 1931 HD

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  • 1948
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    Homecoming

    Homecoming

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1949
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    Any Number Can Play

    Any Number Can Play

    6.9 1949 HD

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  • 1958
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    Home Before Dark

    Home Before Dark

    7.2 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

    4.5 1955 HD

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  • 1940
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    Escape

    Escape

    7.4 1940 HD

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  • 1960
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    Wake Me When It's Over

    Wake Me When It's Over

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1933
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    Elmer, the Great

    Elmer, the Great

    4.3 1933 HD

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  • 1966
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    Moment to Moment

    Moment to Moment

    5.4 1966 HD

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  • 1963
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    Mary, Mary

    Mary, Mary

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1936
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    Three Men on a Horse

    Three Men on a Horse

    6.2 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Happiness Ahead

    Happiness Ahead

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1956
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    Toward the Unknown

    Toward the Unknown

    5.6 1956 HD

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  • 1945
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    The House I Live In

    The House I Live In

    6 1945 HD

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  • 1933
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    Hard to Handle

    Hard to Handle

    6.6 1933 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Great Garrick

    The Great Garrick

    5.9 1937 HD

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  • 1966
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    Moment to Moment

    Moment to Moment

    5.4 1966 HD

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  • 1961
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    A Majority of One

    A Majority of One

    5.667 1961 HD

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  • 1932
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    Big City Blues

    Big City Blues

    5.3 1932 HD

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  • 1937
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    The King and the Chorus Girl

    The King and the Chorus Girl

    5.5 1937 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Heart of New York

    The Heart of New York

    6.7 1932 HD

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  • 1954
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    Rose Marie

    Rose Marie

    4 1954 HD

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  • 1938
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    Fools for Scandal

    Fools for Scandal

    6.2 1938 HD

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  • 1931
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    Gentleman's Fate

    Gentleman's Fate

    5.5 1931 HD

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  • 1929
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    Broadway Babies

    Broadway Babies

    5.2 1929 HD

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  • 1953
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    Latin Lovers

    Latin Lovers

    4.6 1953 HD

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  • 1933
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    The World Changes

    The World Changes

    4.8 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    Page Miss Glory

    Page Miss Glory

    6.3 1935 HD

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  • 1930
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    Numbered Men

    Numbered Men

    4.6 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    Broadminded

    Broadminded

    3.7 1931 HD

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  • 1943
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    You, John Jones!

    You, John Jones!

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1935
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    Oil for the Lamps of China

    Oil for the Lamps of China

    7.3 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Hi, Nellie!

    Hi, Nellie!

    6.5 1934 HD

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  • 1930
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    Show Girl in Hollywood

    Show Girl in Hollywood

    5.813 1930 HD

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  • 1935
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    I Found Stella Parish

    I Found Stella Parish

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1947
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    Desire Me

    Desire Me

    5.7 1947 HD

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  • 1930
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    Playing Around

    Playing Around

    4.7 1930 HD

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  • 1959
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    The FBI Story

    The FBI Story

    6.115 1959 HD

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  • 1963
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    Mary, Mary

    Mary, Mary

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1928
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    Harold Teen

    Harold Teen

    7 1928 HD

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  • 1930
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    Top Speed

    Top Speed

    6 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    Local Boy Makes Good

    Local Boy Makes Good

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1926
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    Ella Cinders

    Ella Cinders

    7 1926 HD

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  • 1929
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    Little Johnny Jones

    Little Johnny Jones

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1937
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    Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

    Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

    5.333 1937 HD

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  • 1927
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    No Place to Go

    No Place to Go

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1956
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    Toward the Unknown

    Toward the Unknown

    5.6 1956 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    7.586 1939 HD

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  • 1962
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    Gypsy

    Gypsy

    6.3 1962 HD

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  • 1940
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    Escape

    Escape

    7.4 1940 HD

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  • 1931
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    Too Young to Marry

    Too Young to Marry

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1949
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    Little Women

    Little Women

    7.4 1949 HD

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  • 1929
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    Hot Stuff

    Hot Stuff

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1928
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    Naughty Baby

    Naughty Baby

    4.5 1928 HD

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  • 1941
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    Blossoms in the Dust

    Blossoms in the Dust

    6.533 1941 HD

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  • 1939
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    Stand Up and Fight

    Stand Up and Fight

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    At the Circus

    At the Circus

    6.3 1939 HD

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  • 1961
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    A Majority of One

    A Majority of One

    5.667 1961 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

    6.7 1949 HD

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  • 1928
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    Oh Kay!

    Oh Kay!

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Bad Seed

    The Bad Seed

    7.107 1956 HD

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  • 1938
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    Dramatic School

    Dramatic School

    6.2 1938 HD

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  • 1945
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    The House I Live In

    The House I Live In

    6 1945 HD

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  • 1955
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    Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

    4.5 1955 HD

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  • 1938
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    Fools for Scandal

    Fools for Scandal

    6.2 1938 HD

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  • 1960
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    Wake Me When It's Over

    Wake Me When It's Over

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1957
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    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    6.5 1957 HD

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

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