Film Trailers World: Mervyn LeRoy

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February 13, 2015

Ella Cinders (1926) Trailer

Ella Cinders

Coleen as a Kitchen Mechanic who won a chance to act in the movies

Ella Cinders is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Colleen Moore, produced by her husband John McCormick (1893-1961), and co-starring Moore's most popular co-star, Lloyd Hughes.

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Review

January 14, 2015

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Trailer

Gold Diggers of 1933

13 BIG STARS - 5 NEW SONG HITS by Harry Warren and Al Dubin

Gold Diggers of 1933 is a pre-code Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics), staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley.

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At the unglamorous apartment shared by three actresses, a producer, Barney Hopkins, is in despair because he has everything he needs to put on a show, except money. Then he accidentally hears Brad Roberts, the girls' neighbor and Polly's boyfriend, playing the piano.

December 12, 2014

A Majority of One (1961) Trailer

A Majority of One

The heart-warmingest picture under the rising sun! The happiest pairing of stars in many-a-moon!

In 1961 Spigelgass adapted his play for a Warner Bros. film starring Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Madlyn Rhue and Ray Danton and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

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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 and forgiveness.

November 19, 2014

Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) Trailer

Million Dollar Mermaid

Inspired by the true story of bathing beauties! (Million Dollar Mermaid)

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Million Dollar Mermaid (also known as The One Piece Bathing Suit - UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. George J. Folsey received a 1953 Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.

November 06, 2014

Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Trailer

Blossoms in the Dust

The stirring saga of a childless beauty...who was determined to be a mother!

Blossoms in the Dust is a 1941 American Technicolor film which tells the true story of Edna Gladney who takes it upon herself to help orphaned children to find homes, despite the opposition of the "good" citizens who think that illegitimate children are beneath their interest.

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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. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.

November 04, 2014

Madame Curie (1943) Trailer

Madame Curie

MR. and MRS. MINIVER together again

Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film made by MGM.

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Biopic of the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre in the discovery of radium. Marie was a student at the Sorbonne studying for her Master's degree in physics when they first met. She received permission to use space in Professor Pierre Curie's laboratory. They soon fall in love and are married, working together on trying to isolate a radioactive substance Marie has identified as radium. Years of painstaking research and experimentation led to success and Marie and Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. Sadly, Pierre was killed crossing the street in the rain when he was run over by a horse and wagon. Marie continued to work and make major contributions to science.Written by garykmcd