Mervyn LeRoy
Gold Diggers of 1933 [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Gold Diggers of 1933 is famous for introducing We’re in the Money into the American songbook. But, what has become of the Gold Diggers in the nearly 90 years that have followed? Arriving 4 years...
Madame Curie (1943) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Madame Curie plays like the worst episode of The Big Bang Theory. Taking its cues from the Curies’ real story, we get to see how they met each other in Paris and fell in love. It’s a comic...
Mister Roberts (1955) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Mister Roberts is a movie that doesn’t make sense when you look at on a list. John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy don’t exactly gel as a directing team. Who is really the lead actor? James Cagney, ...
Waterloo Bridge (1940) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war's unspoken casualties. Heartbroken after Roy is reportedly killed in action, Myra turns to p...
Million Dollar Mermaid
James Sullivan works the carny circuit, promoting the likes of a boxing kangaroo or grappling bear. Then the wheeler-dealer meets a million-dollar idea: beautiful swimming champ Annette Kellerman. She...