FILM DIRECTOR

Mervyn LeRoy

1900 - 1987

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Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and actor. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.During the 1930s, LeRoy was one of the two great practitioners of economical and effective film directing at Warner Brothers studios, the other his cohort Michael Curtiz. LeRoy's most acclaimed films of his tenure at Warners include Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) and They Won't Forget (1937).LeRoy left Warners and moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1939 to serve as both director and producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mervyn LeRoy has received more than 597,530 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Mervyn LeRoy is the 395th most popular film director (down from 356th in 2019), the 2,491st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,333rd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Mervyn LeRoy has had the most page views in the with 73,579 views, followed by Spanish (7,563), and Italian (7,466). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Aragonese (128.30%), Malagasy (92.31%), and Breton (81.44%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mervyn LeRoy ranks 395 out of 2,041. Before him are Wolfgang Reitherman, Edward Yang, Jacques Copeau, Paolo Sorrentino, Ishirō Honda, and Luigi Comencini. After him are John McTiernan, Gene Deitch, Karel Reisz, Tony Gatlif, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and James L. Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Mervyn LeRoy ranks 99. Before him are Sālote Tupou III, Yvonne de Gaulle, Emanuel Ringelblum, Leonardo Conti, James Bond, and George Antheil. After him are Lorenzo Fernández, Violet Brown, Arturo Umberto Illia, Herbert Blumer, Gilbert Ryle, and Miguel Alemán Valdés. Among people deceased in 1987, Mervyn LeRoy ranks 75. Before him are Danny Kaye, Andrei Mironov, Henri Cochet, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Randolph Scott, and Geraldine Page. After him are Herbert Blumer, Otto Wöhler, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Salim Ali, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, and Asim Ferhatović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mervyn LeRoy ranks 2,491 out of 20,380. Before him are Aaron Eckhart (1968), Jesse Livermore (1877), George Antheil (1900), Julia Ann (1969), John Mearsheimer (1947), and Nan Goldin (1953). After him are Harry Dexter White (1892), Sela Ward (1956), George Segal (1934), Bruce Nauman (1941), James Ingram (1952), and Bill Finger (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Mervyn LeRoy ranks 103. Before him are Clifford Odets (1906), Irvin Kershner (1923), Saul Bass (1920), Joe Dante (1946), Robert Benton (1932), and Gerard Damiano (1928). After him are John McTiernan (1951), Gene Deitch (1924), James L. Brooks (1940), Russ Meyer (1922), J. J. Abrams (1966), and Merian C. Cooper (1893).

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Filmography

Quo Vadis
Director
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Nov 8o 19517.077 / 10
Little Caesar
Director
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Jan 25o 19316.933 / 10
The Bad Seed
Director
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, dote on their daughter, Rhoda -- as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove. But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for selfishness and loves to accumulate gifts, whether given or stolen, in her room. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Sep 12o 19567.081 / 10