Leo McCarey

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  • Date of Birth: 03 October, 1898
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
  • Biography: Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. During his lifetime he was involved in almost 200 movies, especially comedies. French director Jean Renoir once said that "Leo McCarey understood people better than any other Hollywood director."

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nypost.com2009-01-15
Like many movie buffs, I am enormously frustrated that there are literally hundreds of titles from Hollywood's Golden Age that have never been available on video (at least legally) in any form. ... Full Article

It just so happens that the fantasy world of the recent Alphabet Meme intersected with the reality world of a certain bank-owned revival house in a certain large Midwestern city. ... Full Article

Duck Soup is all credentials: Leo McCarey directed; Herman J. Mankiewicz produced it; Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby wrote it; Ansel Adams photographed it, mostly at magic hour; it was Marcel Proust's favorite Marx Brothers film; the Duke of Windsor... ... Full Article

Among the signal directors of 1930s comedies one thinks of Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, Ernst Lubitsch, and George Cukor Leo McCareys name has been largely forgotten. Yet he was responsible for three of the greatest comedies of the Depression era: ... Full Article

Even these phone systems are evolving rapidly. Bethel Park and Moon agreed last week to purchase a system they say allows them to send messages faster, at a lower cost and with less work for their departments. "This is really ... Full Article

Fri., Aug. 4, 2006 8:15 PM PDT by Natalie Finn Hey, that isn't Oscar after all. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday that an Academy Award that was expected to sell for six figures in an... ... Full Article

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