Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Mervyn LeRoy across 5 places, from 1900 to 1987.
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Mervyn LeRoy (October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Mervyn LeRoy was documented, and when
15 October 1900exact date
San Franciscoattested“LeRoy was born on October 15, 1900, in San Francisco, California, the only child of Edna (née Armer) and Harry LeRoy, a well-to-do department store owner.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1916year
Oakland, Californiaattested“His mother moved to Oakland, California with Percy Teeple, a travel agent and former journalist, who would later become LeRoy's stepfather after the death of Harry LeRoy in 1916.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1927year
Hollywoodattested“In 1927, her husband John McCormick, studio head at First National in Hollywood, asked LeRoy to direct Moore in a version of Peg O' My Heart.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1930year
San Quentin State Prisonattested“The director attests to the rate of film production at the studios: LeRoy admits in retrospect that "I shot them so often and so fast that they tend to blend together in my memory." LeRoy's social realism mocked corrupt politicians, bank…”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
13 September 1987exact date
Beverly Hills, Californiaattested“After being bedridden for six months, LeRoy died of heart issues complicated by Alzheimer's disease in Beverly Hills, California on September 13, 1987, at the age of 86.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
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1914year
Fort Lee, New Jerseymentioned“LeRoy accepted a bit role in a scene with former The Perils of Pauline (1914) star Pearl White filmed at Fort Lee, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1915year
Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco)mentioned“In 1915, he won a competition that hosted almost a thousand Chaplin imitators at the Pantages Theater.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1915year
Pantagesmentioned“In 1915, he won a competition that hosted almost a thousand Chaplin imitators at the Pantages Theater.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1931year
Waterloo Bridgementioned“Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer purchased the rights to Waterloo Bridge from Universal Studios, which had produced an adaptation filmed in 1931 by James Whale and starring Mae Clarke as the fallen woman, Myra.”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1939year
Hollywoodmentioned“LeRoy accepted a cut in salary to $4,000 a week as a director at M-G-M and "never again functioned only as a producer." The onset of war in Europe in 1939 created anxiety in the Hollywood film industry as the overseas movie market contra…”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1940year
Germanymentioned“LeRoy describes his epiphany: LeRoy directed Robert Taylor, Norma Shearer and Conrad Veidt in the 1940 Escape, the first of a number of anti-Nazi features suppressed by Hitler and which ultimately led to the banning of all M-G-M pictures…”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1955year
Santa Fe, New Mexicomentioned“Garson, passed over by M-G-M to star as opera diva Marjorie Lawrence in Interrupted Melody (1955), signed with Warners to make Strange Lady in Town, a western set in Santa Fe, New Mexico and endowed to Garson's satisfaction "with horses…”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
1970year
Hollywoodmentioned“Despite this, Gable credited LeRoy for elevating his prospects in Hollywood: "He always gave me credit for discovering him." As LeRoy shared in an interview with John Gillett in 1970: "I always tried to help young players- Clark Gable wo…”source: Wikipedia: Mervyn LeRoy
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