The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of Film Directors (LEO-LUB) 197 A.R.P. studios at Ealing. Was to have directed Gloria Swanson's British production, Perfect Understanding (1932), but instead contracted with Alexander Korda to make three films for London Film Productions. Directed : Barbed Wire (Para), Three Sinners (Para), Wolf of Wall Street (Para), The Mysterious Dr. Fit Manchu (Para), Man from Wyoming (Univ), Rolling Down to Rio, Ladies Love Brutes (Para), Paramount on Parade (Para), The Return of Dr. Fu Manchti (Para), Derelict (Para). Upper Underworld (F.N.), The Guilty Generation (Col), The Ruling Voice (F.N.), Bright Lights of London (London Film Pro). LEONARD, Robert Z. B. Chicago, Oct. 7, iSSg. Auburn hair, blue eyes, lit. 6 ft. I in. Wt. 15 St. Ed. University of Colorado. M. Gertrude Olmstead. Spent much time during his earlj' life on the stage in drama and opera. His earliest venture in films was to play the hero in The Courtship of Miles Standish (Selig,i9io). As a director, is noted as having been in charge of most of Mae Murray's successes. All his more recent work has been for M.G.M., for whom he has directed all their chief stars, including Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Marion Davie.s, Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery and Joan Crawford. Directed : The Waning Sex (M.G.M.), Little Journey (M.G.M.), Time the Comedian (M.G.M.), Cheaper to Marry (M.G.M.), Baby Mine (^LG.M.), Adam and Evil (M.G.M.), Tea for Three (I\LG.M.). April Folly (M.G.M.), The Restless Sex (M.G.M.), Lady of Chance (^I.G.M.), Marianne (M.G.M.), The Divorcee (M.G.RL), In Gay Madrid (M.G.M.), Let Us be Gay (M.G.M.), The Bachelor Father (M.G.M.), It's a Wise Child (M.G.M.), Daughter of Lux7iry (M.G.M.), The Rise of Helga (M.G.M.), Lovers Courageous (M.G.M.), The Passionate Plumber (^I.G.M.), Strange Interlude (M.G.:\I.). LEROY, Mervyn. B. San Francisco, California. Brown hair, blue eves. Ht. 5 ft. 7i in. Wt. 9 St. 4 lb. ' M. Edna Murphy. Before coming to the screen LeRoy spent eight yeais on the vaudeville stage. Had a quick success with motion pictures and has an imposing record as a director, notably of Warner Bros, productions. Directed : No Place to Go (F.N.), Flying Romeos (F.N.), Harold Teen (F.N.), Oh Kav (F.N.), Naughty Baby (F.N.), Hot Stuff (F.N.), Broidii'dv Daddies (Col), Little Johnny Jones (F.N.), Playing Around (F.N.), Showgirl in Hollywood (F.N.), Numbered Men (F.N.), Broken Dishes (F.N.), Top Speed (F.N.), Little CcBsar (F.N.), Girls Together (M.G.M.), Broad-minded (F.N.), Too Young to Marry (F.N.), Five Star Final (F.N.), Local Boy Makes Good (F.N.), To-night or Never (U.A.), Gentlemen's Fate (M.G.M.), The Dark Horse (Warner), Heart of Neiv York (Warner), High Pressure (Warner), Big City Blues (Warner), Two Seconds (Warner), Three on a Match (Warner), Central Park (Warner), / Am a Fugitive (Warner). LEWIS, Cecil. Until 1930 was best known as a wireless star, being an announcer and entertainer a.t the B.B.C. It was at the suggestion of George Bernard Shaw that he turned to the film world, and his first work was How He Lied to Her Husband (B.I. P.). Also Directed : Gypsy Blood (B.I. P.), The Indiscretions of Eve' (B.I. P.), Arms and the Man (B.I.P.). LLOYD, Frank. B. Glasgow, Feb., 1S89. Started Avork at the age of fifteen on the stage. Entered films in 1910, first as an actor for Universal. In the early days he directed for nearly' all the important producers. Directed : Adoration (F.N.), Dark Streets (F.N.), The Divine Lady (F.N.), Weary River (F.N.), Drag (F.N.), Son of the Gods (F.N.), Way of All Men (F.N.), Sin Flood (F.N.), The Right of Way (F.N.), East Lynne (Fox), The Lash (F.N.), The Eternal Flame (F.N.), The Age for Love {CoY\, Undesirable Ladv (Fo.x), Cavalcade (Fox). LOGAN, Jacqueline. Director and Actress. (See Players' Biographies.) LUBITSCH, Ernst. B. Berlin, Jan. 28, 1892. Black hair, brown eves. Ht. 5 ft. 7 in. Wt. 10 St. 2 lb. Ed. for the stage under Professor Max Reinhardt. W'as playing in a stage comedy as low comedian in 1913, when a Berlin compan}' offered him a comic part in a one-reel film. Within a year he was devoting himself entirely to the film world and was already a director. Achieved world-wide reputation by his production immediately after the war of Gypsy Blood (F.N., 192 1), starring Pola Negri, ^^'ent to Hollywood in 1922 and one of his first efforts was to direct Mary Pickford. He is regarded as the most skilled, artistically, of all directors at film headquarters and was one of the first directors to be specially noticed by the film public, j-et he has