Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. During his lifetime he was involved in almost 200 movies, expecially comedies, where he demonstrated his great elegance and his fine sense of humour. French director Jean Renoir once said that no other Hollywood director understood people better than Leo McCarey. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979), born in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France was a film director. ... ...

He began in the movie business as an assistant director to Tod Browning in 1920, but honed his skills at the Hal Roach Studio for the rest of that decade. Hired by Roach in 1923, McCarey initially wrote gags for Our Gang series and other studio stars, then produced and directed shorts-including a string of inventive and hilarious two-reelers with Charley Chase. It was while at Roach that McCarey teamed Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy together for the first time, thus creating one of the most enduring comedy teams of all time. He only officially appeared as director of the duo shorts We Faw Down (1928), Liberty (1929) and Wrong Again (1929), but wrote many of the screenplays. By 1929, he was vice-president of production for the entire studio. Charles Albert Browning, Jr. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Harold Eugene Hal Roach (January 14, 1892–November 2, 1992) was a United States film and television producer from the 1910s to the 1980s. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ... Charley Chase (Charles Joseph Parrott) (October 20, 1893-June 20, 1940) was an American comedian, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies. ... Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are probably the most famous comedy duo in film history. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Liberty is generally thought of in English as a condition in which an individual has immunity from the arbitrary exercise of authority; it often also implies the right to exercise political rights such as standing for office. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In the sound era McCarey ventured into feature-film directing, working with many of the greatest comedic talents of the time, including Eddie Cantor (1932's The Kid From Spain), the Marx Brothers (1933's Duck Soup, W.C. Fields (1934's Six of a Kind), Mae West (1934's Belle of the Nineties) and Harold Lloyd (1936's The Milky Way). He won his first Best Director Oscar for The Awful Truth (1937, with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne), a quintessential screwball comedy. Eddie Cantor in the 1920s Eddie Cantor (born January 31, 1892; died October 10, 1964) was a comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, and one of the most popular entertainers in the United States of America in the early and middle 20th century. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The brothers in Hollywood: (left to right) Chico, Zeppo, Groucho, Harpo The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that played in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cover of Duck Soup DVD. Duck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman, and Nat Perrin and directed by Leo McCarey. ... W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the galaxy called the Milky Way. ... The Awful Truth is a 1937 romantic comedy (also screwball comedy) film. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cary Grant Cary Grantwas born Archibald Alexander Leach in Horfield, Bristol, England on January 18, 1904, was an English-born American actor in mostly American films. ... Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) Irene Dunne (born December 20, 1898; died September 4, 1990), born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky, was an American film actress. ...

Beyond his predilection for comedy, McCarey was a devout Roman Catholic and deeply concerned with social issues. During the 1940s, his work became more serious - McCarey was concerned with the battles that had yet to be fought for human dignity, after World War II was won. In 1944 he realized Going My Way, a story about an enterprising priest, the youthful Father Chuck O'Malley, played by Bing Crosby. McCarey's share in the profits of this smash hit gave McCarey the highest reported income in the U.S. for the year 1944, and its follow-up, The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), which was made by McCarey's own production company, was similarly successful. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ... Bing wooed fans with a sensuous voice, wit, and good looks. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Bells of St. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The public reacted negatively to some of his films after the Korean War. For instance, his anti-communist film My Son, John (1952), failed at the box office. Five years later, however, he was back on top, as co-author, producer, and director of An Affair to Remember, a classic romantic comedy with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. He followed this hit with Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958), a comedy starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Some years later he directed his last picture, the poorly-received Satan Never Sleeps (1962). The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An Affair to Remember is a 1957 movie, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as a couple who meet on an ocean liner and promise to reunite in six months at the top of the Empire State Building if they still love each other. ... Cary Grant Cary Grantwas born Archibald Alexander Leach in Horfield, Bristol, England on January 18, 1904, was an English-born American actor in mostly American films. ... Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Jewish American actor and film director. ... Joanne Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Leo McCarey died seven years later of emphysema and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. ... Culver City sign, at the northeast corner of the Sepulveda Boulevard and Centinela Avenue intersection, near the 405 and the 90 freeway interchange. ...

External Links

• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database