Word: mervyn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hollywood's wildcatters had been so lucky. Directors John Huston and Mervyn Le Roy, and Actor Dennis O'Keefe and several oilmen recently sank $194,000 into a 10,500-ft. dry well near Inglewood, Calif. Even those who had made strikes would not necessarily turn them into profits; they still had the problem of operating the well and marketing the oil. As one California oilman put it: "I can give you an oil well which is actually producing a good amount of oil, and bet you'll go broke if you don't know what...
...Among them: Mervyn LeRoy, David Loew, Donald Douglas, Henry R. Luce, Leonard Firestone, John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, Walter Brunmark...
...Director Mervyn LeRoy has tried halfheartedly to keep the suds from showing, but soap opera, like murder, will...
...glorify himself and Edward, Boult stops at nothing. He betrays and bullies his gentle wife (Deborah Kerr), who ends up as a maudlin drunkard. He deserts his mistress (Leueen MacGrath), and drives his old friend and partner (Mervyn Johns) to suicide. As the movie ends, both Edward and his wife are dead, but Boult, still obsessed with the pursuit of self-perpetuation, is ready to begin a search for Edward's illegitimate child...
After 80 years of circulation in one form or another, this gentle New England story in its latest version has few surprises. One of them is Producer-Director Mervyn LeRoy's success in bringing to life once more the faded sentiments and the tintyped situations. Another is June Allyson's playing of tomboy Jo. She has a refreshing breeziness and bounce which make the old tale believable and now & then lift it right out of its tatted frame. Other notable performances are Margaret O'Brien's delicate, peaked portrayal of ailing Beth, and the supporting work...