Leo McCarey

Leo McCarey

American film director, screenwriter and producer (1898-1969)

Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed Duck Soup, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Awful Truth, Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary's, My Son John, and An Affair to Remember. Nine of his films were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 110 films (1921–1976) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 69 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1976 [Long fliv the king] Blackhawk Films presents ; supervising director, F. Richard Jones ; directed by Leo MacCarey ; titles by H.M. Walker. 21 16mm B&W silent
1976 Big business Blackhawk Films presents ; Hal Roach presents ; supervising director, Leo McCarey ; directed by J. Wesley Horne ; titles by H.M. Walker. 20 16mm B&W silent
1966 A pair of tights Blackhawk Films presents ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; supervising director, Leo McCarey ; director, Hal Yates ; titles, H.M. Walker. 20 16mm B&W silent
1962 Satan Never Sleeps. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 126 min 35mm Color sound
1959 When Comedy Was King ▶ Ro-Co Productions Inc. 81 min 16mm B&W sound
1958 Rally Round the Flag, Boys! Leo McCarey 106 min Color
1957 An Affair To Remember. Jerry Wald Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 115 min 35mm Color sound
1951 You Can Change The World ▶ christophers 30 min 16mm B&W sound
1950 You Can Change the World ▶ Leo McCarey B&W
1950 YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ▶ christopher-films B&W
1950 You can change the world. Leo McCarey 11:50 16mm B&W sound
1944 Going My Way. Leo McCarey 14 reels 16mm B&W sound
1942 Once Upon A Honeymoon ▶ Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions 117 min 16mm B&W sound
1942 Once Upon A Honeymoon. Leo McCarey 115 min B&W
1940 My Favorite Wife. Garson Kanin 88 min. B&W
1939 Love affair Leo McCarey 89 min B&W
1939 Love Affair Leo McCarey 89 min B&W
1937 The awful truth Leo McCarey 87 min B&W
1936 The Milky Way Leo McCarey
1935 Ruggles Of Red Gap Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 90 min 16mm B&W sound
1935 Ruggles of Red Gap. Paramount Productions Inc. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1934 Belle of the nineties. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1934 SIX OF A KIND. Paramount Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 Duck soup Universal 16 70 16mm B&W sound
1933 The Kid From Spain Samuel Goldwyn Inc 1:36:00 16mm B&W sound
1933 THE KID FROM SPAIN. Samuel Goldwyn 11 reels. B&W
1931 Indiscreet Leo McCarey 92 min B&W
1930 Blotto ▶ James Parrott 28 min. 16mm B&W
1930 Brats BLACK 19 min. 16mm B&W
1930 Hog Wild James Parrott 11 min. 16mm B&W
1930 Hog Wild James Parrott 600 ft. B&W
1930 Hog Wild Blackhawk Films 19 min B&W
1930 LET'S GO NATIVE. Paramount Publix Corp. 77 min B&W
1930 Night Owls Hal Roach Productions 20 min 16mm B&W sound
1930 Night Owls James Parrott 20 min 16mm B&W sound
1930 WILD COMPANY. Fox Film Corp 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
1929 Big Business James W. Horne, Leo McCarey 19 16mm B&W
1929 Double Whoopee Hal Roach Productions 19 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 Double Whoopee Lewis R. Foster 19 min 16mm B&W
1929 Habeas Corpus Hal Roach Productions 19 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 HABEAS CORPUS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 2 reels B&W
1929 MEN O' WAR. Lewis R. Foster 19 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 Men O'War Lewis R. Foster 20 min. 16mm B&W
1929 RED HOT RHYTHM Castle Films 10min 16mm B&W Sound
1929 RED HOT RHYTHM. Pathe Exchange Inc. 9 reels B&W
1929 That's My Wife Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:20:00 16mm B&W silent
1929 That's my wife. Lloyd French 7:00 16mm B&W
1929 THE SOPHOMORE. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels B&W
1929 They Go Boom Hal Roach Productions 21 16mm B&W sound
1929 Wrong Again Hal Roach Studios Inc. 20 16mm B&W silent