Born in Los Angeles in 1898 and died in 1969, Leo McCarey started as a gag man at Hal Roach's studio, where he helped to shape Laurel and Hardy. He directed the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933), then moved easily from screwball comedy to drama and sentiment. The Awful Truth (1937) won him an Oscar for directing, Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) is a deeply moving tale of ageing, and Going My Way (1944) won Oscars for picture and director. He remade his own romantic hit as An Affair to Remember (1957).
Filmography
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
- Going My Way (1944)
- An Affair to Remember (1957)