Robert Z. Leonard
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Born |
Robert Zigler Leonard October 7, 1889 Chicago, Illinois |
Died |
August 27, 1968 78) Beverly Hills, California | (aged
Burial place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Director, producer, actor, screenwriter |
Years active | 1908–1957 |
Spouse(s) |
Mae Murray (1918–1925) Gertrude Olmstead (1926–1968) |
Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.
Biography
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to silent star Mae Murray with the two forming Tiffany Pictures to film eight motion pictures that were released by MGM.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Divorcee and The Great Ziegfeld. Both were also nominated for Best Picture, and the latter won. Known by his nickname, "Pop," Leonard was brought in late by MGM as a reliable director who could get its Pride and Prejudice (1940), starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, onto the big screen.[1] One of the most odd credits in his filmography is the film noir thriller The Bribe (1949) with its sleazy settings, slippery characters, and steamy atmosphere.
Robert Leonard died in 1968 in Beverly Hills, California of an aneurysm.[2] He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, near his wife, Gertrude Olmstead.
Legacy
On February 8, 1960, Robert Leonard received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contribution to the motion picture industry, at 6370 Hollywood Blvd.[3][4]
Selected filmography
- The Sea Urchin (1913)
- Shon the Piper (1913)
- The Master Key (1914)
- Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings (1915)
- Secret Love (1916)
- The Bride's Awakening (1918)
- Danger, Go Slow (1918)
- The Miracle of Love (1919)
- Heedless Moths (1921)
- Peacock Alley (1922)
- Fascination (1922)
- Jazzmania (1923)
- Bright Lights (1925)
- A Little Journey (1927)
- The Demi-Bride (1927)
- The Cardboard Lover (1928)
- Marianne (1929) (silent and musical versions)
- The Divorcee (1930)
- Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
- Strange Interlude (1932)
- Dancing Lady (1933)
- After Office Hours (1935)
- Escapade (1935)
- Piccadilly Jim (1936)
- The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
- Maytime (1937)
- The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
- New Moon (1940)
- Pride and Prejudice (1940)
- Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
- Stand by for Action (1942)
- Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
- Cynthia (1947)
- B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
- In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
- Duchess of Idaho (1950)
- The Bribe (1949)
- Her Twelve Men (1954)
- Beautiful But Dangerous (1955)
- Kelly and Me (1957)
References
- ↑ Looser, Devoney (2017). The Making of Jane Austen. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 130. ISBN 1421422824.
- ↑ http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/robert-z-leonard/
- ↑ "Robert Z. Leonard | Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
- ↑ "Robert Z. Leonard". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Z. Leonard. |
- Robert Z. Leonard on IMDb
- Robert Z. Leonard at Find a Grave
- Robert Z. Leonard at Virtual History
- Robert Z. Leonard portrait from the 1910s