Description: The first intensive study of Mervyn LeRoy's work, as varied in form as it is crucial to an understanding of American cinema and American culture.
Review Quotes: "A studio director in the best and sometimes worst sense of the term, in this book Mervyn LeRoy finally gets his due--and then some: nineteen compact essays redress decades-old snubs, together rehabilitating the reputation of the director of such classics as Little Caesar and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town revisits old-school auteurism to help readers appreciate and understand the work of an unpretentious American artist."--Jon Lewis "author of Road Trip to Nowhere: Hollywood Encounters the Counterculture"