Movie Biographies: The Eddy Duchin Story

1956 Biography  
From Columbia Pictures
Directed by George Sidney 

Starring
Tyrone Power
Kim Novak
Victoria Shaw
James Whitmore
Rex Thompson
Shepperd Strudwick
Frieda Inescort
Larry Keating

A Glittering Cast: How to Make an American Quilt

1995 Drama
From Universal Pictures
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse

Starring
Winona Ryder
Anne Bancroft
Ellen Burstyn
Jean Simmons
Kate Nelligan
Maya Angelou
Alfre Woodard
Lois Smith
Samantha Mathis 
Dermot Mulroney
Rip Torn
Johnathon Schaech
Loren Dean
Joanna Going
Tim Guinee
Derrick O'Connor
Richard Jenkins
Claire Danes
Jared Leto
Kate Capshaw

The Directors: Mervyn LeRoy

If it weren't for this director-producer, there would be a giant hole in the middle of Hollywood's Golden Age but as it turned out, his career was one of the most successful.  His signature crime films at Warner Bros. became the studio's signature films as well.  He moved to MGM and presided over those lushly beautiful films for which that studio was famous. He also knew his way around musicals, comedies, action, women's films, historical and social themes.  He was hard to pin down because he could do it all.