Emerging from Los Angeles, where he earned a law degree at USC after experimenting with mining, boxing and songwriting, McCarey entered the film world as an assistant to Tod Browning and soon proved his comedic talent as a gag writer for Hal Roach’s studio, contributing to the Our Gang series and directing shorts with Charley Chase, who became his mentor. He helped shape the Laurel-and-Hardy partn… Read more
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Known for Duck Soup 1933 An Affair to Remember 1957 The Awful Truth 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Features 32 ★ 7.5 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937
★ 7.1 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935
★ 7 Love Affair 1939
★ 6.9 The Bells of St. Mary's 1945
★ 7.7 Let's Go Native 1930
★ 9 Red Hot Rhythm 1929
★ 9 The Family Entrance 1925
★ 9 Bungalow Boobs 1924
★ 8 Part Time Wife 1930
★ 8 Why Men Work 1924
★ 8 Society Secrets 1921
Series ★ 7 Screen Director's Playhouse 1955
★ 7 Wild Company 1930
Why Husbands Go Mad 1924
★ 7 Why Husbands Go Mad 1924
★ 6.6 The Kid from Spain 1932
★ 5.3 The Sophomore 1929
★ 6.1 Indiscreet 1931
★ 6.1 Belle of the Nineties 1934
★ 6.7 Going My Way 1944
★ 6.3 Good Sam 1948
★ 5.9 Six of a Kind 1934
★ 5.6 My Son John 1952
★ 6.1 The Milky Way 1936
★ 5.6 Satan Never Sleeps 1962
★ 6.3 Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942
★ 5.2 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! 1958
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Short films 65 ★ 10 Don't Tell Everything 1927
★ 8.4 Should Second Husbands Come First? 1927
★ 6.9 Liberty 1929
★ 7.1 Should Men Walk Home? 1927
★ 10 Plain and Fancy Girls 1925
★ 8 Should Husbands Be Watched? 1925
★ 9 Imagine My Embarrassment 1928
Should Women Drive? 1928
★ 9 Should Women Drive? 1928
★ 9 Sweet Daddy 1924
★ 7.1 Dog Shy 1926
★ 7 Jewish Prudence 1927
★ 7.2 Bad Boy 1925
★ 7.1 His Wooden Wedding 1925
★ 7.5 Accidental Accidents 1924
★ 7.5 The Poor Fish 1924
★ 8 Why Is a Plumber? 1929
★ 8 Hard Boiled 1925
★ 7 Innocent Husbands 1925
★ 7 Why Girls Say No 1927
★ 7 Mama Behave 1926
★ 7 Sittin' Pretty 1924
★ 7 Stolen Goods 1924
★ 7 The Family Group 1928
★ 7 The Uneasy Three 1925
★ 7 The Royal Razz 1924
★ 6.8 The Rat's Knuckles 1925
★ 6.8 Wrong Again 1929
★ 6.8 Mighty Like a Moose 1926
★ 6.8 No Father to Guide Him 1925
★ 6.8 Fighting Fluid 1925
★ 6.7 Jeffries, Jr. 1924
★ 6.5 Big Red Riding Hood 1925
★ 6.5 Seeing Nellie Home 1924
★ 6.6 What Price Goofy? 1925
★ 6 Meet the Governor 1955
★ 6.5 Looking for Sally 1925
★ 6.6 Eve's Love Letters 1927
★ 6.2 Hello Baby! 1925
★ 6 Is Marriage the Bunk? 1925
★ 6 A Ten-Minute Egg 1924
★ 6 Outdoor Pajamas 1924
★ 6.4 You Can Change The World 1950
★ 6.4 The Way of All Pants 1927
★ 6 Young Oldfield 1924
★ 6.3 Long Fliv the King 1926
★ 5.8 Flaming Fathers 1927
★ 5.7 Publicity Pays 1924
★ 6.6 Pass the Gravy 1928
★ 5.5 Tell 'Em Nothing 1926
★ 6.1 Mum's the Word 1926
★ 5.8 All Wet 1924
★ 5.6 Charley My Boy! 1926
★ 6.1 Isn't Life Terrible? 1925
★ 5.6 The Boy Friend 1928
★ 6.2 Crazy Like a Fox 1926
★ 5.8 Be Your Age 1926
★ 5.8 Bromo and Juliet 1926
★ 4 The Caretaker's Daughter 1925
★ 4.7 Too Many Mammas 1924
★ 6 We Faw Down 1928
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