Person
LeRoy Prinz
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jul 14, 1895
- Died
- Sep 15, 1983
- From
- St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia LeRoy Jerome Prinz (July 14, 1895 – September 15, 1983) was an American choreographer, director and producer, who was involved in the production of dozens of motion pictures, mainly for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, from 1929 through 1958, and also choreographed Broadway musicals. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction in the 1930s, and won the Golden Globe in 1958. Among the films whose dances he choreographed were Show Boat (1936), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and South Pacific (1958). Prinz was married three times and had a son, LeRoy Prinz, Jr.
Credits
Show Boat
Hollywood Canteen
Starlift
It's a Great Feeling
Lucky Me
Fiesta
All-American Co-Ed
Musical Movieland
The Road to Victory
A Boy and His Dog
Tropic Holiday
The Shining Future
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Time Out for Rhythm
Tom, Dick and Harriet
The Ten Commandments
Vaudeville Days