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Gregory La Cava
Director 1892 - 1952

Gregory La Cava

Towanda, Pennsylvania, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director best known for his films of the 1930s, including My Man Godfrey and Stage Door. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregory La Cava, licensed under... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

6 titles
Primrose Path

Primrose Path

Gregory La Cava 1940 1h 33m

Girl from the "wrong" side of the tracks falls in love with an ambitious young man from the "right" side of the tracks.

5th Ave Girl

5th Ave Girl

Gregory La Cava 1939 1h 23m 7.0

Feeling unwanted by his wife and children, a wealthy industrialist hires an unemployed young woman to pose as his mistress.

Stage Door

Stage Door

Gregory La Cava 1937 1h 32m 8.0

A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

Gregory La Cava 1936 1h 35m 7.2

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired.

The Half Naked Truth

The Half Naked Truth

Gregory La Cava 1932 1h 17m

A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (Morgan).

So's Your Old Man

So's Your Old Man

Gregory La Cava 1926 1h 7m

Gregory La Cava directs this comedy of errors, starring W.C. Fields as a hen-pecked, inebriated inventor who triumphantly creates unbreakable windshield glass while struggling to gain the respect of his social-climbing daughter and nagging wife.

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