Scott’s desire to tell people what movies to watch knows no bounds. He’s decided to create a series on here devoted to profiling directors and creating guides to their films. This week’s director is… Mervyn LeRoy.

Highly recommended: Little Caesar, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Recommended: Five Star Final, Gold Diggers of 1933, Waterloo Bridge, Random Harvest, Mister Roberts (partially directed by LeRoy), The Bad Seed

Worth a look: Big City Blues, Three on a Match, Hard to Handle, Blossoms in the Dust, Johnny Eager, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The House I Live In (short film), Little Women, Any Number Can Play

Next week’s director is… Paul Verhoeven!!