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Gregory La Cava (1892–1952)

Director | Producer | Writer

A former cartoonist, Gregory La Cava entered films during WWI as an animator for Walter Lantz on such animated films as "The Katzenjammer Kids" series. Hired by the Hearst Corp. as the editor-in-chief for its International Comic Films division, La Cava switched to live-action films in the 1920s and began directing two-reel shorts... See full bio »

Born:

George Gregory La Cava
in Towanda, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 59) in Malibu, California, USA
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1948 One Touch of Venus (uncredited)
 
1947 Living in a Big Way
 
1942 Lady in a Jam
 
1941 Unfinished Business
 
1940 Primrose Path (as Gregory LaCava)
 
1939 5th Ave Girl
 
1937 Stage Door (as Gregory LaCava)
 
1936 My Man Godfrey
 
1935 She Married Her Boss
 
1935 Private Worlds
 
1934 What Every Woman Knows
 
1934 The Affairs of Cellini
 
1933 Gallant Lady
 
1933 Bed of Roses (as Gregory LaCava)
 
1933 Gabriel Over the White House (as Gregory LaCava)
 
1932 The Half Naked Truth
 
1932 The Age of Consent (as Gregory Lacava)
 
1932 Symphony of Six Million
 
1931 Smart Woman
 
1931 Laugh and Get Rich
 
1929 His First Command
 
1929 Big News
 
1929 Saturday's Children
 
1928 Feel My Pulse
 
1928 Half a Bride
 
1927 The Gay Defender
 
1927 Tell It to Sweeney
 
1927/I Running Wild
 
1927 Paradise for Two
 
1926 So's Your Old Man
 
1926 Say It Again
 
1926 Let's Get Married
 
1925 Womanhandled
 
1924 The New School Teacher
 
1924 Restless Wives
 
1923 The Fiddling Fool (short)
 
1923 Wild and Wicked (short)
 
1923 Helpful Hogan (short)
 
1923 So This Is Hamlet? (short)
 
1923 The Pill Pounder (short)
 
1923 The Busybody (short)
 
1923 The Four Orphans (short)
 
1923 Beware of the Dog
 
1923 The Life of Reilly
 
1922 A Social Error (short)
 
1922 Faint Hearts (short)
 
1921 His Nibs
 
1921/I Fatherly Love (short)
 
1920 In Oil (short)
 
1920 Judge Rummy in Bear Facts (short)
 
1920 A Romance of '76 (short)
 
1920 A Doity Deed (short)
 
1920 Cupid's Advice (short)
 
1920 His Country Cousin (short)
 
1920 The Dummy (short)
 
1920 All for the Love of a Girl (short)
 
1920 One Good Turn Deserves Another (short)
 
1920 Smokey Smokes (and) Lampoons (short)
 
1920 Kats Is Kats (short)
 
1920 Turn to Right Leg (short)
 
1920 The Mysterious Vamp (short)
 
1920 Swinging His Vacation (short)
 
1920 Spring Fever (short)
 
1920 Knock on the Window, the Door Is a Jamb (short)
 
1920 The Great Umbrella Mystery (short)
 
1919 Sufficiency (short)
 
1919 Business Is Business (short)
 
1919 After the Ball (short)
 
1919 Jungle Jumble (short)
 
1919 Good Night, Nurse (short)
 
1919 The Great Handicap (short)
 
1919 Transatlantic Flight (short)
 
1919 A Wee Bit o' Scotch (short)
 
1919 The Breath of a Nation (short) (as Gregory LaCava)
 
1919 The Sawdust Trail (short)
 
1919 The Tale of a Shirt (short)
 
1919 Rubbing It In (short)
 
1919 That Reminds Me (short)
 
1919 Knocking the 'H' Out of Heinie (short)
 
1919 A Sweet Pickle (short)
 
1919 Twinkle Twinkle (short)
 
1919 Where Are the Papers (short)
 
1919 Smash-Up in China (short)
 
1919 Snappy Cheese (short)
 
1919 Judge Rummy's Miscue (short)
 
1919 Der Wash On Der Line (short)
 
1919 It Beats the Dutch (short)
 
1918 Hash and Hypnotism (short)
 
1918 The Latest in Underwear (short)
 
1918 A Bold Bad Man (short)
 
1918/I War Gardens (short)
 
1918 Judge Rummy's Off Day (short)
 
1918 Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (short)
 
1918 His Dark Past (short)
 
1918 Pep (short)
 
1918 Mopping Up a Million (short)
 
1918 A Heathen Benefit (short)
 
1918 A Picnic for Two (short)
 
1918 Crabs Iss Crabs (short)
 
1918 Third, Jiggs and the Social Lion (short)
 
1918 The Best Man Loses (short)
 
1918/II Throwing the Bull (short)
 
1918 Swat the Fly (short)
 
1918 Fisherman's Luck (short)
 
1918 Der Black Mitt (short)
 
1918/I Up in the Air (short)
 
1918 His Last Will (short)
 
1918 Der Two Twins (short)
 
1918 Doing His Bit (short)
 
1918 Vanity and Vengeance (short)
 
1918 Spirits (short)
 
1918 Too Many Cooks (short)
 
1918/I Burglars (short)
 
1918 All for the Ladies (short)
 
1918 Policy and Pie (short) (uncredited)
 
1918 Rheumatics (short)
 
1918 Rub-a-Dub-Dub (short)
 
1918 Hearts and Horses (short)
 
1918 Der Captain's Birthday (short)
 
1918 A Tough Pull (short)
 
1917 Peace and Quiet (short)
 
1917 Fast and Furious (short)
 
1917 Bullets and Bulls (short)
 
1917 Der Last Straw (short)
 
1917 Mysterious Yarn (short)
 
1917 Tempest in a Paint Pot (short)
 
1917 The Tale of a Monkey (short)
 
1917 At the Circus (short)
 
1917 At the Picnic (short)
 
1917 By the Sand Sea Waves (short)
 
1917 The Tales of a Fish (short)
 
1917 Der End of Der Limit (short)
 
1917 Happy Hooligan in Soft (short)
 
1917 Abie Kabibble Outwitted His Rival (short)
 
1917 The Tanks (short)
 
1917 In the Zoo (short)
 
1917 Happy Gets the Razoo (short)
 
1917 Der Captain's Valet (short)
 
1917 Der Captain Discovers the North Pole (short)
 
1917 He Tries His Hand at Hypnotism (short)
 
1917 White Hope (short)
 
1917 Iska Worreh (short)
 
1917 The Limburger Blows (short)
 
1917 Around the World in Half an Hour (short)
 
1917/I 20,000 Legs Under the Sea (short)
 
1917/I Music Hath Charms (short)
 
1917 The Great Offensive (short)
 
1917 Three Strikes You're Out (short)
 
1917 A Hot Time in the Gym (short)
 
1917 Der Captain Goes-a-Flivvering (short)
 
1917 Sharks Is Sharks (short)
 
1917 The Great Hansom Cab Mystery (short)
 
1917 The New Recruit (short)
 
1917 Robbers and Thieves (short)
 
1917 Happy Hooligan, Double-Cross Nurse (short)
 
1917 Der Captain Is Examined for Insurance (short)
 
1917 A Tankless Job (short)
 
1917 Ananias Has Nothing on Hooligan (short)
 
1917 Der Great Bear Hunt (short)
 
1917 A Tale of a Kangaroo (short)
 
1917 The Spider and the Fly (short)
 
1916 Just Like a Woman (short)
 
1916 Captain Goes a-Swimming (short)
 
1916 Father Gets Into the Movies (short)
 
1916 Jerry Ships a Circus (short)
 
1916 He Tries the Movies Again (short)
 
1916 Round and Round Again (short)
 
1916 Maud the Educated Mule (short)
 
1916 A Quiet Day in the Country (short)
 
1916 Krazy and Ignatz Discuss the Letter 'G' (short)
 
1916 Poor Si Keeler (short)
 
1916 Bang Go the Rifles (short)
 
1916 Adventures of Mr. Nobody Holme (short)
 
1916 Der Captain's Magic Act (short)
 
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1942 Lady in a Jam (producer)
 
1941 Unfinished Business (producer)
 
1940 Primrose Path (producer - uncredited)
 
1939 5th Ave Girl (producer)
 
1936 My Man Godfrey (producer - uncredited)
 
1934 What Every Woman Knows (producer)
 
1928 Feel My Pulse (producer)
 
1927 Tell It to Sweeney (producer)
 
1927/I Running Wild (producer)
 
1927 Paradise for Two (producer)
 
1920 A Very Busy Day (short) (producer)
 
1920 Tale of a Wag (short) (producer)
 
1920 The Wrong Track (short) (producer)
 
1920 A Warm Reception (short) (producer)
 
1920 Chinese Question (short) (producer)
 
1919 Sufficiency (short) (producer)
 
1919 Sauce for the Goose (short) (producer)
 
1919 How Could William Tell? (short) (producer)
 
1919 Pigs in Clover (short) (producer)
 
1919 Where Has My Little Coal Bin? (short) (producer)
 
1918 Pep (short) (producer)
 
1918 Der Black Mitt (short) (producer)
 
1918 His Last Will (short) (producer)
 
1918 Der Two Twins (short) (producer)
 
1918 Vanity and Vengeance (short) (producer)
 
1918 Rub-a-Dub-Dub (short) (producer)
 
1918 Der Captain's Birthday (short) (producer)
 
1917 Peace and Quiet (short) (producer)
 
1917 Fast and Furious (short) (producer)
 
1917 Der Last Straw (short) (producer)
 
1917 Mysterious Yarn (short) (producer)
 
1917 Tempest in a Paint Pot (short) (producer)
 
1917 By the Sand Sea Waves (short) (producer)
 
1917 Der End of Der Limit (short) (producer)
 
1917 Der Captain's Valet (short) (producer)
 
1917 Der Captain Discovers the North Pole (short) (producer)
 
1917 The Limburger Blows (short) (producer)
 
1917/I 20,000 Legs Under the Sea (short) (producer)
 
1917 Der Captain Goes-a-Flivvering (short) (producer)
 
1917 Sharks Is Sharks (short) (producer)
 
1917 Robbers and Thieves (short) (producer)
 
1917 Der Captain Is Examined for Insurance (short) (producer)
 
1917 Der Great Bear Hunt (short) (producer)
 
1916 Captain Goes a-Swimming (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (12 titles)
1947 Living in a Big Way (screenplay / story)
 
1940 Primrose Path (screen play / as Gregory LaCava)
 
1939 5th Ave Girl (uncredited)
 
1936 My Man Godfrey (uncredited)
 
1935 She Married Her Boss (uncredited)
 
1935 Private Worlds (screenplay and adaptation)
 
1933 Gallant Lady (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1933 Bed of Roses (dialogue by)
 
1932 The Half Naked Truth (screenplay)
 
1931 Laugh and Get Rich (screen play)
 
1929 His First Command (adaptation)
 
1927/I Running Wild (story)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (3 titles)
1918 Policy and Pie (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1917 Der Captain Is Examined for Insurance (short) (animator)
 
1916 Captain Goes a-Swimming (short) (animator)
 

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