Robert Z. Leonard

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Also Known As	Robert Zigler Leonard
Born	October 7, 1889 • Chicago • Illinois
Died	August 27, 1968 (aged 78) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works	“After Office Hours” • “Cynthia” • “Dancing Lady” • “Escapade” • “Everything I Have Is Yours” • “Her Twelve Men” • “Maytime” • “Outcast Lady” • “Pride and Prejudice” • “Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)” • “The Bachelor Father” • “The Divorcee” • “The Great Ziegfeld” • “The King’s Thief” • “We Were Dancing”

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse

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Henry King

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Stanley Donen

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Tod Browning

Tod Browning

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Rouben Mamoulian.

Rouben Mamoulian

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Charles Vidor

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George Balanchine.

George Balanchine

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Annie Get Your Gun

George Sidney

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Gene Kelly

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