LeRoy Prince
LeRoy Prinz (born July 14, 1895 in St. Joseph , Missouri , † September 15, 1983 in Wadsworth , California ) was an American choreographer and dancer , but was also active as a film director , film producer and film actor.
biography
LeRoy Prinz dropped out of school early, came to France via detours , and joined the Foreign Legion shortly before the outbreak of the First World War . During the First World War, Prinz was used as a pilot in the squadron of Edward Vernon Rickenbacker ; Prinz is said to have been shot down 15 times.
After the end of the war he lived in Paris for some time and from the mid-1920s appeared as a dancer in nightclubs , including the well-known Parisian pub Folies Bergère . Prince was discovered by Max Reinhardt , who took him to Hollywood . In 1929, Prinz made his debut as a choreographer for the musical film Innocents of Paris ; a year later, in 1930, he was also involved as a choreographer on Cecil B. DeMille's Madam Satan .
Prince's career began to flourish when he was signed by Paramount Pictures in 1933 , a collaboration that lasted eight years until 1941. During this time, the three films for which Prinz was nominated three times for an Oscar in the then existing category of Best Dance Director fall in 1936 and 1938 respectively . These were All the King's Horses in 1936 and The Big Broadcast of 1936 - both musical adaptations - and Waikiki Wedding (1938), a comedy film . In 1941, Prinz took on the direction of the musical film All-American Co-Ed , which received two Academy Award nominations.
In 1942 Warner Bros. signed him, and remained in this partnership until 1957. In the musical film Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) he was responsible for the dance numbers. During this phase of his career he also worked on the monumental film The Ten Commandments , staged in 1956 and directed by his sponsor Cecil B. DeMille. In 1958, Prinz received the Golden Globe Award for Best Film Choreography , though not specifically for a film.
LeRoy Prinz also tried it as a director and producer, even though he only directed 10 films from 1941 to 1961, and mostly short films. Worth mentioning is his short film A Boy and His Dog , produced in 1947 , for which producer Gordon Hollingshead won an Oscar in the Best Short Film category.
From 1958, Prinz withdrew into private life.
LeRoy Prinz, about whose personal life nothing is known, died of natural causes at the age of 88.
Web links
- LeRoy Prinz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prince, LeRoy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Silliphant, Sterling Dale; Prince, Leroy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American choreographer and dancer, film director, film producer, and film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Joseph , Missouri , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1983 |
| Place of death | Wadsworth , California , United States |