By 1922, La Cava had become a live-action director of two-reel comedies, the direct competitor to animated films.
Among the actors he directed in the silent era are:
Bebe Daniels (Feel My Pulse, 1928)
Richard Dix
W. C. Fields (So's Your Old Man, 1926 and Running Wild, 1927) He became a good friend and drinking companion of Fields.

La Cava worked his way up to feature films in the silent era, but it is for his work in sound films of the 1930s—especially comedies—that he is best known today.
And though he did not always get credit, he also often had a hand in creating the screenplays for his films.
Among the sound films he directed are:
Laugh and Get Rich (1931) with Edna May Oliver and Hugh Herbert
The Half-Naked Truth (1932) with Lupe Vélez and Lee Tracy
The Age of Consent (1932) for RKO, starring Richard Cromwell, Eric Linden, and Dorothy Wilson.

Symphony of Six Million (1932) for RKO, based on a story by Fannie Hurst and starring Ricardo Cortez and Irene Dunne, which featured one of the first symphonic scores of the talkie era by Max Steiner.

Bed of Roses (1932) with Constance Bennett and Pert Kelton
Gabriel Over the White House (1933) with Walter Huston
What Every Woman Knows (1934) with Helen Hayes
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) with Constance Bennett and Fredric March
Private Worlds (1935) with Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer and Joel McCrea
She Married Her Boss (1935) with Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas
My Man Godfrey (1936, nominated for the Best Director Academy Award) with William Powell and Carole Lombard
Stage Door (1937, also nominated for Best Director) with Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, and Gail Patrick, as well as his first of three consecutive films with Ginger Rogers
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) with Ginger Rogers and Walter Connolly
Primrose Path (1940) with Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea
His output dropped severely in the 1940s, and he only officially directed one film after 1942, Living in a Big Way (1947).

La Cava died nine days before his 60th birthday on March 1, 1952 in Malibu, California.
His remains were buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
By 1922, La Cava had become a live-action director of two-reel comedies, the direct competitor to animated films. Among the actors he directed in the silent era are:
Bebe Daniels (Feel My Pulse, 1928)
Richard Dix
W. C. Fields (So's Your Old Man, 1926 and Running Wild, 1927) He became a good friend and drinking companion of Fields.
La Cava worked his way up to feature films in the silent era, but it is for his work in sound films of the 1930s—especially comedies—that he is best known today. And though he did not always get credit, he also often had a hand in creating the screenplays for his films. Among the sound films he directed are:
Laugh and Get Rich (1931) with Edna May Oliver and Hugh Herbert
The Half-Naked Truth (1932) with Lupe Vélez and Lee Tracy
The Age of Consent (1932) for RKO, starring Richard Cromwell, Eric Linden, and Dorothy Wilson.
Symphony of Six Million (1932) for RKO, based on a story by Fannie Hurst and starring Ricardo Cortez and Irene Dunne, which featured one of the first symphonic scores of the talkie era by Max Steiner.
Bed of Roses (1932) with Constance Bennett and Pert Kelton
Gabriel Over the White House (1933) with Walter Huston
What Every Woman Knows (1934) with Helen Hayes
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) with Constance Bennett and Fredric March
Private Worlds (1935) with Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer and Joel McCrea
She Married Her Boss (1935) with Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas
My Man Godfrey (1936, nominated for the Best Director Academy Award) with William Powell and Carole Lombard
Stage Door (1937, also nominated for Best Director) with Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, and Gail Patrick, as well as his first of three consecutive films with Ginger Rogers
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) with Ginger Rogers and Walter Connolly
Primrose Path (1940) with Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea
His output dropped severely in the 1940s, and he only officially directed one film after 1942, Living in a Big Way (1947).
La Cava died nine days before his 60th birthday on March 1, 1952 in Malibu, California. His remains were buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
Gregory La Cava