Leigh Jason
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Leigh Jason was an American film director and sceeenwriter. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Filmography

  • The Price of Fear (1928)
  • Wolves of the City (1929)
  • Eyes of the Underworld (1929)
  • The Tip Off (1929)
  • The Body Punch (1929)
  • Humanettes (1930)
  • High Gear
    High Gear (1933 film)
    High Gear is a 1933 American film directed by Leigh Jason. The film is also known as The Big Thrill in the United Kingdom.- Plot summary :...

    (1933)
  • A Preferred List
    A Preferred List
    A Preferred List is a 1933 short comedy film produced by Lou Brock. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Short Subject ....

    (1933)
  • Bubbling Over (1934)
  • The Knife of the Party
    The Knife of the Party
    The Knife of the Party is a black-and-white short film starring Shemp Howard and released on February 16, 1934. The comedy was filmed at Van Beuren Studios and released by RKO Radio Pictures.-Shemp Howard and his Stooges:...

    (1934)
  • Apples to You! (1934)
  • Roamin' Vandals (1934)
  • Nifty Nurses (1934)
  • How to Break 90 at Croquet (1935)
  • The Spirit of 1976 (1935)
  • Hail, Brother (1935)
  • Metropolitan Nocturne (1935)
  • Love on a Bet (1936)
  • The Bride Walks Out (1936)
  • That Girl from Paris
    That Girl from Paris
    That Girl from Paris is a 1936 musical comedy film directed by Leigh Jason. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording .-Cast:* Lily Pons as Nicole 'Nikki' Martin* Jack Oakie as Whammo Lonsdale...

    (1936)
  • New Faces of 1937
    New Faces of 1937
    New Faces of 1937, aka Young People is a black and white 1937 American musical film.-Cast:*Joe Penner - Seymore Seymore*Milton Berle - Wallington 'Wally' Wedge*Harry Parke - Parkyakarkus 'Parky'...

    (1937)
  • Wise Girl
    Wise Girl (film)
    Wise Girl is a 1937 romantic comedy film starring Miriam Hopkins and Ray Milland. A wealthy socialite tries to gain custody of her orphaned nieces.-Plot:...

    (1937)
  • The Mad Miss Manton
    The Mad Miss Manton
    The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy and mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames, and otherwise behaving like...

    (1938)
  • The Flying Irishman
    The Flying Irishman
    The Flying Irishman is a 1939 biographical drama film produced by RKO Pictures in 1939 about Douglas Corrigan's unofficial transatlantic flight the previous year. Directed by Leigh Jason to a screenplay by Ernest Pagano and Dalton Trumbo, the film was made quickly to exploit the huge public...

    (1939)
  • Career
    Career (1939 film)
    Career is a 1939 drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis. The film was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and centers on a rivalry between two men who are in love with the same girl....

    (1939)
  • Model Wife (1941)
  • Three Girls About Town
    Three Girls About Town
    Three Girls About Town is a 1941 Columbia comedy film directed by Leigh Jason. The story is written by Richard Carroll and stars Joan Blondell, Binnie Barnes and Janet Blair .-Plot:...

    (1941)
  • Lady for a Night
    Lady for a Night
    -Cast:* Joan Blondell - Jenny 'Jen' Blake Alderson* John Wayne - Jackson Morgan* Ray Middleton - Alan Alderson* Philip Merivale - Stephen Alderson* Blanche Yurka - Julia Anderson* Edith Barrett - Katherine Alderson* Leonid Kinskey - Boris, Jack's Bodyguard...

    (1942)
  • Dangerous Blondes (1943)
  • Nine Girls (1944)
  • Carolina Blues (1944)
  • Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
  • Lost Honeymoon
    Lost Honeymoon
    - Cast :*Franchot Tone as Johnny Gray*Ann Richards as Amy Atkins / Tillie Gray*Tom Conway as Dr. Robert "Bob" Davis*Frances Rafferty as Lois Evans*Clarence Kolb as Mr. Evans *Una O'Connor as Mrs. Tubbs*Winston Severn as Johnny Gray Jr....

    (1947)
  • Out of the Blue
    Out of the Blue (1947 film)
    Out of the Blue is a 1947 comedy based on the short story by Vera Caspary who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars George Brent, Ann Dvorak, Turhan Bey and Virginia Mayo...

    (1947)
  • Man from Texas (1948)
  • Okinawa (1952)
  • The Go-Getter (1956)
  • The Choppers
    The Choppers
    - Plot summary :A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.- Cast :...

    (1961)
  • The Festival Girls (1962)


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