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Leigh Jason is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 26 june 1904 at New York City (USA)

Leigh Jason

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Birth name Leigh Jacobson
Nationality USA
Birth 26 june 1904 at New York City (USA)
Death 19 february 1979 (at 74 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Leigh Jason (26 July 1904 – 19 February 1979) was an American film director and sceeenwriter. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

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Filmography of Leigh Jason (21 films)

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Director

Wild Guitar, 1h32
Directed by Ray Dennis Steckler, Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Arch Hall, Jr., Arch Hall, Sr., Ray Dennis Steckler, Carolyn Brandt
Rating46% 2.311872.311872.311872.311872.31187
Bud Eagle (Arch Hall Jr.), a young singer-songwriter, arrives in Hollywood on a motorcycle. At Marge's Koffee Kup Cafe, he meets Vickie (Nancy Czar), an aspiring dancer, who quizzes him about his "gimmick" and promises to give him the "inside dope" on the music industry. He attends her performance at a television variety show later that night. When the scheduled saxophonist is unable to perform, Bud steps in with a ballad that earns him a standing ovation.
The Choppers, 1h6
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Robert Paget, Arch Hall, Jr., Tom Brown, Bruno VeSota, Arch Hall, Sr.
Rating47% 2.377482.377482.377482.377482.37748
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.
Out of the Blue, 1h24
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors George Brent, Ann Dvorak, Turhan Bey, Virginia Mayo, Carole Landis, Elizabeth Patterson
Rating62% 3.1459653.1459653.1459653.1459653.145965
Arthur Earthleigh (George Brent) lives in an apartment in Greenwich Village where he is dominated by his wife Mae (Carole Landis) and annoyed by Rabelais, the German Shepherd owned by his neighbour, artist and swinging bachelor David (Turhan Bey). David has a constant parade of attractive women visiting his apartment to pose for him. He currently is being visited by Deborah (Virginia Mayo) who wants David's champion Rabelais to breed with her dog.
Lost Honeymoon, 1h11
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Franchot Tone, Ann Richards, Tom Conway, Frances Rafferty, Clarence Kolb, Una O'Connor
Rating55% 2.768182.768182.768182.768182.76818
Soon after the end of World War II a young English woman, Amy Atkins (Ann Richards), goes back to the London flat where she and her best friend, Tillie Grey, once used to live. The housekeeper Mrs. Tubbs (Una O'Connor) meets Amy and reveals to her that Tillie went ill right before she was off to America to look for the man she married during the war. Tillie died from her illness before she could make her journey, and left two orphaned twin children, Joyce and Johnny Jr. To honor her old friend and make her husband honour his obligations Amy decides to make the journey that Tillie had planned and complete task of finding her husband, Johnny. Amy modifies Tillie's new passport and travels to America by boat on the ticket Tillie had bought, posing as her best friend.
Nine Girls
Nine Girls (1944)
, 1h18
Directed by Leigh Jason
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Anita Louise, Leslie Brooks, Jeff Donnell, Jinx Falkenburg
Rating64% 3.2333.2333.2333.2333.233
Une jeune fille est retrouvée assassinée, ses camarades de classe entreprennent de mener l'enquête.
Lady for a Night, 1h27
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Wayne, Joan Blondell, Montagu Love, Ray Middleton, Philip Merivale, Carmel Myers
Rating59% 2.9987952.9987952.9987952.9987952.998795
Social climber Jenny Blake owns of the casino steam boat Memphis Belle, together with the influential Jack Morgan. Most of the customers are from the upper layers of the city's social life, but they have little respect for Jenny and her - in their opinion - vulgar occupation.
Three Girls About Town, 1h15
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Joan Blondell, Robert Benchley, Binnie Barnes, Janet Blair, John Howard, Hugh O'Connell
Rating63% 3.1931653.1931653.1931653.1931653.193165
The Merchants Hotel is hosting a convention for morticians and a mediation meeting between aircraft manufacturers and their workers. This makes hotel manager Puddle worry about an article in the papers criticizing the hotel's policy on employing hostesses.
The Flying Irishman, 1h31
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Paul Kelly, Robert Armstrong, Gene Reynolds, Donald MacBride, Eddie Quillan, Minor Watson
Rating51% 2.5843952.5843952.5843952.5843952.584395
In 1938, an unlikely event unfolds as pilot Douglas Corrigan returns to the United States after his transatlantic flight, made "the wrong way" across the Atlantic. The passion to fly was there from an early age as young Douglas faced some hardships as his parents separated, leaving his mother (Dorothy Peterson) to rear two sons and a daughter.
The Mad Miss Manton, 1h20
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Stanley Ridges, Hattie McDaniel, Whitney Bourne
Rating66% 3.3470553.3470553.3470553.3470553.347055
At 3:00 am, Melsa (Barbara Stanwyck) takes her little dogs for a walk. Near a subway construction site, she sees Ronnie Belden run out of a house and drive away. The house is for sale by Sheila Lane (Leona Maricle), the wife of George Lane, a wealthy banker. Inside, Melsa finds a diamond brooch and Mr. Lane's dead body. As she runs for help, her cloak falls off with the brooch inside it. When the police arrive, the body, cloak, and brooch are gone. Melsa and her friends are notorious pranksters, so the detective, Lieutenant Mike Brent (Levene), does nothing to investigate the murder. Ames writes an editorial decrying Melsa's "prank", and she sues him for libel.
New Faces of 1937, 1h40
Directed by Leigh Jason, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Milton Berle, Joe Penner, Harriet Nelson, Jerome Cowan, Ann Miller, Thelma Leeds
Rating52% 2.6215552.6215552.6215552.6215552.621555
A crooked theatrical producer deliberately sets about creating an unsuccessful show after selling more than 100% of it to investors.
Wise Girl
Wise Girl (1937)
, 1h10
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about children
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Walter Abel, Ray Milland, Henry Stephenson, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Margaret Dumont
Rating64% 3.24723.24723.24723.24723.2472
Susan Fletcher (Miriam Hopkins) and her millionaire father, Simon (Henry Stephenson), are eager to take care of her late sister's two daughters, Joan and Katie, but her deceased brother-in-law's will placed them in the custody of his brother, John O'Halloran (Ray Milland). Mr. Fletcher's lawyers inform him that there is nothing they can do, unless John can be shown to be unemployed. However, though he loses jobs frequently, he also seems to be able to find new ones just as quickly. Susan decides to investigate.
The Bride Walks Out, 1h21
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks, Helen Broderick, Willie Best
Rating57% 2.8520552.8520552.8520552.8520552.852055
Carolyn Martin has expensive tastes despite husband Michael not earning much money. They split up and she is wooed by a millionaire.