Leigh Jason (July 26, 1904 – February 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter.[1] He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Leigh Jason | |
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| Born | July 26, 1904 New York, New York, United States |
| Died | February 19, 1979 (aged 74) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1925–1962 |
He married Ruth Harriet Louise in 1927 at Temple B'nai B'rith, with William Wyler as his best man. Louise was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, and ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930. They had a son, Leigh Jr., who died of leukemia when he was six years old, and Louise died in 1940, along with their second son, in complications from childbirth.[2]
Filmography
edit- 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 (1933)
- A Preferred List (1933)
- Bubbling Over (1934)
- The Knife of the Party (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 (1936)
- New Faces of 1937 (1937)
- Wise Girl (1937)
- The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
- The Flying Irishman (1939)
- Career (1939)
- Model Wife (1941)
- Three Girls About Town (1941)
- Lady for a Night (1942)
- Dangerous Blondes (1943)
- Nine Girls (1944)
- Carolina Blues (1944)
- Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
- Lost Honeymoon (1947)
- Out of the Blue (1947)
- Man from Texas (1948)
- Okinawa (1952)
- The Go-Getter (1956)
- The Choppers (1961)
- The Festival Girls (1961)
References
edit- ^ "Leigh Jason". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ Dance, Robert; Robertson, Bruce; Art, Terra Museum of American (May 6, 2002). Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood Glamour Photography. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23348-5.
External links
edit- Leigh Jason at IMDb
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