Leigh Jason

Leigh Jason

Leigh Jason (born Leigh Jacobson) was an instructor at UCLA before entering the film business in 1924 as an electrician. He turned to screenwriting in 1926, then changed his name to Leigh Jason when he started directing in 1928. He turned out numerous shorts and B pictures, mainly thrillers and light comedies, up to the 1950s, when he began to devote most of his energies to directing TV series, although he still directed a feature every now and then. He was the brother of director Will Jason. Date of Birth 26 July 1904, New York City, New York Date of Death 19 February 1979, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

  • Title: Leigh Jason
  • Popularity: 3.377
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1904-07-26
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  • Also Known As: Leigh Jacobson, Leon Jacobson
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Leigh Jason Movies

  • 1942
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    Lady for a Night

    Lady for a Night

    5.4 1942 HD

    Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.

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  • 1935
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    How to Break 90 at Croquet

    How to Break 90 at Croquet

    1 1935 HD

    Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

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  • 1938
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    The Mad Miss Manton

    The Mad Miss Manton

    6.5 1938 HD

    When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves...

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  • 1943
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    Dangerous Blondes

    Dangerous Blondes

    6 1943 HD

    Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance...

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  • 1941
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    Three Girls About Town

    Three Girls About Town

    5.3 1941 HD

    Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...

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  • 1948
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    The Man from Texas

    The Man from Texas

    6 1948 HD

    James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his...

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  • 1936
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    The Bride Walks Out

    The Bride Walks Out

    5.3 1936 HD

    Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that...

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  • 1961
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    The Choppers

    The Choppers

    5.7 1961 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    Wise Girl

    Wise Girl

    7 1937 HD

    Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds...

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  • 1934
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    Nifty Nurses

    Nifty Nurses

    1 1934 HD

    Scantily clad, irreverent nurses keep things cheerful by singing

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  • 1934
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    Nifty Nurses

    Nifty Nurses

    1 1934 HD

    Scantily clad, irreverent nurses keep things cheerful by singing

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  • 1961
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    The Festival Girls

    The Festival Girls

    5 1961 HD

    Hollywood stars go wild at the Riviera film festivals.

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  • 1934
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    The Knife of the Party

    The Knife of the Party

    4.5 1934 HD

    A Theatrical Company is facing bankruptcy while being stuck in a hostile town, miles from home, in a hotel where they are already well in arrears in...

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  • 1934
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    Bubbling Over

    Bubbling Over

    3.7 1934 HD

    In this all-black short musical comedy, a woman has a husband so lazy she can stick a pin in him without him waking up... but announcing lunch gets...

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  • 1933
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    High Gear

    High Gear

    5 1933 HD

    When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving a taxi, but when he befriends a cute reporter and...

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  • 1935
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    Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)

    Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)

    1 1935 HD

    Love Honor and Obey the Law: Harry Langdon and Monte Collins in a 1935 industrial film intended to promote Goodrich Tires.

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  • 1934
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    Super Stupid

    Super Stupid

    1 1934 HD

    Billy Gilbert and Vince Barnett being.... Super Stupid....

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  • 1936
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    Love on a Bet

    Love on a Bet

    7 1936 HD

    Aspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play's ridiculous plot. If Michael...

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  • 1944
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    Carolina Blues

    Carolina Blues

    5.3 1944 HD

    When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes.

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  • 1933
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    A Preferred List

    A Preferred List

    1 1933 HD

    A Preferred List is a 1933 American Pre-Code short comedy film produced by Lou Brock. At the 6th Academy Awards, held in 1933, it was nominated for...

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  • 1936
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    That Girl from Paris

    That Girl from Paris

    6.5 1936 HD

    Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an...

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  • 1934
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    Roamin' Vandals

    Roamin' Vandals

    1 1934 HD

    A 1934 short comedy subject starring Patsy Kelly and Lillian Miles.

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  • 1939
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    The Flying Irishman

    The Flying Irishman

    4.6 1939 HD

    This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous...

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  • 1947
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    Lost Honeymoon

    Lost Honeymoon

    5.3 1947 HD

    An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service.

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  • 1941
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    Model Wife

    Model Wife

    1 1941 HD

    Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.

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  • 1937
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    New Faces of 1937

    New Faces of 1937

    4 1937 HD

    A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.

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  • 1927
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    The Shield of Honor

    The Shield of Honor

    4.3 1927 HD

    Can Jack MacDowell, the first flying policeman on the force, save his dad from stop-at-nothing jewel thieves?

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  • 1941
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    Model Wife

    Model Wife

    1 1941 HD

    Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.

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  • 1947
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    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    6.375 1947 HD

    Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian...

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  • 1926
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    The Show Cowpuncher

    The Show Cowpuncher

    1 1926 HD

    Dorothy McGuire, owner of the Bar V Ranch, is rescued from a fall before a runaway by Angus Dickinson, a bronco buster whom she engages to tame an...

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  • 1925
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    The Crook Buster

    The Crook Buster

    1 1925 HD

    A 1925 silent Western

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  • 1929
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    Eyes of the Underworld

    Eyes of the Underworld

    1 1929 HD

    John Hueston, a wealthy newspaper publisher, plans to publish an exposé of a criminal gang but is silenced by a bullet. Pat Doran, rich...

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  • 1929
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    Eyes of the Underworld

    Eyes of the Underworld

    1 1929 HD

    John Hueston, a wealthy newspaper publisher, plans to publish an exposé of a criminal gang but is silenced by a bullet. Pat Doran, rich...

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  • 1939
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    Career

    Career

    1 1939 HD

    Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart...

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  • 1946
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    Meet Me on Broadway

    Meet Me on Broadway

    7 1946 HD

    Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress...

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  • 1952
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    Okinawa

    Okinawa

    4.8 1952 HD

    On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale,...

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  • 1956
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    The Go-Getter

    The Go-Getter

    1 1956 HD

    The Go-Getter (1956)

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  • 1944
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    Nine Girls

    Nine Girls

    5.3 1944 HD

    One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing...

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  • 1934
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    Everybody Likes Music

    Everybody Likes Music

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1929
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    Eyes of the Underworld

    Eyes of the Underworld

    1 1929 HD

    John Hueston, a wealthy newspaper publisher, plans to publish an exposé of a criminal gang but is silenced by a bullet. Pat Doran, rich...

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  • 1935
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    The Spirit of 1976

    The Spirit of 1976

    1 1935 HD

    In the futuristic Utopian society of 1976, people, who have numbers instead of names, no longer have to work. They get tired of always playing, and...

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  • 1935
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    Hail, Brother

    Hail, Brother

    1 1935 HD

    A man gets hit on the head and decides to give his fortune to artists.

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  • 1934
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    Apples to You!

    Apples to You!

    7 1934 HD

    A burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    I Led Three Lives is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from October 1, 1953 to January 1, 1956. The series...

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  • 1970
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    6.571 1970 HD

    Science Fiction Theatre is an American science fiction anthology series that aired in syndication from April 1955 to April 1957. It was produced by...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    Treasury Men in Action is an American crime drama series broadcast live and which aired from 1950 through 1955 on ABC. The series stars Walter...

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