Born on this day – Leigh Jason:

 

Leigh Jason

Director

Writer

July 26, 1904 – February 19, 1979

On this day in movie history - Eyes of the Underworld (1929)

Eyes of the Underworld

directed by Leigh Jason and Ray Taylor,

written by Leigh Jason and Carl Krusada,

based on a story by Leigh Jason and Carl Krusada,

was released in the United States on April 28, 1929.

Cast:

Bill Cody, Sally Blane, Arthur Lubin, Harry Tenbrook, Charles Clary, Monte Montague. 

On this day in movie and book history - The Man from Texas and Missouri Legend

 

The Man from Texas

directed by Leigh Jason,

written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov,

based on the play and novel Missouri Legend by Elizabeth Beall Ginty,

inspired by the true Jesse James story,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1948.

Music by Earl Robinson.

 

Cast:

James Craig, Tobias Simms, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel, Wallace Ford, Harry Davenport, Sara Allgood, Victor Cutler, Reed Hadley, Erville Alderson, Stanley Andrews, James Arness, Glen Arthur, Ray Bennett, Lane Bradford, Paul E. Burns, Bert Conway, Clancy Cooper, King Donovan, Eddie Dunn, Jim Farley, Dick Foote, Hope Landin, Lyle Latell, James Logan, Robert Malcolm, Suzanne O'Connor, Lee Roberts, Brick Sullivan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Wilkerson, Hank Worden.

Recommended reading:

Missouri Legend
A Comedy in Three Acts

Play by E.B. Ginty (1938)

ASIN: B00085V4NE

Published by Random House.
Published 1938.
First Edition.
 
Description:
Inspired by the true Jesse James story.
Filmed as The Man from Texas (1948), directed by Leigh Jason.