William Gaxton

William Gaxton

Birth : 1889-12-01, San Francisco, California, USA

Death : 1963-02-02

Profile

William Gaxton

Movies

Diamond Horseshoe
Joe Davis Sr.
Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad's chagrin wants to be a crooner, and soon comes between Dad and his girlfriend Claire. So glamorous dancer Bonnie is enlisted to distract Junior. Which does Bonnie want more, the fur coat or true love? Plot is a framework for numerous Ziegfeld style stage productions.
The Heat's On
Tony Ferris
Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.
Best Foot Forward
Jack O'Riley
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Something to Shout About
Willard Samson
A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.
Their Big Moment
The Great La Salle
Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.
50 Million Frenchmen
Jack Forbes
In this comedy, two men make an extravagant $50,000 dollar bet that one of them will be able to successfully court a lovely woman with out spending any money. To foil his scheme, the other bettor hires two henchman to stop him.
Stepping Along
Frank Moreland
Johnny Rooney is a fast-stepping young politician and Molly Taylor is an even faster-stepping showgirl in "George White's Scandals" in a tale of New York City's theatrical and political life during prohibition and the jazz-age.
It's the Old Army Game
George Parker
Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp. Then garbage collectors waken him. Next it's firemen on a false alarm. And then a real fire.