Acting
Lee Dixon
Born January 22, 1910 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died January 8, 1953 · aged 42
Lee Dixon was an American singing and dancing actor in 1930s and 1940s musical and other films. He appeared also on the Broadway stage.
Known For
Angel and the Badman · 1947Angel and the Badman
★ 6.41947
MovieWesternRomance
Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.
The Singing Marine · 1937The Singing Marine
★ 5.31937
MovieRomanceComedy
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.
Ready, Willing and Able · 1937Ready, Willing and Able
★ 5.41937
MovieRomanceComedy
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Gold Diggers of 1937 · 1936Gold Diggers of 1937
★ 6.11936
MovieComedyRomance
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
Varsity Show · 1937Varsity Show
★ 6.81937
MovieMusic
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
Double or Nothing · 1940Double or Nothing
★ 5.81940
MovieComedyMusic
In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars.
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue · 1938Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
★ 7.01938
MovieMusicComedy
The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Texas Centennial civic celebrations. The opening song, "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" emanated from the first edition of the Revue and became a hit song on two continents in 1936.
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