William Gaxton(1889-1963)

Found a magical pairing on the Broadway musical stage with actor Victor Moore (1876-1962). They teamed in seven: the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Of Thee I Sing" (as Wintergreen), "Let 'Em Eat Cake", its sequel, "Anything Goes", also with Ethel Merman, "Leave It to Me!" with Mary Martin, "Louisiana Purchase," "Hollywood Pinafore," and "Nellie Bly." Gaxton was the handsome, debonair, rather aggressive cynic and Moore usually his hilariously bumbling, incapable sidekick. They appeared once in film together, The Heat's On (1943), with Mae West, but it didn't have the same spark.