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.
