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Broadway Bill is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy.Screenplay by Robert Riskin and based on the short story "Strictly Confidential" by Mark Hellinger, the film is about a man's love for his thoroughbred race horse and the woman who helps him achieve his dreams.
A rich man makes a bet on Bill as a 100-to-1 shot, leading to false rumors that the horse is a sure winner. The odds drop fast, but gamblers and a crooked jockey try to ensure that their own favorites win the race. Broadway Bill somehow manages to win but collapses at the finish line and suffers a fatal heart attack.
Lee lives in Fernvale with his second wife, Maria, whom he married in October 2008. [16] His first wife, Carol Ann, died in 2000 in a horseback riding accident. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] After her death, Lee took extended time off from his construction company to raise his four children.
Holbrook Blinn (1872–1928), Broadway stage star and silent screen actor, died from injuries in an accident on the grounds of his estate. Cole Porter (1891–1964) American composer and songwriter. In a 1937 riding accident his legs were crushed leaving him in chronic pain, largely crippled.
A gambler wins $20,000 on his horse, but it costs him his wife. Off to the Races [39] [40] [41] 1937 Comedy Jimmy B must win the county fair's big harness race to get his owner out of jail. Kentucky [42] 1938 Drama A Civil War family feud continues 75 years later for a Derby horse owner (Loretta Young). Going Places. [43] [44] 1938 Comedy
Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Duke Ellington before composing scores for his son Spike Lee, died at his Brooklyn home on Wednesday morning. No cause of death has been ...
Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, died at home in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning. He was 94.
William James Edwards Lee III (July 23, 1928 – May 24, 2023) was an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, his compositions for jazz percussionist Max Roach, and his session work as a "first-call" musician and band leader to many of the twentieth-century's most significant musical artists, including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday ...