Confidential Lady
Confidential Lady is a 1939 British comedy drama film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ben Lyon and Jane Baxter. It is now classed as a lost film.[1]
| Confidential Lady | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arthur B. Woods |
| Written by | Derek N. Twist Brock Williams |
| Produced by | Samuel Sax |
| Starring | Ben Lyon Jane Baxter |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. First National Productions |
Release date | December 1939 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Jill Trevor (Baxter) vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple (Athole Stewart), who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent (Lyon) to offer to write up Jill's story, in the hope that he will be able to dig up some dirt on Morple. Jim is initially sceptical, seeing Jill as a silly attention-seeking airhead, but as he gets to know her he changes his mind and realises there is substance to her claims, so the pair join forces to discredit Morple publicly, at the same time as starting to fall in love with each other.
Cast
- Ben Lyon as Jim Brent
- Jane Baxter as Jill Trevor
- Athole Stewart as Sir Joshua Morple
- Ronald Ward as John Canter
- Jean Cadell as Amy Boswell
- Frederick Burtwell as Phillips
- Gibb McLaughlin as Sheriff
- Vera Bogetti as Rose
- Stewart Rome as Alfred Trevor
References
- Missing Believed Lost British Pictures Article Archive.