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Confidential Lady Directed by Arthur B. Woods Produced by Samuel Sax Written by Derek N. Twist
Brock WilliamsStarring Ben Lyon
Jane BaxterMusic by Bretton Byrd Cinematography Basil Emmott Distributed by Warner Brothers-First National Productions Release date(s) December 1939 Running time 74 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English 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]
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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.
External links
- Confidential Lady at the Internet Movie Database
- Confidential Lady at BFI Film & TV Database
Films directed by Arthur B. Woods 1930s Timbuctoo • On Secret Service • Radio Parade of 1935 • Give Her a Ring • Once in a Million • Music Hath Charms • Drake of England • Rhythm in the Air • Where's Sally? • Irish for Luck • Mayfair Melody • The Windmill • The Compulsory Wife • Don't Get Me Wrong • You Live and Learn • The Singing Cop • The Dark Stairway • Mr. Satan • Thistledown • Glamour Girl • The Return of Carol Deane • Dangerous Medicine • They Drive by Night • Q Planes • The Nursemaid Who Disappeared • Confidential Lady1940s Categories:- British films
- English-language films
- 1939 films
- 1930s comedy films
- Films directed by Arthur B. Woods
- Lost films
- Black-and-white films
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