Confidential Lady

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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 (1939-12)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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 vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, 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 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.

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References

  1. Missing Believed Lost British Pictures Article Archive.