Jane Baxter

Jane Baxter

Nascimento : 1909-09-09, Bremen, Germany

Morte : 1996-09-13

Perfil

Jane Baxter

Filmes

All Hallowe'en
Lady DeVille
A woman falls in love with a ghost on All Hallows Eve.
Death of an Angel
Mary Welling
The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.
The Flemish Farm
Tresha
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.
Ships with Wings
Celia Wetherby
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
The Briggs Family
Sylvia Briggs
During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
The Chinese Bungalow
Charlotte Merivale
All but a prisoner in the exotic Malayan retreat she shares with her Chinese financier husband, Yuan Sing (Paul Lukas), British singer Sadie Merivale (Kay Walsh) begins a dangerous affair with nearby plantation owner Harold Marquess (Wallace Douglas). But when Sing discovers his wife’s betrayal, he plots to regain his honor by slowly torturing her lover to death.
Confidential Lady
Jill Trevor
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.....
The Ware Case
Lady Margaret 'Meg' Ware
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
Second Best Bed
Patricia Lynton
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
Dusty Ermine
Linda Kent
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
The Man Behind the Mask
Lady June Slade
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.
The Night of the Party
Peggy Studholme Kennion
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...
Drake of England
Elizabeth Sydenham
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
The Clairvoyant
Christine
A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
Enchanted April
Lady Caroline Dester
Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in her life she rents an old Italian mansion and sharing it with three women. Here the four women plan to spend the month of April away from the cares of home, husbands and the everyday monotony.
Sangue Cigano
Maid Helping with Wedding Dress
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
We Live Again
Missy Kortchagin
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Blossom Time
Vicki Wimpassinger
World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on the composer's unrequited love for a dance master's daughter.
The Constant Nymph
Antonia Sanger
Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining the already delicate Tessa’s health, the composer realises that life without Tessa is unbearable and leaves his unloving wife – but sadly too late.
Flat No. 9
Eileen Merridew
A comedy film directed by Frank Richardson
Two White Arms
Alison Drury
A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.
Down River
Hilary Gordon
A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.
Bed and Breakfast
Audrey Corteline
A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through with "the deed".
Bed Rock
Rosie
A Canadian returns to find his fiancée is married and schemes revenge.