Leslie Phillips Movies
Character player, onscreen from 1936. ~ All Movie Guide- 1949
The British Train of Events explores the consequences of a railroad accident from four different viewpoints. Jack Warner plays the engine driver, whose daughter's boy friend is responsible for the crash. Peter Finch plays a homicidal actor whose "perfect murder" of his wife is thwarted by the wreck. Lonely orphan girl Joan Dowling is killed while trying to help her fellow passenger, duplicitous German POW Laurence Payne, escape. The fourth story is the humorous tale of a woman scorned (Valerie Hobson), who survives the crash with a renewed determination to get even with her composer-conductor lover (John Clements). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jack Warner, Valerie Hobson, (more)
- 1938
In this romantic comedy, an aspiring actress and her father move into his sister's boarding house where they promptly find themselves abused and overworked. Despite the hardship, the girl is able to find time to fall in love with an aspiring songwriter. When the star of a local mime company learns of their affair she nearly breaks them apart with her jealousy. Fortunately, true love triumphs and the happy duo begin sharing grand dreams after they are offered a theater contract in London's West End. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
