John Baxter: John Baxter. Director: Fortune Lane. A maker of unpretentious working class comedies and musicals, John Baxter had started his career as a music hall performer himself and would later gravitate toward vehicles for the charming popular WWII duo Flanagan and Allen as well as the low brow transvestite humor of Old Mother Riley. He made, however,an unusual number of studies of the hardships of the poor, such as his masterful...
Known For: Fortune Lane (Director), Let the People Sing (Director), Ramsbottom Rides Again (Director), Music Hall (Director)