Jane Baker

In her first documentary for more than 35 years, the great British classical singer Dame Janet Baker talks more openly and emotionally than ever before about her career and her life today. With excerpts of her greatest stage roles (as Dido, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar and Orpheus), as well as of her appearances in the concert hall and recording studio (works by Handel, Berlioz, Schubert, Elgar, Britten and Mahler), she looks back at the excitements and pitfalls of public performance.

Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane's popularity soars, and she leaves on a European tour… but her plane crashes in Lisbon, and she is partially crippled. Unable to walk without crutches, Jane nevertheless goes on to entertain the Allied troops in World War II.

Afin de lui rendre hommage, un producteur de Hollywood propose à Chet Baker, le légendaire trompettiste de jazz des années 1960, de tenir le premier rôle dans un long métrage consacré à sa vie. Pendant le tournage, Chet tombe éperdument amoureux de Jane, sa partenaire afro-américaine. Malheureusement, la production est arrêtée le jour où, sur un parking, Chet est passé à tabac.