Film

Fanny by Gaslight

1944 · 1h 47m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

50%

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.

James Mason

Lord Manderstoke

Phyllis Calvert

Fanny

Stewart Granger

Harry Somerford

Jean Kent

Lucy Beckett

Wilfrid Lawson

Chunks

Margaretta Scott

Alicia

John Laurie

William Hopwood

Cathleen Nesbitt

Kate Somerford

Helen Haye

Mrs. Somerford

Nora Swinburne

Mary Hopwood

Stuart Lindsell

Clive Seymore

Amy Veness

Mrs. Heaviside

Ann Wilton

Carver

Guy Le Feuvre

Doctor Lowenthal

Ann Stephens

Fanny as Child

Esma Cannon

Maid (uncredited)

• Anthony AsquithDirector
• Doreen MontgomeryWriter
• Aimée StuartWriter
• Michael SadleirNovel
• Edward BlackProducer
• Arthur CrabtreeDirector of Photography
• R. E. DearingEditor

Release date

May 8, 1944

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Drama, Romance

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