Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight
Release: 1944-05-08
·Runtime: 107m
·★ 5.2
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Gainsborough Pictures
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast
Helen Goss
as Polly (uncredited)
Vi Kaley
as Mrs. Joe (uncredited)
John Turnbull
as Magistrate (uncredited)
Amy Veness
as Mrs. Heaviside
James Mason
as Lord Manderstoke
Phyllis Calvert
as Fanny
Margaretta Scott
as Alicia
Helen Haye
as Mrs. Somerford
Esma Cannon
as Maid (uncredited)
Cathleen Nesbitt
as Kate Somerford
Peter Jones
as Young Client at 'The Shades' (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
as Joe (uncredited)
Cyril Smith
as Publican (uncredited)
Nora Swinburne
as Mary Hopwood
Stewart Granger
as Harry Somerford
Jean Kent
as Lucy Beckett
Wilfrid Lawson
as Chunks
John Laurie
as William Hopwood
Ann Stephens
as Fanny as Child
