Fanny by Gaslight

Fanny by Gaslight (1944)


  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1944-05-08
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Anthony Asquith
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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.

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  • James Mason

    as Lord Manderstoke

  • Phyllis Calvert

    as Fanny

  • Stewart Granger

    as Harry Somerford

  • Jean Kent

    as Lucy Beckett

  • Wilfrid Lawson

    as Chunks

  • Margaretta Scott

    as Alicia

  • John Laurie

    as William Hopwood

  • Cathleen Nesbitt

    as Kate Somerford

  • Helen Haye

    as Mrs. Somerford

  • Nora Swinburne

    as Mary Hopwood

  • Stuart Lindsell

    as Clive Seymore

  • Amy Veness

    as Mrs. Heaviside

  • Ann Wilton

    as Carver

  • Guy Le Feuvre

    as Doctor Lowenthal

  • Ann Stephens

    as Fanny as Child

  • Esma Cannon

    as Maid (uncredited)

  • Beresford Egan

    as (uncredited)

  • Helen Goss

    as Polly (uncredited)

  • Peter Jones

    as Young Client at 'The Shades' (uncredited)

  • Vi Kaley

    as Mrs. Joe (uncredited)

  • Virginia Keiley

    as (uncredited)

  • Beryl Laverick

    as (uncredited)

  • Joan Rees

    as (uncredited)

  • Johnnie Schofield

    as Joe (uncredited)

  • Jack Sharp

    as Carriage Driver (uncredited)

  • Cyril Smith

    as Publican (uncredited)

  • John Turnbull

    as Magistrate (uncredited)

  • Gloria Sydney

    as Lucy as Child
Writing Doreen Montgomery Writer
Production Edward Black Producer
Camera Arthur Crabtree Director of Photography
Directing Anthony Asquith Director
Costume & Make-Up Elizabeth Haffenden Costume Design
Sound Louis Levy Music Director
Costume & Make-Up W.T. Partleton Makeup Artist
Editing R. E. Dearing Editor
Art John Bryan Art Direction
Writing Michael Sadleir Novel
Writing Aimée Stuart Writer
Sound Cedric Mallabey Music
Production Arthur Alcott Production Manager
Sound B. C. Sewell Sound Supervisor

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