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Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Overview
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.
Length 107 minutes
Actors
James Mason | Phyllis Calvert | Stewart Granger | Jean Kent | Wilfrid Lawson | Margaretta Scott | John Laurie | Cathleen Nesbitt | Helen Haye | Nora Swinburne | Stuart Lindsell | Amy Veness | Ann Wilton | Guy Le Feuvre | Ann Stephens | Esma Cannon | Beresford Egan | Helen Goss | Peter Jones | Vi Kaley | Virginia Keiley | Beryl Laverick | Joan Rees | Johnnie Schofield | Jack Sharp | Cyril Smith | John Turnbull | Gloria Sydney