Fanny by Gaslight (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| The Wicked Lady | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anthony Asquith |
| Produced by | Edward Black |
| Written by | Michael Sadleir (novel) Doreen Montgomery (screenplay) Aimée Stuart (additional dialogue) |
| Starring | Phyllis Calvert James Mason Stewart Granger John Laurie |
| Music by | Cedric Mallabey |
| Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
| Editing by | R.E. Dearing |
| Release date(s) | 1944 (UK); 1948 (USA) |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Fanny by Gaslight (US title - Man of Evil) was a 1944 film melodrama, produced by Gainsborough Pictures, set in the 1870s and adapted from a novel by Michael Sadleir (also adapted as a 1981 mini-series). It was one of its famous period-set "Gainsborough melodramas". Its US release was delayed for its breaking the Hays Purity Code, and 17 minutes were removed for this release.
[edit] Plot
Fanny (Phyllis Calvert) finishes at boarding school and returns to London, where she witnesses Lord Manderstoke (James Mason) fight and kill her supposed father. She soon learns that her family has run a brothel next door to her home and (on her mother's death) that he was not her real father. She goes to meet her real father - a respected politician - and falls in love with Harry Somerford (Stewart Granger), his advisor. Manderstoke continues to thwart her happiness.
[edit] External links
|
||||||||
