Fanny by Gaslight (movie)
- User score: 5.7
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Producer: Anthony Asquith
- Production companies: Gainsborough Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Release date: 5/8/1944
- Run time: 107 min.
Movie description
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.
