Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
- Directed by
- Anthony Asquith
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young woman in 1870s London uncovers secrets about her father's past after his sudden death. She gets caught up in a web of scandal and danger involving a man she loves.
melodramaticperiodtensedarkromanticold-fashionedsensational
What happens
Fanny by Gaslight (US title – Man of Evil) is a 1944 British drama film, directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Gainsborough Pictures, set in the 1870s and adapted from a 1940 novel by Michael Sadleir (also adapted as a 1981 TV serial). It was the second of its famous period-set "Gainsborough melodramas", following The Man in Grey (1943). Its US release was delayed for its breaking the Hays Purity Code and 17 minutes were removed. Stewart Granger later said he "didn't like" the film because of its "drippy characters" but thought "Asquith was much the best of those directors I worked with at Gainsborough." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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