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      Fanny by Gaslight

      1944 1h 48m Drama List
      50% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 52% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A Victorian aristocrat (Stewart Granger) keeps an evil lord (James Mason) away from a Member of Parliament's illegitimate daughter (Phyllis Calvert). Read More Read Less

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      Variety Staff Variety Unfortunately, Anthony Asquith's direction is hurt by faulty film editing and irritatingly slow tempo. Jul 6, 2010 Full Review Bob Baker Time Out And 'ere we are again indeed, with this time the fastidious Asquith mediating the addictive pleasures of a Gainsborough period melodrama. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Herbert Whittaker Montreal Gazette It's a beautiful story, and I'll not spoil it for you. Nov 19, 2020 Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin The Asquith directing is clean cut, sure and sensitively evocative of his period atmosphere -- evocative, too, of unusually fine work from practically every member of a well-chosen cast. Jan 31, 2018 Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis If it's Victorian melodrama you're after, the movie does its best to fulfil your needs. Rated: 5/10 Aug 3, 2012 Full Review Film4 Staff Film4 A packed but poorly paced costume drama. May 24, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Though not really a bodice-ripping guilty pleasure a la The Wicked Lady or Madonna of the Seven Moons, Fanny by Gaslight has other charms. Indeed, though at times Calvert and Granger seem a little lost without pvertly hammy types to play, Anthony Asquith provides nicely subtle direction which plays up the subversion of what on paper seems like a classic good-hearted Victorian heroine story. All in all, a remarkable women's picture-- complete with a brothel, a bar, secret illegitimacy, murder*-- that travels between high class and low class to comment on the tyranny of honor, particularly that which requires the ignorance of a "respectable" woman. *Yeah, I really do wonder how the Hays-Code cut of this Fanny by Gaslight would at all be comprehensible. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member wow what a movie 2 watch....i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that phyllis calvert, james mason, wilfrid lawson, stewart granger play good roles/parts throguhout this movie....i think that the director of this drama/romance/classics movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie....i think that this is a really good romance movie 2 watch with a good cast throguhout this movie its a enjoyable classics romance movie 2 watch Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member i liked this, but all seemed to long for the plot, acting was rather plain and simple but i loved the duel at the end Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I wanted to like this b/w costume drama, but didn't. It was too gushing, and I gave up before the end. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Not enough James Mason. Too wooden a Stewart Granger but not an awful movie. And a title that makes me giggle like a school girl! He he he! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I so enjoyed this movie. One never knows especially growing up in those times. Awesome Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A Victorian aristocrat (Stewart Granger) keeps an evil lord (James Mason) away from a Member of Parliament's illegitimate daughter (Phyllis Calvert).
      Director
      Anthony Asquith
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 12, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 48m
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