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Biography of popular English composer Leslie Stuart (Robert Morley), who rose to fame through performances of his songs by the tenor Ellaline Terriss (Dorothy Hyson). The peak of Stuart's success in the early 1900s is followed by poverty and obscurity with the arriving Jazz Age. In debtor's prison, Stuart is rescued by friends from happier times, and achieves a comeback in British music halls shortly before his death.Read moreLess
Biography of popular English composer Leslie Stuart (Robert Morley), who rose to fame through performances of his songs by the tenor Ellaline Terriss (Dorothy Hyson). The peak of Stuart's success in the early 1900s is followed by poverty and obscurity with the arriving Jazz Age. In debtor's prison, Stuart is rescued by friends from happier times, and achieves a comeback in British music halls shortly before his death.
The story
Biography of popular English composer Leslie Stuart (Robert Morley), who rose to fame through performances of his songs by the tenor Ellaline Terriss (Dorothy Hyson). The peak of Stuart's success in the early 1900s is followed by poverty and obscurity with the arriving Jazz Age. In debtor's prison, Stuart is rescued by friends from happier times, and achieves a comeback in British music halls shortly before his death.
Cast & crew
Robert MorleyTom Barrett / Leslie Stuart
Emlyn WilliamsBob Slater
Dorothy HysonEllaline Terriss
Nicholas PhippsEarl of Potter
Gertrude MusgrovePolly Potter
Allan JeayesSignor Folli
Maire O'NeillMrs. Barrett
Roddy McDowallYoung Bob SlaterExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Henry Harris
- Producer
- Charles Q. Steel
- Editor
- Peggy Hennessey
- Writer
- Christopher Morley
- Writer
- Lydia Hayward
- Writer
- Sewell Stokes
- Director
- Jack Raymond