Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Robert Morley

Tom Barrett / Leslie Stuart

Emlyn Williams

Bob Slater

Dorothy Hyson

Ellaline Terriss

Nicholas Phipps

Earl of Potter

Gertrude Musgrove

Polly Potter

Allan Jeayes

Signor Folli

Maire O'Neill

Mrs. Barrett

Roddy McDowall

Young Bob Slater

Muriel George

Landlady (Manchester)

Mary Merrall

Landlady (London)