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.
Cast
- Robert Morley as Tom Barrett / Leslie Stuart
- Emlyn Williams as Bob Slater
- Dorothy Hyson as Ellaline Terriss
- Tom E. Finglass as Eugene Stratton
- Nicholas Phipps as Earl of Potter
- Gertrude Musgrove as Polly Potter
- Charles Lefeaux as Mr. Carr
- Allan Jeayes as Signor Folli
- Charles Victor as Pat Barrett
- Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Barrett