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Prelude to Fame is a British film of genre Drama directed by Fergus McDonell released in USA on 9 november 1950 with Jeremy Spenser

Prelude to Fame (1950)

Prelude to Fame
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Released in USA 9 november 1950
Length 1h28
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.1408853.1408853.1408853.1408853.140885

Prelude to Fame (1950) is a British drama film directed by Fergus McDonell, based on a story by Aldous Huxley, and starring Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan, James Robertson Justice, Robert Rietty and Christopher Lee.

Synopsis

While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell (Robin Dowell), son of John Morell (Guy Rolfe), a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine (Kathleen Ryan), becomes friendly with young Guido (Jeremy Spenser), and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini (Henry Oscar and Kathleen Byron) become aware of the boy's talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically.

Actors

Jeremy Spenser

(Guido Ferugia)Guy Rolfe

(John Morell)Kathleen Ryan

(Catherine Morell)Kathleen Byron

(Anne Bondini)Henry Oscar

(Mario Bondini)
And :
Rosalie Crutchley
Ferdy Mayne
James Robertson Justice
John Slater
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Aldous Huxley

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
(1940) Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
(1943) Madame Curie
Madame Curie
(1944) Prelude to Fame
Prelude to Fame
(1950) Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
(1951)

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