Themes: Child Prodigies, Musician's Life, Down on Their Luck
Main Cast: Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kathleen Ryan, Henry Oscar
Release Year: 1950
Country: UK
Run Time: 78 minutes
Plot
Guy Rolfe is top-billed in the British Prelude to Fame, but the critics' attention was directed at young newcomer Jeremy Spencer. This is the story of a poverty-stricken boy named Guido (Spencer) who turns out to be a musical prodigy. Prodded into fame by a wealthy, childless patroness of the arts (Kathleen Ryan), Guido rises to the uppermost rungs of the musical world -- and loses his childhood in the process. Star Rolfe is cast as John Morrell, the philosophy professor who discovers Guido's genius, only to regret what happens to the boy afterward. Best scene: Jeremy Spencer leading the London Philharmonic without adult assistance. Released in America by Universal-International, Prelude to Fame is based on a story by Aldous Huxley. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Fred Pusey - Art Director, Dicky Leeman - First Assistant Director, Fergus McDonell - Director, Sidney Hayers - Editor, Earl St. John - Executive Producer, Muir Mathieson - Composer (Music Score), George Blackler - Makeup, Ray Sturgess - Camera Operator, Bill Allan - Camera Operator, George Dudgeon Stretton - Cinematographer, Denis Holt - Production Manager, Donald B. Wilson - Producer, Vernon Dickson - Set Designer, Francis Carver - Special Effects, Gordon K. McCallum - Sound/Sound Designer, Robert Westerby - Screenwriter, Aldous Huxley - Book Author
