---
title: 'Prelude to Fame (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fergus McDonell'
released: '1950-05-02'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/prelude-to-fame-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042856/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Prelude to Fame (1950)

1950 · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Prelude to Fame is a 1950 British drama film set in Italy, directed by Fergus McDonell and starring Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron and Kathleen Ryan. It was written by Robert Westerby and Bridget Boland based on the 1924 story "Young Archimedes" by Aldous Huxley, about a mathematical prodigy who is also gifted in music.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fergus McDonell](https://cinepixo.com/people/fergus-mcdonell)
- **Screenplay:** [Aldous Huxley](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldous-huxley), [Bridget Boland](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-boland), [Robert Westerby](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-westerby)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Muir Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/muir-mathieson)
- **Producer:** [Donald Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-wilson)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Stretton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-stretton)
- **Editor:** [Sidney Hayers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-hayers)

## Cast

- [James Robertson Justice](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-robertson-justice)
- [Jeremy Spenser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-spenser)
- [Guy Rolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-rolfe)
- [Rosalie Crutchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalie-crutchley)
- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)
- [Kathleen Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-ryan)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee)
- [Henry Oscar](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-oscar)
- [Kathleen Byron](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-byron)
- [John Slater](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-slater)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/prelude-to-fame-1950
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