- This article is about the 1940 film Gaslight. For the 1944 film see Gaslight. This article is about the 1944 film Gaslight For the 1940 release see Gaslight.
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| Directed by | Thorold Dickinson |
| Produced by | John Corfield |
| Written by | Patrick Hamilton (play) A. R. Rawlinson Bridget Boland |
| Starring | Anton Walbrook Diana Wynyard Frank Pettingell |
| Music by | Richard Addinsell |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Editing by | Sidney Cole |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  UK 25 June 1940 US 10 November 1952 |
| Running time | 84 min. Thorold Barron Dickinson ( 16 November 1903, Bristol, England – 14 April 1984, Oxford, England was a There have been several well-known people named Patrick Hamilton, including Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil, Scottish noble and father of the following Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Richard (Dick Rawlinson OBE ( 9 August 1894 - 20 April 1984) served in Military intelligence Anton Walbrook ( November 19, 1896 - August 9, 1967) was an Austrian Actor who settled in the United Kingdom Diana Wynyard ( 16 January 1906 &ndash 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress Frank Pettingell (1891-1966 was an English actor He appeared in such films as the original 1940 Gaslight (as the detective who solves the case Richard Stewart Addinsell ( January 13, 1904 - November 14, 1977) was a British composer best known for film music primarily his Bernard Knowles was an English Film director, producer, Cinematographer and Screenwriter. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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Gaslight is a 1940 film based on Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light (1938). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film Patrick Hamilton ( March 17, 1904 - September 23, 1962) was an English Playwright and Novelist. Gas Light (known in the USA as Angel Street) is a 1938 play by the British dramatist Patrick Hamilton. It was released in the United States under the title Angel Street so that audiences would not confuse it with MGM's 1944 remake starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman, though both had essentially the same plot. Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood (ˈbærjman in Swedish but usually ˈbɝgmən in English (August 29 1915 &ndash August 29 1982 was a Swedish three-time Academy Award -winning and two-time Emmy The 1944 cinema Gaslight was released in England under the title The Murder in Thornton Square.
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Plot
The plot focuses on a young woman haunted by the murder of her aunt in a London townhouse that has lain vacant since the crime. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Years later she is persuaded by her new husband to return in order to overcome her anxieties. She soon finds herself misplacing small objects and hearing odd noises, and before long her spouse has her believing she's losing her sanity.
This screen version, directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Diana Wynyard, Anton Walbrook, and Frank Pettingell, adheres closer to the original play than the 1944 remake, which early on revealed the husband's sinister intentions, and cast handsome leading man Joseph Cotten as the detective who solves the case, as opposed to the heavyset, rougher, and older Pettingell. Thorold Barron Dickinson ( 16 November 1903, Bristol, England – 14 April 1984, Oxford, England was a Diana Wynyard ( 16 January 1906 &ndash 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress Anton Walbrook ( November 19, 1896 - August 9, 1967) was an Austrian Actor who settled in the United Kingdom Frank Pettingell (1891-1966 was an English actor He appeared in such films as the original 1940 Gaslight (as the detective who solves the case This article is about the 1944 film Gaslight For the 1940 release see Gaslight. Leading man or leading gentleman is an informal term for the Actor who plays a love interest to the Leading actress in a film or play Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film
Reception
MGM reportedly tried to suppress release of the 1940 film in the United States, even to the point of trying to destroy the negative, so that it would not compete with their more publicized 1944 remake.
See also
- The Thorold Dickinson Archive is held at the University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections Centre[1].
References
Notes
Bibliography
- The Great British Films, pp 52-54, Jerry Vermilye, 1978, Citadel Press, ISBN 080650661X
External links
- Gaslight at the Internet Movie Database
- Gaslight at the TCM Movie Database
- Gaslight at Rotten Tomatoes
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