- This article is about the 1944 film Gaslight. For the 1940 release, see Gaslight. This article is about the 1940 film Gaslight For the 1944 film see Gaslight.
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Produced by | Arthur Hornblow Jr. George Dewey Cukor ( July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director. |
| Written by | Patrick Hamilton (play) John Van Druten Walter Reisch John L. Balderston |
| Starring | Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten Dame May Whitty Angela Lansbury |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | May 4, 1944 (U. Patrick Hamilton ( March 17, 1904 - September 23, 1962) was an English Playwright and Novelist. Walter Reisch ( May 23, 1903 - March 28, 1983) was an Austrian -born director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter John L Balderston ( October 22, 1889 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania - March 8, 1954 Los Angeles California) was an American 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 Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film Dame May Whitty, DBE ( 19 June 1865 &ndash 29 May 1948) born Mary Louise Whitty, was an Oscar -nominated Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress Bronisław Kaper ( February 5, 1902, Warsaw - April 26, 1983, Beverly Hills, California) was a Polish Ralph E Winters ( June 17 1909 - February 26 2004) born in Canada was one of the industry's leading Film editors After cutting Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. release) |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Language | English |
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Gaslight is a 1944 film adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 the second version to be filmed; the first, released in Great Britain, had been made a mere four years earlier. This article is about the 1940 film Gaslight For the 1944 film see Gaslight. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This 1944 version of the story was directed by George Cukor and starred Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, and eighteen-year-old Angela Lansbury in her screen debut. George Dewey Cukor ( July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director. (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 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 Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress
Plot
The film opens just after world-famous opera singer Alice Alquist has been murdered. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries The perpetrator bolted, without the jewels he sought, after being interrupted by Paula (Bergman), Alice's niece, who was raised by her aunt following her mother's death.
Paula is sent to Italy so that she can train to be an opera star, with the same teacher who once trained Alice. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest She studies with him for years, all the while trying to forget that terrible night at Number 9 on Thornton Square in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Paula meets Gregory Anton (Boyer) and soon falls in love with him. She eventually ends her long tutelage to marry him. He persuades her they should live in the long-vacant London townhouse her aunt bequeathed her and, to help calm her anxieties, suggests they store all of Alice's furnishings away in the attic. Before they do, Paula discovers a letter addressed to her aunt by a man named Sergius Bauer, dated only two days before the murder, tucked away in a music book. Gregory's reaction is swift and violent, but he quickly composes himself, explaining his outburst as one of frustration at the bad memories his bride is experiencing.
After Alice's things are packed away in the attic and the door is blocked, things take a turn for the bizarre. At the Tower of London, Paula loses a brooch that Gregory had given her, despite its having been stored safely in her handbag. Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central London A brooch (also known in ancient times as a fibula, and not to be confused with broach) is a Decorative jewelry item designed to be attached to Pictures disappear from the walls of the house, footsteps are heard in the sealed attic, and the gaslights dim and brighten for no apparent reason. Gas lighting refers to a technology used to produce light from gas usually methane but also including hydrogen and ethylene Gregory insinuates that Paula is responsible, but she professes no recollection of doing such things.
Gregory does everything in his power to isolate his wife from other people, allowing her neither to go out nor have visitors. On the one occasion when he does take her out to a musical gathering at a friend's house, he shows Paula his watch chain, from which his watch has mysteriously disappeared. When he finds it in her handbag, she becomes hysterical, and Gregory takes her home.
The young maid, Nancy (Angela Lansbury) does little to improve the situation. Maid is also a shortened form of " Maiden " an archaic word for an unmarried woman or a Virgin. Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress Whenever she shows up, her face betrays a feeling of disdain; Paula becomes convinced that Nancy loathes her.
Unknown to Paula, Gregory is in fact Sergius Bauer, her aunt's murderer. He actually sought her out in Italy, managed to win her heart, married her, and suggested that they live in London, all so he could get back into the house, to continue searching for Alice's jewels. He has been secretly rummaging through Alice's belongings in the attic to find what he is certain is there, but they are so well hidden, he has been unable to find them. He has done everything in his power to convince his wife that she is going mad, so he can have her certified insane and confined, so he can search without impediment.
It almost works. Paula is saved by a chance encounter with a stranger at the Tower of London. Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central London He turns out to be Inspector Brian Cameron of Scotland Yard (Cotten), an admirer of Alice Alquist since his childhood. New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible Child article read through the various talk pages for the debate -- it's been put on and removed twice By enlisting the support of the housekeeper Elizabeth (Barbara Everest) (who suspects her master is at the root of all the odd events) and a neighborhood busybody (Dame May Whitty), Cameron is able to delve into the long-cold case. Dame May Whitty, DBE ( 19 June 1865 &ndash 29 May 1948) born Mary Louise Whitty, was an Oscar -nominated The dramatic conclusion comes as he moves in to arrest Gregory on the very evening that the latter at last has discovered the jewels that he has been seeking for so long.
The dénouement partly involves Paula indulging herself in a bit of revenge, psychologically torturing Gregory after he has been bound to a chair, tantalizing him with the suggestion that she might free him so he can escape arrest, trial, and execution.
From the film's title, "gaslighting" acquired the meaning of ruthlessly manipulating an individual, for nefarious reasons, into believing something other than the truth. Gaslighting is a form of Psychological abuse. It involves an increasing frequency of systematically withholding factual information from and/or providing false information
Awards and Nominations
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At the 1944 Academy Awards, the film was nominated for seven Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman, Best Actor for Charles Boyer, Best Supporting Actress for Angela Lansbury, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction (black and white), and Best Cinematography (black and white), winning for actress and art direction. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working (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 Best Actor is the name of an award It is presented by various film organizations Film festivals and people's awards 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 Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of Film or Theatre professionals in recognition of the work Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture.
External links
- Gaslight (1944 film) at the Internet Movie Database
- Gaslight (1944 film) at the TCM Movie Database
- Gaslight (1944 film) at Rotten Tomatoes
- Radio adaptation of Gaslight April 29, 1946 on Lux Radio Theatre; 44 minutes, with Ingrid Bergman and Robert Montgomery (MP3)
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