Gaslight (The Murder in Thornton Square) (1944)

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Directed by

George Cukor

Starring (View all)

Charles Boyer
Gregory Anton

Ingrid Bergman
Paula Alquist

Joseph Cotten
Brian Cameron

Dame May Whitty
Miss Thwaites

Angela Lansbury
Nancy

Barbara Everest
Elizabeth

Emil Rameau
Maestro Guardi

Edmund Breon
General Huddleston

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Walter Reisch
(screenplay) and

John L. Balderston
(screenplay)

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Gaslight (1944)

10 years, 3 months ago at Feb 21 10:04

Rath

Cukor never been a director that interests me too. His work seems formally correct but common or garden, without any originality, devoid of life. Do we owe, at least, being a great director of female stars, as has been said over and over again? It is possible, but... how often that he never worked bad actress?. Movie studios surrounded the good old Cukor always the most select group of actors, in ... read more

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2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 2 21:30

JxSxPx

Time to demonstrate my gay card as I speak positively over Gaslight’s two hours of diva in full martyrdom! George Cukor’s gothic melodrama about a naïve young wife being slowly driven insane by her gold-digging husband is a lot of fun. It’s as atmospherically cluttered and inky as a Universal Monsters film and as well-acted as any of his heralded “women’s pictures” from the era. Of co... read more

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2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 24 22:49

fernando

Manierism, not just hitchcockian, just formalist wonderful manierism surrounds a simple plot of evil husband goes for vulnerable wife. Ingrid is perfect, as debutante Lansbury.

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Paula's aunt Alice Alquist, a famous entertainer, is murdered in her home. Paula, who lives with her aunt finds the body. Police fail to find the killer and Paula is sent away to school. Ten years later, Paula returns to London with her new husband. They take up residence in her aunt's house, which she has inherited. Paula is increasingly isolated by her husband but does come to the attention of an admirer of her aunt, Mr. Brian Cameron.

Release date: 30 October 1944
UPC: 012569514829

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“Time to demonstrate my gay card as I speak positively over Gaslight’s two hours of diva in full martyrdom! George Cukor’s gothic melodrama about a naïve young wife being slowly driven insane by her gold-digging husband is a lot of fun. It’s as atmospherically cluttered and inky as a Universal Monsters film and as well-acted as any of his heralded “women’s pictures” from the era. Of course, having actors as great as Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Angela Lansbury in major roles doesn’t hurt, either. Sure, time has dulled some of the psychological terror that comes with watching Ingrid Bergman’s Victorian wife slowly losing grip on sanity, but there’s still plenty of studio-era visual poetry and lyrical acting gestures on display. The very artifice of a film like G” read more

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