With Gregory insistant that Paula has beenĭeliberately hiding them. Several items go missing - an heirloom brooch, a framed picture. Paula's discovery of a letter to her aunt from "Sergis Bauer" provokes a violentīelongings are moved to the attic. Reluctantly goes along with, and it's allĭownhill from here. Live in the house of her late aunt Alice, a famous opera singer this is the first of many decisions she Hometown of London, Gregory insists that they Pianist husband Gregory (Charles Boyer) after a two-week romance in Italy. Singer Paula Anton (Ingrid Bergman) and her Gaslight's source story has another claim to fame, but only if you're interested in word origins.ĭuring this gripping and well-acted production, which explores the tumultuous marriage shared by Powerful figures are capable of monstrous bullying tactics. Up mirroring the film itself: if left unchecked, MGM obviously loosened its stance in later decades), this brazen level of manipulation and control ends Prints were thankfully made in secret (and Thorold Dickinson's excellent 1940 BritishĪdaptation was swept under the rug by MGMĪfter they snapped up the remake rights, which included a strict clause that all existing prints be destroyed, as well as its original camera negative. Wanted 1944 audiences to know anything about the first one. Reviewed by Randy Miller III, July 2, 2019ĭirector George Cukor's Gaslight is the second adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's play of the same This Blu-ray bundle includes the following DVD titles, see individual titles for specs and details: Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Everest Writers: John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. However, he has a secret which he will do anything to protect.įor more about Gaslight and the Gaslight Blu-ray release, see Gaslight Blu-ray Review published by Randy Miller III on Jwhere this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. They take up residence in her aunt's house, which she has inherited. Ten years later, Paula returns to London with her new husband. Police fail to find the killer and Paula is sent away to school. Paula, who lives with her aunt finds the body. Paula's aunt Alice Alquist, a famous entertainer, is murdered in her home. Rating: *** (out of ****).Gaslight Blu-ray delivers stunning video and great audio in this excellent Blu-ray release GASLIGHT is well worth a rental at any price, so long as your expectations aren't overly high. Dame May Whitty provides effective comic relief. Angela Lansbury is delightfully saucy in her film debut as a Cockney maidservant. The film does suffer from Joseph Cotten, whose apple-pie American accent makes for a very unconvincing Scotland Yard inspector. Bergman and Boyer make a very dynamic on-screen duo. As it is, GASLIGHT is good, but fails to achieve its potential to match such classics as REBECCA or VERTIGO. With a little more subtlety, Cukor could have left us as much in the dark as Paula about why she is experiencing so many strange phenomena, and made this effective little film into a true masterwork of suspense. And the latter question isn't very challenging to answer. We are not, like her, wondering if we can trust our senses, but merely wondering who is doing this to her. Thus we cannot share the doubts and terror that she feels. The chief flaw in the movie is that we are clearly shown from the beginning that Paula is the victim of a third party and is not insane. The climax is tense and has a certain poetic justice to it. There are chills aplenty as seemingly innocent people grow progressively creepier, and the movie is well-paced with each successive scene increasing Paula's terror. GASLIGHT is richly atmospheric, mostly well-acted, and beautifully photographed. There, she becomes the victim of a carefully-orchestrated campaign to drive her insane. She moves to Italy to follow in her aunt's footsteps as a diva, but falls in love and returns to London with her new husband (Boyer) to live in her aunt's empty house. Ingrid Bergman plays Paula, an orphaned Victorian-era Londoner whose opera-singer aunt is murdered at the beginning of the movie.
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