Gaslight
After the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory Anton. The two return to London, and Paula begins to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange footsteps in the night and gaslights that dim without being touched. As she fights to retain her sanity, her new husband's intentions come into question.
22 February 1910, Pasadena, California, USA
3 September 1896, London, England, UK
February 24, 1914 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
4 January 1877, Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK
December 18, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA
29 March 1877, London, England, UK
12 December 1882, Hamilton, Scotland, UK
7 January 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA
May 26, 1881 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
4 March 1883, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
February 25, 1887 in London, England, UK
19 June 1865, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
13 August 1878, Berlin, Germany
16 October 1925, Regent's Park, London, England, UK
24 March 1895, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 October 1902, Lockport, New York, USA
29 August 1915, Stockholm, Sweden
22 October 1936, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 1, 1875 in Greenwich, London, England, UK
26 July 1881, Lompoc, California, USA
16 April 1906, Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
16 November 1877, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
January 14, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 22, 1914 in London, England, UK
15 May 1905, Petersburg, Virginia, USA
June 25, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA
March 30, 1884 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
19 June 1890, Southfields, London, England, UK
28 August 1899, Figeac, Lot, France
July 30, 2012
Overwrought to contemporary eyes, perhaps, but still troubling and, in its own way, powerful.
December 24, 2010
Brilliant classic of mind-game suspense.
December 21, 2006
Classic drama-horror with put upon Bergman and suavely evil Boyer.
February 04, 2014
George Cukor conjures up an oppressive atmosphere... But it's not quite enough to cover up the script's yawning gaps in logic.
March 25, 2006
Prepare yourselves rather for a lengthy and restless stretch on tenterhooks.
February 04, 2014
It's a bit dated now, but still has much to offer, notably George Cukor's intelligent direction.
January 01, 2000
Beautifully filmed in a gloomy, atmospheric black-and-white, Gaslight exhibits all the classic visual elements of '40s film noir.
February 04, 2014
This 1944 film is one of the few psychological thrillers that is genuinely psychological, depending on subtle clues -- a gesture, an intonation -- to thought and character.
February 04, 2014
Boyer nearly steals the picture, aided and abetted by the stunning debut of Angela Lansbury as a hardbitten servant -- only 18, she grabbed the role and chewed it to bits.
May 20, 2008
Patrick Hamilton's London stage melodrama, is given an exciting screen treatment by Arthur Hornblow Jr's excellent production starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten.
March 15, 2017
We rely on the actors and the script to convey the mood, and director George Cukor matched no less a figure than Alfred Hitchcock with the results.
May 04, 2017
Direction by George Cukor is ever a display of fine craftsmanship. He utilizes small mosaics of sharp characterization in building to his climax and works in each facet faultlessly. This is the job for which Cukor admirers have been waiting.
