Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "Gaslight"(1940)

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[ReformationFan]

Today's feature is not the more famous 1944 Hollywood production of Patrick Hamilton's psychological thriller play "Angel Street" with Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. This is the lesser known British version filmed 4 years earlier. When MGM made their lavish version, they acquired the print of its predecessor and withdrew it from availability to avoid comparisons with their version. Which one is better? Watch and decide for yourself.

Interesting trivia: when the play debuted in America on December 5, 1941(2 days before the Pearl Harbor attack), the role of the husband was played by Vincent Price. The success of the play and his success in the role convinced him to primarily play villains for the remainder of his career.

[ReformationFan]

ping

[Mike Darancette]

Movie name that became a verb.

[miss marmelstein]

And a really good movie, too.

[Zeneta]

Fantastic movie,

[latina4dubya]

so i just finished watching it... the funny thing is, just yesterday someone asked me if i knew what it meant to "gaslight" somebody... i didn't...

anyway, Anton Walbrook kept reminding me of Patrick Bergin in Sleeping with the Enemy... i wonder if Bergin used Walbrook as an inspiration in that role...

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you!

[ReformationFan]

‘so i just finished watching it... the funny thing is, just yesterday someone asked me if i knew what it meant to “gaslight” somebody... i didn’t...’

Then this was the perfect choice I could make for today’s feature. I hadn’t watched this version of it until last night myself.

‘anyway, Anton Walbrook kept reminding me of Patrick Bergin in Sleeping with the Enemy... i wonder if Bergin used Walbrook as an inspiration in that role...’

Probably. Or maybe Charles Boyer who played the same role in the more famous version. The “Gaslight” story has been recycled in Hollywood thrillers for decades.