To help create the most manipulative villain in 1944's "Gaslight."Īngela Lansbury turned just 18 during the making of Gaslight. Nearly the same range of emotions as Bergman’s, except his are those of aĬharles Boyer used his aristocratic looks, soulful eyes, and beautiful speaking voice The moments where Boyer’sĬharm turns cold are utterly chilling. As Gregory, Charles Boyer runs Those great darkĮyes and deep romantic voice transfix you as much as Paula. That duality adds to his fine performance. Played warm, romantic roles like All This,Īnd Heaven Too. One of cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg's amazing closeups of Ingrid BergmanĪs Paula, who begins to question her own sanity, in MGM's "Gaslight." Who could have been great, didn’t arrive to Metro until ’47. Had already left, leaving mature newcomer Greer Garson. Hedy Lamarr was the studio’s choice as Paula, butĭirector George Cukor rightly rejected the idea. As the heroine questions her own sanity as the movie goes on, Bergman Point where she begs not to be shamed in front of the servants, her humiliation When Boyer's Gregory subtly toys with her to the That she has suffered traumaįinding her murdered aunt makes great plot sense, and gives furtherĪuthenticity to her fragility. Ingrid Bergman's naturalness and emotionalism was her calling card as anĪctress, which is perfect for the role of Paula. Performances gives the edge to this Gaslight. To create suspense as to his character's later villainy. MGM's version of "Gaslight" cleverly plays on Charles Boyer's romantic image Setting up his tricks on Bergman, or that he's not blatantly abusive or Hoping against hope he's not a total rat. Is the bad guy, the fact that he's played both heroes and villains has you The prologue to MGM's "Gaslight" shows Boyer & Bergman in love, on their honeymoon. Now comes from her side of the family, not his. The biggest change is the murdered relative and empty house They also flipped certain plot points from the leading man to the leading More Metro gloss, the prologue where young Paula meets and is swept off herįeet by Gregory in Italy shows that this is her first love, with Boyer in full romantic Lansbury had that saucy and impudent look that could turn sour and bitchy in aīlink of her huge eyes as the maid on the make.Ĭharles Boyer surround by his tall co-stars, Angela Lansbury & Ingrid Bergman, Sensuality, much can be implied regarding what flamed their relationship. Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Angela Lansbury-in her first film. This version, which makes me prefer their GaslightĪs a suspense film, is a certain amount of ambiguity (partly due to censorship)Īnd by not overtly giving away the husband's villainy from the get-go.Ĭast, particularly the stars whose characters inhabit this hot house household: Ingrid Bergman in one of many striking shots from 1944's "Gaslight." Metro does so here, too, though it's not quite as intrusive. MGM glamorized Gaslight like they did to many period stories- Pride and Prejudice, Madame Bovary, and Little Women-all made to look super wealthy, though they weren't. They didn't succeed, but more about that later. film rights and tried to bury the British version that was made inġ940. (Angela Lansbury) gets under her skin, in MGM's "Gaslight."īought U.S. Ingrid Bergman is the lady of the house who's so fragile that even the malicious maid 29, I thought it was high time to remedy this. The recent death of Angela Lansbury, plus the 40th anniversary of Ingridīergman’s passing on Aug. Great stars: Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury, and Charles Boyer.Īmazing to me that I've only seen clips of 1944's Gaslight in my 50 years of watching movies. The hot house atmosphere of 1944's "Gaslight" gets much of its heat from these
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