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Gaslight
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In 1944, ingrid bergman took home a best actress oscar for her work as the neurotic, persecuted wife in gaslight, a thundering melodrama based on the play by patrick hamilton. At the heart of the piece is a splendidly cruel scenario as a husband (charles boyer) subtly drives his wife out of her mind in a house suffocating with victorian clutter. But mgm production gloss and george cukor's broad strokes direction make this a less affecting, suspenseful effort than the 1939 british film version with anton walbrook and diana wynyard. Bergman has a succession of big, impressive mad scenes that show off her acting muscles--and is given the full hollywood glamour lighting and costuming to highlight her personal beauty--while boyer comes alive as he salivates over the missing jewels. The best work comes from a teenage angela lansbury (in her screen debut) as an impudent, sexy-sinister maidservant, undermining her mistress at every turn and pouting to perfection. |
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