The deceased’s niece, Paula Alquist (Ingrid Bergman) was living at the residence at the time of the murder and was the one who discovered the body. The film is based off Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play, Gas Light, which opens with the murder of a famous opera singer. The talent that comes from Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury, Joseph Cotten, and Dame May Whitty are all astounding given their differing range of talent and interpretation of their roles, which director George Cukor was masterful in utilizing each of them to make their own within the film. Yet what truly sells this film are the actors, who all contribute and complement each other in a plotline that needed a variation of emotions in order for the film to work. In many regards, components of the film such as the Charles Dickens-like fog that encompasses the London streets or the macabre Bram Stoker-like set designs formulate and reinforce an aura that not only stays consistent within the film, but also work together to heighten the environment of claustrophobia and paranoia that is almost unpalatable for the film’s main character to endure. Gaslight is one such film made in 1944 yet having conventions within it that surpass even contemporary film, especially in the genre of suspense. Definitely check it out.The Film: There is something extraordinary when a film that is over seventy years old still has the capacity to captivate a viewer. With a powerful performance by Ingrid Bergman to lead the way, Gaslight is one of the actresses most notable films. The self-doubt that creeps in is played to perfection by Bergman, who gets a great moment at the end once the deception is revealed. A picture disappears, with her husband insisting she must have removed it despite her having no memory of doing so. Paula somehow loses a brooch she knows for sure she placed in her handbag. The actual gaslighting incidents are played perfectly. Bergman's Paula witnessed her aunt getting murdered at age 14, and to make matters worse, she marries the murderer (an Oscar-nominated Charles Boyer) years later, unaware that he is continuing his search from some valuable jewels he believes are stored in an attic with the rest of the aunt's belongings. The film was directed by George Cukor and won Bergman the first of her three acting Oscars. This 1944 film, based on a 1938 play of the same name, is actually where the term "gaslighting" comes from, so three guesses what happens to Paula Alquist Anton, Ingrid Bergman's character. Related: 10 Best Alfred Hitchcock Films, Ranked Mary's, the sequel to 1944's Best Picture winner, Going My Way. She was nominated instead for The Bells of St. Bergman was not nominated for her performance in this film. It won only one, for Best Original Score. The film was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Who did Hitchcock recruit to help bring this dream sequence to life? Why none other than noted surrealist artist, Salvador Dali. The film is most remembered for a sequence where Edwardes describes one of his dreams. The chemistry between Bergman and Peck is wonderful and both give great performances. Triggered any time he sees a certain set of parallel lines, Edwardes needs Petersen's help to discover who he truly is. The problem? Edwardes is not who he says he is, suffers from amnesia, and may or may not be a murderer. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck), whom Petersen instantly falls for.
The old director of the hospital is retiring, and his replacement is the very young Dr. Constance Petersen, a psychoanalyst at a mental hospital in Vermont. This 1945 Alfred Hitchcock film sees Bergman playing Dr. Most actors would kill to have a final performance as good as this one. Ingrid Bergman's Oscar nomination was well deserved. Both Ullmann and Bergman give incredible performances, verbally sparring with each other throughout the entirety of the film (it all takes place in one house), revealing deep and damaging truths to one another.
The other daughter is disabled, paralyzed, and has trouble forming coherent words. One of the daughters, played by Liv Ullmann, holds a lot of resentment towards her mother. Ingrid Bergman plays Charlotte, a past-her-prime concert pianist reconnecting with her daughters. Both director and actress were nominated for Academy Awards her for Best Actress him for Best Original Screenplay. Yes, two of cinema's most notable Swedes both have the same last name and the same first initial. It was Ingrid Bergman's last film acting role before her death, and it was her only collaboration with legendary Swedish director, Ingmar Bergman. This 1978 film is notable for several reasons.
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