She begins to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange footsteps at night, and gaslights dimming. He keeps saying that his wife is unwell to anyone who asks.
Gregory limits her having visitors and going out. She falls in love w/ a charming/older man who works as a composer, Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer), and they return to London and take up residence in her aunt’s townhouse. After the death of her famous opera singer aunt/guardian, Paula Alquist (Ingrid Bergman), goes to study in Italy to see if she has any talent as a singer as well. Carroll, Vincent Price, and Judith Evelyn. The original Broadway stage play and source for the screenplay was Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton, which opened at the John Golden Theater on Decemand ran for over a 1,200 performances! The original stage cast included Leo G. The actress – who would soon become blacklisted after her marriage to Italian director Roberto Rossellini – can convey every emotion and nuance of her character through her amazingly expressive eyes. Charles Boyer has in this film a thankless role, that of a devouring immoralist who has only two possible moods– brief burst of anger needing to be controlled and an exuded charm that must be slightly overdone at times. It is nighttime in London and a murder goes unsolved. The first scene establishes the dreary tone of the film. This behavior is now classified as a form of psychological abuse. It involves an exploitative person manipulating those who suspect him/her into doubting themselves and questioning their own perceptions, so that they distrust their own suspicions of the manipulator. For Cinema Classics.Named for this movie, “gaslighting” has become a recognized form of controlling and manipulative behavior. Kinda like when my wife– What? She’s on the phone? Right now? Oh, that’s not good. I can’t believe you told me it was nine inches and I said oh lucky me. That shiny tie you’re wearing, it’s a steak.
Paula: Okay, yeah, appreciate you kiss her, the Reese De’What8 year old. Paula: Okay, so now– Okay, so this says “How to gaslight your wife by Gregory”. What do you want me to do? Swear on this Bible? Gregory: No one is trying to drive you mad. Paula: Okay, I feel like maybe you’re like, trying to drive me mad. It’s the rib, just like the one he’s eating. Paula: Dude, I don’t care how crazy I am. Do you regret marrying a crazy cuckoo bird of a woman who belongs in a hotel for nuts? Let’s watch another scene as Gregory drives Paula even further into delusion with the help of a surly maid, played by a Reese De’What8 year old Angela Lansbury. Reese De’What: Yikes! You know, in my house gaslighting is when I strike a match after my wife blast went out under the blankets. Gregory: Paula, calm yourself and play with the puppy I gave you. Paula: It is? I’ve been reading rats all these years? Oh no, am I really that mad? I set a goal for myself a reading a rat a month. The next thing you’ll tell me is that this isn’t a book. Gregory: And I hope you’re happy, our gas bill is going to be insane. Paula: And that was up? ‘Cause to me that seemed like not up. Turn the gas lights up as high as they’ll go. In the week and a half you’ve known me, have I ever lied to you? Look, every night the gas lights, they go dimmer. But now I’m afraid all of London knows it. Gregory: Paula, I’ve tried so hard to keep the fact that you have lost your mind a secret. Let’s watch a scene from “Gaslight” now where Charles Boyer as the evil husband tries to make Bergman believe she’s insane. When my wife asked me to guess what she was making for dinner, and I said, “I don’t know, a mess?” Worst welcome home from prison ever. But what you may not know is that the phrase originally comes from the 1944 film “Gaslight”, starring Ingrid Bergman as a woman whose husband makes her believe she’s going insane by slowly dimming the gas fueled lights around her and then denying it. If you’ve heard the phrase ‘gaslighting’, you probably know it means to manipulate someone into believing a false reality. Reese De’What: Good evening, and welcome to Cinema Classics. Male voice: You’re watching Cinema Classics on TBS.
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