Gaslight (1944)

It’s WOMEN IN CRISIS all month long and our classic film discussion today is a little bit different. Most of our selections actually have women going through a detrimental mental change Our heroine in this movie is being completely manipulated into thinking she is crazy. Based on a play by Patrick Hamilton, this tale coined a very common term to signify emotional and mental manipulation in a relationship. Of course we’re referencing the term “gaslighting” and term was popularized by George Cukor’s 1944 film adaptation of the play, “GASLIGHT”. It stars Ingrid Bergman in full range of love and despair, an impressively villainous Charles Boyer and an extremely intuitive Joseph Cotton. It also features Angela Lansbury in her peak “would” era. Let’s be honest, we’d hit it in her “Murder She Wrote” era as well. She’d probably go crazier. Wilder. More experience there. Think about it, man. Here’s a link we found to this movie: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8i5me5

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