Gaslight

Resource Information

The work Gaslight represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Gaslight

Statement of responsibility

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; screen play by John Van Druten, Walter Reisch and John L. Balderston ; produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. ; directed by George Cukor. Gaslight / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; British National Films, Ltd. presents ; screen play by A.R. Rawlinson and Bridget Boland ; directed by Thorold Dickinson ; produced by John Corfield

Title variation

Murder in Thornton Square

Creator

• Gaslight (Motion picture : 1944)

Contributor

• Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• Walbrook, Anton, 1896-1967
• Wynyard, Diana, 1906-1964
• Newton, Robert, 1905-1956
• Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948
• Pettingell, Frank
• Rameau, Emil, 1878-1957
• Rawlinson, A. R
• Rayner, Minnie, 1869-1941
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Addinsell, Richard, 1904-1977
• Balderston, John L., (John Lloyd), 1889-1954
• British National Films, Ltd
• Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982
• Cordell, Cathleen, 1915-1997
• Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
• Reisch, Walter
• Breon, Edmund, 1882-1951
• Cole, Sidney, 1908-1998
• Boland, Bridget
• Ruttenberg, Joseph, 1889-1983
• Corfield, John, 1893-1953
• Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994
• Stevenson, Tom, 1910-2004
• Cukor, George, 1899-1983
• Dickinson, Thorold
• Winters, Ralph E
• Everest, Barbara, 1890-1968
• Hamilton, Patrick, 1904 March 17-1962
• Hanley, James F., (James Frederick), 1892-1942
• Van Druten, John, 1901-1957
• Hobbes, Halliwell, 1877-1962
• Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976
• Kaper, Bronislaw, 1902-1983

Actor

• Wynyard, Diana, 1906-1964
• Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982
• Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
• Breon, Edmund, 1882-1951
• Cordell, Cathleen, 1915-1997
• Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994
• Everest, Barbara, 1890-1968
• Hanley, James F., (James Frederick), 1892-1942
• Hobbes, Halliwell, 1877-1962
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• Newton, Robert, 1905-1956
• Pettingell, Frank
• Rameau, Emil, 1878-1957
• Rayner, Minnie, 1869-1941
• Stevenson, Tom, 1910-2004
• Walbrook, Anton, 1896-1967
• Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948

Screenwriter

• Boland, Bridget
• Van Druten, John, 1901-1957
• Balderston, John L., (John Lloyd), 1889-1954
• Rawlinson, A. R
• Reisch, Walter

Composer

• Addinsell, Richard, 1904-1977
• Kaper, Bronislaw, 1902-1983

Cinematographer

• Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975
• Ruttenberg, Joseph, 1889-1983

Director

• Cukor, George, 1899-1983
• Dickinson, Thorold

Film editor

• Winters, Ralph E
• Cole, Sidney, 1908-1998

Producer

• Corfield, John, 1893-1953
• Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976

Subject

• Ehemann
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Femmes -- Violence envers
• Film adaptations
• Hamilton, Patrick, 1904 Mar. 17-1962 -- Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées
• Hamilton, Patrick, 1904 March 17-1962
• Hamilton, Patrick, 1904 March 17-1962 -- Film adaptations
• Littérature anglaise -- Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées
• Longs métrages -- Grande-Bretagne
• Longs métrages -- États-Unis
• Mystery films
• Psychological abuse
• Psychological abuse -- Drama
• Psychopath drama
• Psychoterror
• Spouses
• Spouses -- Drama
• Suspense films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
• Wife abuse
• Wife abuse -- Drama
• Époux
• Feature films -- Great Britain
• Belletristische Darstellung
• Crime drama
• Detective and mystery films
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Ehefrau

Genre

• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Drama
• Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées
• Videodiscs
• Feature films
• Psychopath drama
• Belletristische Darstellung
• Detective and mystery films
• Suspense films
• Mystery films
• Crime drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in their London home. She becomes the helpless victim as he drives her to the brink of insanity

Member of

• Gaslight (Motion picture : 1940)

Awards note

Academy Award for Best Actress, Ingrid Bergman; Best Interior Decoration, 1944

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• 1944 version: Cinematographer, Joseph Ruttenberg ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music, Bronislau Kaper ; costume designer, Irene ; special effects, Warren Newcombe
• 1940 version: Cinematographer, Bernard Knowles ; editor, Sidney Cole ; music, Richard Addinsell

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

English dialogue with optional French soundtrack and optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.G375 2004

PerformerNote

• 1944 version: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Everest, Emil Rameau, Edmund Breon, Halliwell Hobbes, Tom Stevenson
• 1940 version: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cahtleen Cordell, Robert Newton, Minnie Rayner, Jimmy Hanley

Runtime

197

Target audience

general

Technique

live action