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...Victorian thrillers that Hollywood has tried its hand at--and there have been a lot of them--"Gaslight" is the first this reviewer can remember that doesn't falter, drag, or lose interest because of plot involvement or sheer length. Although it runs for 104 minutes, it is difficult to see where any of MGM's great amount of footage could...
...Gaslight" is the film version of "Angel Street," now in its third year on the Broadway stage, and other critics have attacked "Gaslight" with an unfavorable contrast between play and movie. These attacks are not justified if the picture is considered on its own merits. Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and Joseph Cotten are every bit as effective as Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, and Leo G. Carroll. It is said that "Angel Street" held its suspense better by concentrating all of the action within an oppressive, plushy, Victorian house; but "Gaslight" achieves its suspense through typically Hollywood, yet very telling, means...
...Gaslight (Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer; TIME...
...Gaslight (Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Gotten; TIME...
...Gaslight (M.G.M.) as a lush, lurid transcription of Patrick Hamilton's stage hit Angel Street (TIME, Dec. 15, 1941)-the story of a Victorian husband who systematically sets to work to drive his lovely young wife insane. Hollywood's husband is not quite so icily satanic, his wife not excruciatingly demoralized, as in the original. But as acted by Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer and directed by George Cukor, Hollywood's ace manipulator of emotional actresses and lacy decor (Camille), Gaslight is still a fierce, hair-raising, handsome piece of psychological horror...