Gaslight

Gaslight
7 Nominations / 2 Wins
Year	1944
Director	George Cukor
Writer	John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston
Starring	Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
17th Academy Awards

Gaslight is an American 1944 mystery-thriller film adapted from Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play "Gas Light". It was the second version to be filmed, following the British film Gaslight, directed by Thorold Dickinson and released in in 1940. This 1944 version was directed by George Cukor and starred Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, and 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in her screen debut. It had a larger scale and budget than the earlier film, and lends a different feel to the material. To avoid confusion with the first film, this version was in the UK originally given the title The Murder in Thornton Square.

Wins

• Best Actress — Ingrid Bergman
• Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) — Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky

Nominations

• Best Actor — Charles Boyer
• Best Actress — Ingrid Bergman
• Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) — Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
• Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) — Joseph Ruttenberg
• Best Adapted Screenplay — John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston

Plot

In London, the famous actress, Alice Alquist is strangled and her jewels disappear. Her young niece Paula is sent to Italy to study music. Paula decides to get married with an older pianist named Gregory Anton, who convinces her to move back to the old address in London. When they arrive, Paula finds a letter from a mysterious and unknown Sergis Bauer. Gregory psychologically begins to torture Paula, and she has a nervous breakdown. When the Scotland Yard policeman Brian Cameron sees Gregory and Alice, he sees Paula who reminds him of her aunt. He decides to investigate and find evidence to connect Gregory with the unsolved murder, while Paula is being driven insane and menaced by her husband.

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