Talk:Gaslight (1944 film)

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The Start of Something Big

The fascination with highly arched eyebrows, which continues to this day, began when audiences were exposed to the supra-orbital curves worn by Boyer and Bergman in this 1944 film.69.19.14.16 17:23, 21 January 2007 (UTC)Aubrey Aubervilliers

That would need to be sourced. Neither of them looked different in this film than they had for years, and Bergman was famous for her "natural" look. Meanwhile, Joan Crawford had been wearing super-arched brows since the mid-thirties, and is generally credited with helping to bring in strongly marked brows (as opposed to the previous fashion for pencil line brows), as well bow-shaped mouth and square shoulders. Winter Maiden (talk) 03:10, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Images

To the editors who are edit warring over whether or not to include the images in the article, please discuss your differences on the talk page. That is what it is here for. My opinion is that both are acceptable, though the bottom image was out of place. Accordingly, I've added a "Cast" section and placed that image there. —Erik (talk • contrib) 23:55, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Resources to use

• Turner, George (1996). "Gaslight twice told: part 2 of 2". American Cinematographer. 77 (1). ISSN 0002-7928. {{cite journal}}: Text "pp. 79–82" ignored (help) (Article on the production background of George Cukor's GASLIGHT (1944). Part one refers to the 1940 British production of GASLIGHT directed by Thorold Dickinson.)
• Fletcher, John (1995). "Primal scenes and the female gothic: Rebecca and Gaslight". Screen. 36 (4). ISSN 0036-9543. {{cite journal}}: Text "pp. 341–370" ignored (help) (Psychoanalytic analysis of REBECCA (1940) and GASLIGHT (1944) as female oedipal dramas.)
• "Untitled". Screen. 29 (3): 84–103. 1988. ISSN 0036-9543. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help) (Exploration of the themes of fantasy, murder and the concept of the couple in GASLIGHT and REBECCA.)
• "Untitled". Film Comment. 12 (3): pp. 23–25. 1976. ISSN 0015-119X. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help) (Comparison of the British & American versions.)
• "Untitled". Film Heritage. 8 (4): pp. 19–25. 1973. ISSN 0015-1270. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help) (Comparison of the two versions of GASLIGHT.)

Resources to use. —Erik (talk • contrib) 00:07, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Three Sisters?

"The film opens just after world-famous opera singer Alice Alquist has been murdered. The perpetrator bolted, without the jewels he sought, after being interrupted by a child — Paula (Ingrid Bergman), Alice's niece, who was raised by her aunt following her mother's death."

This is confusing. It appears Paula is raised by her dead aunt -- who is actually her mother. It's yet another example of Wikipedia "over-writing" -- the author inserts all sorts of unnecessary information. I recommend stripping the end of the second sentence:

"The film opens just after world-famous opera singer Alice Alquist has been murdered. The perpetrator bolted, without the jewels he sought, after being interrupted by a child — Paula (Ingrid Bergman), Alice's niece."

That's it. It's correct, and says all that needs to be said. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 12:47, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

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Angela Lansbury in her screen debut- wasn't that "the Portrait of Dorian Grey"?Klasovsky (talk) 05:42, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

yes & no... 'Gaslight' was released first.. even though 'Dorian' was her first film. ah, the ways of HOLLYWOOD! 2602:304:CDAF:A3D0:152C:B126:1A43:5BED (talk) 17:50, 2 December 2015 (UTC)