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* DecompositeCharacter: The detective from the original play is split into two characters, Brian and Bessie.
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* DecompositeCharacter: The detective from the original play is split into two characters, Brian and Bessie.Ms. Thwaites.
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Based on a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, '''''Gaslight''''' is a 1944 psychological-thriller directed by George Cukor Creator/GeorgeCukor and staring Creator/IngridBergman in her first Oscar-winning performance.
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She plays Paula, a young woman who lived with her aunt, a famous opera singer. One day, the aunt is suddenly murdered and robbed by the mysterious Sergius Bauer, leaving Paula alone. After studying abroad for the ten years since the incident, she returns to England with a new husband, Gregory (Charles Boyer). But shortly afterwards, Gregory suddenly starts going out of his way to MindRape Paula.
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She plays Paula, a young woman girl who lived with her aunt, a famous opera singer. One day, the aunt is suddenly murdered and robbed by the mysterious Sergius Bauer, leaving Paula alone. After studying abroad for the ten years since the incident, she returns to England with a new husband, Gregory (Charles Boyer). But shortly afterwards, Gregory suddenly starts going out of his way to MindRape Paula.
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* TapOnTheHead: How Gregory is ultimately subdued in the 1940 version.
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* FrenchJerk: In the 1944 film, the villainous Gregory is played by Charles Boyer, who uses his natural accent. Possibly subverted, as Gregory's real name is Sergis Bauer, and is apparently from Prague, so it could be an affectation.
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* MoodSwinger: Gregory can go from barely contained fury to cooing affection in an instant. It's probably deliberate, to keep Paula off-balance, but Gregory doesn't really seem like Mister Stability himself.
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* AFoggyDayInLondonTown: The film uses this as OminousFog to establish mood, like when Paula is being led away from the house after her aunt has been murdered, or later, when her evil husband Gregory is skulking through the streets and alleyways.
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* TheRemake: This was the second film adaptation of the play; the first was a British film made in 1940. MGM ''tried to buy and burn up all the negatives'' of the 1940 version in order to avoid any competition with its film. They failed, and the earlier version survives today.
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* TheRemake: This was the second film adaptation of the play; the first was a British film made in 1940. MGM ''tried to buy and burn up all the negatives'' of the 1940 version in order to avoid any competition with its film. They failed, and the earlier version survives today.today (it even wound up as an extra on the DVD).
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* BoundAndGagged: Gregory, after Brian and the constable overpowered him.
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* MrExposition: The neighbor being a HauntedHouseHistorian and the police captain leaving InfoDumps about the missing jewels.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Because Paula's mother suffered DeathByChildbirth and her [[Disappeared Dad father was absent too]], she grew up with her aunt, the famous singer Alice Alquist.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Because Paula's mother suffered DeathByChildbirth and she never met her [[Disappeared Dad father was absent too]], DisappearedDad, so she grew up with her aunt, the famous singer Alice Alquist.
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* BoundAndGagged: Gregory, after Brian and the constable overpowered him.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Paula's mother dies when she was born, though Gregory later twisted the story to serve his agenda.
* TheDogBitesBack: Paula confrontrin Gregory when he is
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* DeathByChildbirth: Paula's mother dies died when she was born, though Gregory later twisted twists the story to serve his agenda.
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* DrosteImage: Gregory holding Alice Alquist's costume in front of a painting of Alice Alquist wearing said costume.
* FourthDateMarriage: Invoked by Gregory to push his agenda. He started talking of marriage already after two weeks of knowing Paula. And they indeed married soon after.
* FourthDateMarriage: Invoked by Gregory to push his agenda. He started talking of marriage already after two weeks of knowing Paula. And they indeed married soon after.
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* DrosteImage: Gregory holding Alice Alquist's costume in front of a painting of Alice Alquist the singer wearing said costume.
* FourthDateMarriage: Invoked by Gregory to push his agenda. Hestarted starts talking of about marriage already after two weeks of knowing Paula. And they indeed married soon after.Paula.
* FourthDateMarriage: Invoked by Gregory to push his agenda. He
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Paula is the manipulated victim carrying the IdiotBall.
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* MrExposition: The neighbor being a HauntedHouseHistorian and the police captain who dumps info leaving InfoDumps about the missing jewels.
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Based on a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, ''***Gaslight'***' '''''Gaslight''''' is a 1944 psychological-thriller directed by George Cukor and staring Creator/IngridBergman in her first Oscar-winning performance.
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Based on a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, ''Gaslight'' ''***Gaslight'***' is a 1944 psychological-thriller directed by George Cukor and staring Creator/IngridBergman in her first Oscar-winning performance.
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* AlliterativeName: Alice Alquist.
* AloneWithThePsycho: Paula being confronted by Gregory in the film's finale, while Brian is not around to help her.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Gregory.
* AlliterativeName: Alice Alquist.
* AloneWithThePsycho: Paula being confronted by Gregory in the film's finale, while Brian is not around to help her.
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* DrosteImage: Gregory holding Alice Alquist's costume in front of a painting of Alice Alquist wearing said costume.
* FourthDateMarriage: Invoked by Gregory to push his agenda. He started talking of marriage already after two weeks of knowing Paula. And they indeed married soon after.
* FourthDateMarriage: Invoked by Gregory to push his agenda. He started talking of marriage already after two weeks of knowing Paula. And they indeed married soon after.
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* GunStruggle: Between Gregory and Brian. Nobody gets harmed though.
* HauntedHouseHistorian: The neighbor is extremely knowledgeable about the murder mystery at the house.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Gregory tries to make Paula believe she is an UnreliableNarrator, in order to make her deny she ever saw that letter which tied him to the murder case.
* HellIsThatNoise: The noise from the attic is driving Paula crazy.
* HauntedHouseHistorian: The neighbor is extremely knowledgeable about the murder mystery at the house.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Gregory tries to make Paula believe she is an UnreliableNarrator, in order to make her deny she ever saw that letter which tied him to the murder case.
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* MacGuffin: The jewels.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Because Paula's mother suffered DeathByChildbirth and her [[Disappeared Dad father was absent too]], she grew up with her aunt, the famous singer Alice Alquist.
* PoliceAreUseless:
** Played straight with General Huddleston who tries hard to keep the lid on the murder case.
** Averted with Constable Williams who helps Brian solve the case and also later when both overpower Gregory.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Because Paula's mother suffered DeathByChildbirth and her [[Disappeared Dad father was absent too]], she grew up with her aunt, the famous singer Alice Alquist.
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* ChekhovsGun: One of Paula's aunt's stage gloves, given to an unnamed admirer who turns out to have been Cameron as a boy.
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** The costume Alice Alquist is wearing in her portrait is where she hid the jewels.
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** The costume Alice Alquist is wearing in her portrait is where she hid the jewels.
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--> --'''Paula Alquist''' [[spoiler:denouncing her husband.]]
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--> --'''Paula Alquist''' [[spoiler:denouncing denouncing her husband.]]
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Based on a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton,'''''Gaslight''''' ''Gaslight'' is a 1944 psychological-thriller directed by George Cukor and staring Creator/IngridBergman in her first Oscar-winning performance.
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* ChekhovsGun: One of Paula's aunt's stage gloves, given to an unnamed admirer [[spoiler:who turns out to have been Cameron as a boy.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: One of Paula's aunt's stage gloves, given to an unnamed admirer [[spoiler:who who turns out to have been Cameron as a boy.]]
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* HiddenInPlainSight: How Alice hid the jewels that the tsar gave her, the ones Gregory is hunting for--on the costume she wore to the opera, amidst all the fake jewelery she wore for her performance.
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* NeverMyFault: Gregory never for a moment lets Paula entertain the idea that he may be mistaken; ''she'' must be mad. At the end, Gregory insists that he and Paula could have been happy together were it not for [[spoiler: her aunt's jewels]]. This is a man who has married a woman ''explicitly to drive her insane'' so she'd be committed, and [[spoiler: murdered her aunt for the aforementioned jewels]]. Paula's not impressed.
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* NeverMyFault: Gregory never for a moment lets Paula entertain the idea that he may be mistaken; ''she'' must be mad. At the end, Gregory insists that he and Paula could have been happy together were it not for [[spoiler: her aunt's jewels]]. This is a man who has married a woman ''explicitly to drive her insane'' so she'd be committed, and [[spoiler: murdered her aunt for the aforementioned jewels]]. Paula's not impressed.
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* MindRape: Gregory's mind games that he uses to convince Paula she's going insane.
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* MindRape: Gregory's mind games that he uses to convince Paula she's going insane.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Joseph Cotten using his own courtly Virginia accent to play a Scotland Yard detective.
* OminousFog: Lots of it around the neighborhood as Paula is led away from the house after her aunt's murder, and lots more later, when Gregory is skulking through the alleys.
* PosthumousCharacter: Alice Alquist, opera singer, lover to a tsar, owner of valuable jewels that Sergis Bauer is determined to find.
* ReallyGetsAround: Nancy the slutty maid, portrayed as explicitly as possible in 1944.
* OminousFog: Lots of it around the neighborhood as Paula is led away from the house after her aunt's murder, and lots more later, when Gregory is skulking through the alleys.
* PosthumousCharacter: Alice Alquist, opera singer, lover to a tsar, owner of valuable jewels that Sergis Bauer is determined to find.
* ReallyGetsAround: Nancy the slutty maid, portrayed as explicitly as possible in 1944.
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A very-young AngelaLansbury made her film debut as the quirky maid Nancy; the performance won her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Based on a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, Gaslight '''''Gaslight''''' is a 1944 psychological-thriller directed by George Cukor and staring Creator/IngridBergman in her first Oscar-winning performance.
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* ChekhovsGun: One of Paula's aunt's stage gloves, given to an unnamed admirer [[spoiler:who turns out to have been Cameron as a boy.]]
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* NeverMyFault: Gregory never for a moment lets Paula entertain the idea that he may be mistaken; ''she'' must be mad. At the end, Gregory insists that he and Paula could have been happy together were it not for [[spoiler: her aunt's jewels]]. This is a man who has married a woman ''explicitly to drive her insane'' so she'll be committed, and [[spoiler: murdered her aunt for the aforementioned jewels]]. Paula's not impressed.
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* NeverMyFault: Gregory never for a moment lets Paula entertain the idea that he may be mistaken; ''she'' must be mad. At the end, Gregory insists that he and Paula could have been happy together were it not for [[spoiler: her aunt's jewels]]. This is a man who has married a woman ''explicitly to drive her insane'' so she'll she'd be committed, and [[spoiler: murdered her aunt for the aforementioned jewels]]. Paula's not impressed.
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->If I were not mad, I could have helped you. Whatever you had done, I could have pitied and protected you. But because I am mad, I hate you. Because I am mad, I have betrayed you. And because I'm mad, I'm rejoicing in my heart, without a shred of pity, without a shred of regret, watching you go with glory in my heart!
--> --'''Paula Alquist''' [[spoiler:denouncing her husband.]]
Based on a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, Gaslight is a 1944 psychological-thriller directed by George Cukor and staring Ingrid Bergman in her first Oscar-winning performance.
She plays Paula, a young woman who lived with her aunt, a famous opera singer. One day, the aunt is suddenly murdered and robbed by the mysterious Sergius Bauer, leaving Paula alone. After studying abroad for the ten years since the incident, she returns to England with a new husband, Gregory (Charles Boyer). But shortly afterwards, Gregory suddenly starts going out of his way to MindRape Paula.
Can Paula find out the reason for her husband's cruelty? Can a sympathetic UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard officer (Joseph Cotten) save the day?
A very-young AngelaLansbury made her film debut as the quirky maid Nancy; the performance won her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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!!This movie features examples of these tropes:
* DrivenToMadness: Gregory pulls no punches in order to convince Paula she's going mad.
* {{Gaslighting}}: TropeMaker and TropeNamer.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: As the page quote proudly demonstrates, Paula proudly turns Gregory's scheme to drive her to madness back on him.
* MarketBasedTitle: Averted; the play and first film adaptation were titled "Angel Street" in the U.S., but this version was released under the original title.
* ManipulativeBastard: Gregory
* MindRape
* TheRemake: This was the second film adaptation of the play; the first was a British film made in 1940. MGM ''tried to buy and burn up all the negatives'' of the 1940 version in order to avoid any competition with its film. They failed, and the earlier version survives today.
* TerribleTicking: One of Gregory's tricks on Paula.
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->If I were not mad, I could have helped you. Whatever you had done, I could have pitied and protected you. But because I am mad, I hate you. Because I am mad, I have betrayed you. And because I'm mad, I'm rejoicing in my heart, without a shred of pity, without a shred of regret, watching you go with glory in my heart!
--> --'''Paula Alquist''' [[spoiler:denouncing her husband.]]
Based on a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, Gaslight is a 1944 psychological-thriller directed by George Cukor and staring Ingrid Bergman in her first Oscar-winning performance.
She plays Paula, a young woman who lived with her aunt, a famous opera singer. One day, the aunt is suddenly murdered and robbed by the mysterious Sergius Bauer, leaving Paula alone. After studying abroad for the ten years since the incident, she returns to England with a new husband, Gregory (Charles Boyer). But shortly afterwards, Gregory suddenly starts going out of his way to MindRape Paula.
Can Paula find out the reason for her husband's cruelty? Can a sympathetic UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard officer (Joseph Cotten) save the day?
A very-young AngelaLansbury made her film debut as the quirky maid Nancy; the performance won her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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!!This movie features examples of these tropes:
* DrivenToMadness: Gregory pulls no punches in order to convince Paula she's going mad.
* {{Gaslighting}}: TropeMaker and TropeNamer.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: As the page quote proudly demonstrates, Paula proudly turns Gregory's scheme to drive her to madness back on him.
* MarketBasedTitle: Averted; the play and first film adaptation were titled "Angel Street" in the U.S., but this version was released under the original title.
* ManipulativeBastard: Gregory
* MindRape
* TheRemake: This was the second film adaptation of the play; the first was a British film made in 1940. MGM ''tried to buy and burn up all the negatives'' of the 1940 version in order to avoid any competition with its film. They failed, and the earlier version survives today.
* TerribleTicking: One of Gregory's tricks on Paula.
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