Line #14 Trivia/Gaslight


1	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/IngridBergman persuaded David O Selznick to allow Charles Boyer to star alongside her, despite his contract [[BillingDisplacement stipulating top billing]], because she really wanted to work with him.
2	* EnforcedMethodActing: As the scenes were shot out of order, George Cukor had Ingrid Bergman listen to the entire plot of the movie up until the point of the day's scene to be filmed. Ingrid Bergman grew tired of this and he stopped for a few days. But then a producer noted a decline in acting quality, and he resumed doing so. Ingrid later came to appreciate this method.
3	* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. The MGM script contained a line where Gregory says he loved Paula all along. This was an addition to the play. David O Selznick sent a very long memo to the studio ordering them to cut the line, which they did.
4	* FakeBrit: Creator/JosephCotten as Brian is NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent when using his own courtly Virginia accent to play a Scotland Yard detective. You could maybe [[FridgeLogic interpret him as Canadian]], if you want.
5	* MarketBasedTitle: Averted for the American release; the play and first film adaptation were titled ''Angel Street'' in the U.S., but this version was released under the original title. In the UK however, it was called ''The Murder in Thornton Square'' to distinguish from the 1940 movie.
6	* MethodActing: Ingrid Bergman studied several patients at a mental hospital to prepare for the role. She was drawn to one woman in particular, and ended up using many of her quirks and mannerisms in the film.
7	* PlayingAgainstType: Ingrid Bergman considered herself very strong and independent, and usually played such roles - ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'', ''{{Film/Casablanca}}'', ''Joan of Arc'' - and she was hesitant at playing a vulnerable woman who is psychologically tortured for most of the running time.
8	* PropRecycling: The famous brass bed with the swan head design was also featured in ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis''.
9	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: A meta example. As Angela Lansbury was only seventeen during filming, the scene where she lights a cigarette couldn't be filmed until her eighteenth birthday.
10	* ScullyBox:
11	** Charles Boyer was the same height as Ingrid Bergman, but still had to stand on one of these to appear taller. This had hilarious results when shooting the passionate kiss scene at the train station; Ingrid kept accidentally kicking the box away as she ran in.
12	** Creator/AngelaLansbury also wore platform shoes in order to appear taller and more sinister in her scenes with Paula.
13	* StarMakingRole: The Latin American Spanish dub is this for the ''entire'' voice acting industry of that region despite being made in New York in the U.S, since it was, technically speaking, the very first Latin American Spanish dub shown in theaters, through it features Mexican voice actors.[[note]]The very first Spanish dub with Mexican voice actors was ''Film/BroadwayMelody'' in 1922, followed by ''Film/RioRita'' in 1929, and ''Film/ShanghaiLady'' in the same year. However, those dubbed versions are considered lost, only archived infomation retrieved from Universal Pictures in the U.S. that proved the existance of those dubs. The same goes with the voice casts of those dubs. This is also the only Latin American Spanish dub dubbed by Mexican voice actors from that era that is still kept and shown in TV to this date.[[/note]]
14	* UnbuiltCastingType: For the first few years of her career, Creator/AngelaLansbury was often cast as antagonistic "venal bitches" (to quote her). In her first film, Nancy is specifically planted there by Gregory to be someone who disagrees with Paula and create conflict - but she's ultimately innocent of any wrongdoing.
15	* UnderageCasting: Creator/AngelaLansbury was only seventeen (and turned eighteen during filming) playing Nancy, who is implied to be several years older.
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The rights were first bought by Columbia Pictures, who wanted Creator/IreneDunne as Paula. When it was sold to MGM, they initially wanted Creator/HedyLamarr. Creator/IngridBergman was initially reluctant to play such a vulnerable character, but came to love the part. There were rumours that Creator/GreerGarson would replace her if she couldn't be loaned out.

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