Gaslight (1944)

USA, 114 min
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Media (2)

Original title Gaslight
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1944-10-30

Cast

Charles Boyer
Gregory Anton alias Sergius Bauer, pianist

Ingrid Bergman
Paula Alquist, senare Mrs. Anton

Joseph Cotten
Brian Cameron, detektiv vid Scotland Yard

May Whitty
miss Thwaites

Angela Lansbury
Nancy Oliver, paret Antons jungfru

Barbara Everest
Elizabeth Tompkins, paret Antons kokerska

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Read more about this film in our article "Swedes at the Golden Globes" (in English)

Titles

Original title
  • Gaslight
Swedish release title
  • Gasljus
Alternative title
  • The Murder in Thornton Square (titel i Storbritannien)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Advisor
Dubbing Director
First Assistant Cameraman
Special Photographic Effects
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist

Cast

Charles Boyer Gregory Anton alias Sergius Bauer, pianist
Ingrid Bergman Paula Alquist, senare Mrs. Anton
Joseph Cotten Brian Cameron, detektiv vid Scotland Yard
May Whitty miss Thwaites
Angela Lansbury Nancy Oliver, paret Antons jungfru
Barbara Everest Elizabeth Tompkins, paret Antons kokerska
Emil Rameau maestro Mario Guardi, Paulas sångpedagog
Edmund Breon General Huddleston, kommissarie vid Scotland Yard
Halliwell Hobbes mr Mufflin
Tom Stevenson konstapel Williams
Heather Thatcher Lady Mildred Dalroy
Lawrence Grossmith Lord Dalroy
Jakob Gimpel pianisten på Lord och Lady Dalroys soaré
- Ej krediterade:
Eustace Wyatt Budge
Charles McNaughton Wilkins
Harry Adams poliskonstapel
Bobby Hale gaslampständare
Phyllis Yuse ung flicka
Alec Craig fångvaktare
Leonard Carey guiden på Towern
Gibson Gowland betjänt
Simon Oliver Brian Camerons brorson, vid Towern
Alix Terry Brian Camerons brorsdotter, vid Towern
Ronald Bennett betjänt
Arthur Blake butler
Joy Harrington miss Laura Pritchard, Brian Camerons granne på soarén
Lillian Bronson en dam
Eric Wilton betjänt
George Nokes en pojke
Guy Zanette (as Guy Zanett) droskkusk
Al Masiello droskkusk
Antonio D'Amore droskkusk
Joseph Romantini droskkusk
John Ardizoni droskkusk
Pat Malone polis
Frank Eldridge gaslampständare
Frank Baker man på gatan
Tom Hughes man på gatan
Florence Benson kvinna på gatan
Wilson Benge man på gatan
Joseph North polis
Al Ferguson
Clive Morgan
Maude Fealy
Elsie Prescott
Terry Moore (as Judy Ford) Paula som 14-åring (OBS! rollen bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1944-05-05 (LP170)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Sveriges Förenade Filmstudios 1986
AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1944
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2004

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 67727
Date 1944-10
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3105 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 3120 meter
Length in minutes 114 min
Reels 12 reels
Dialogue
  • English
Textad
  • Swedish


Original work

Original title Gaslight (Play)
Author Patrick Hamilton


Production location

(kompletteringar) 1943-12 1943-12
USA 1943-08 1943-11
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Culver City, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1944-05-04 Capitol Theater New York City USA 114 min
Release in Sweden 1944-10-30 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 113 min
TV showing 1966-05-27 Sweden 109 min
1971-06-23 TV1 Sweden 109 min
1978-10-12 TV2 Sweden 109 min
1989-07-22 TV2 Sweden 109 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2002-07-10
2002-08-11
DVD release 2004-03-31 Sweden
TV showing 2004-06-21 SVT2 Sweden 109 min
2005-01-12 SVT1 Sweden 109 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2008-03-15
2008-04-01
2015-08-31
Cinematheque screening 2016-12-01 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2016-12-01
2023-08-18 Stockholm Sweden
2023-09-05 Malmö Sweden
2023-09-19 Gothenburg Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Sonat, piano, nr 8, op. 13, c-moll, "Pathétique"
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven (publ. 1799)
Instrumentalist Jakob Gimpel (pianospel - i bild)


Original title 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer
Lyrics Thomas Moore (1805 efter en irländsk folkmelodi)
Singer Ingrid Bergman


Awards

Academy Award of Merit Hollywood 1944 Ingrid Bergman (bästa kvinnliga huvudroll)
Hollywood 1944 Cedric Gibbons (bästa svart-vita scenografi)
Hollywood 1944 William Ferrari (bästa svart-vita scenografi)
Hollywood 1944 Edwin B. Willis (bästa svart-vita scenografi)
Hollywood 1944 Paul Huldschinsky (bästa svart-vita scenografi)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3110


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus


Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 5
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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