This is the Hollywood remake, with Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman (see above!), of the British film of the same title produced in 1940. The earlier film (which we will be watching at the next session on the 3rd of April) was\u00a0directed by Thorold Dickinson and starred Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard. The British film was itself based on\u00a0Patrick Hamilton’s\u00a01938 play Gas Light<\/em> (known as Angel Street<\/em> in the US).<\/p>\n It is especially apt that our first screening of a direct\u00a0adaptation of\u00a0a stage play should be\u00a0of a theatrical production which was so influential it\u00a0gave rise to the term ‘Gaslighting’. This\u00a0meant\u00a0 “a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making him\/her doubt his\/her own memory and perception”. Set in 1880 fog-bound London\u00a0Gas Light\u00a0<\/em> tells the story of a married couple: a husband with a secret, and\u00a0a terrified wife…<\/p>\n Watching the two film versions of the same stage play will hopefully enlighten us as to some similarities and differences\u00a0between British and Hollywood film as well as some insights into melodrama more generally.<\/p>\n Do come along to watch this Hollywood classic. Due to the film’s length discussion will take place after watching the (much shorter- 84 mins) British version at the next session – the 3rd of April. We will begin the film promptly at 5 (technology permitting!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posted by Sarah All are welcome to attend the fifth of this term\u2019s melodrama screening sessions which will take place on the\u00a020th of March in Jarman 7, from 5pm to 7pm. We will be showing Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944)\u00a0114 mins … Continue reading ![\"1](\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/files\/2012\/10\/1-Welcome-Gaslight.jpg\")
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