The Gulbenkian Cinema’s description of the film:<\/p>\n Thorold Dickinson | UK | 1940 | 82mins | Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank\u00a0 Pettingell, Robert Newton<\/p>\n A powerful Gothic melodrama of domestic sadism and\u00a0 psychological suspense, now presented in a sparkling digital restoration. Not\u00a0 to be confused with George Cukor\u2019s film of the same name \u2013 the second\u00a0 adaptation of novelist\/dramatist Patrick Hamilton\u2019s play, and more well-known\u00a0 until now, as MGM famously tried to suppress the competition \u2013 this suspenseful,\u00a0 stylish classic from Thorold Dickinson (The\u00a0 Queen of Spades<\/em>) is an absolute treat.<\/p>\n Diana Wynyard\u00a0 and Anton Walbrook are Bella and Paul, the young couple settling into a new\u00a0 house when Bella begins to lose things and becomes fearful when the gaslights\u00a0 go dim in the middle of the night and she hears footsteps above her head. Fer\u00a0 husband begins to question her judgement, and Bella herself begins to feel that\u00a0 her sanity is slipping away. But there is a deception in play \u2013 and the key is\u00a0 in the history of the house itself.<\/p>\n \u201cWalbrook [gives] a brilliant, seething performance\u201d<\/em> David Thomson, The Guardian<\/p>\n \u201cSadism propels Thorold Dickinson\u2019s exquisite Victorian\u00a0 thriller of 1940\u201d<\/em> Graham Fuller, Artsdesk.com<\/p>\n For more information and to book your ticket please go to:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.thegulbenkian.co.uk\/events\/cinema\/2014\/February\/2014-02-gaslight.html<\/a><\/p>\n Posts on the\u00a0Melodrama Research Group’s discussion on this film and the Hollywood remake:<\/p>\n http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/2013\/03\/14\/melodrama-screening-20th-march-jarman-7-5-7-pm\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/2013\/03\/26\/melodrama-screening-and-discussion-3rd-april-jarman-7-5-7pm\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/2013\/04\/05\/summary-of-discussion-on-gaslight\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/2013\/04\/05\/gaslight-links\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posted by Sarah The\u00a0third\u00a0film in\u00a0the Gulbenkian Cinema\u2019s Gothic Season \u2013 Thorold Dickinson’s Gaslight (1940) –\u00a0will screen on Sunday the 9th of Feb at 3pm. The Gulbenkian Cinema’s description of the film: Thorold Dickinson | UK | 1940 | 82mins | … Continue reading ![\"Gaslight](\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/melodramaresearchgroup\/files\/2013\/03\/Gaslight-UK.jpg\")
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