GASLIGHT – 1940 and 1944 Versions Available on Blu-ray From Warner Archives

” I am mad. I’m always losing things and hiding things and I can never find them, I don’t know where I’ve put them. “

Great news for classic movie fans! GASLIGHT. Both the Oscar-winning 1944 version and the original 1940 versions are both available on the same Blu-ray From Warner Archives.

Lights flicker and dim. Footsteps sound from a sealed-off attic. Mysterious events only vulnerable young Paula sees and hears make her fear she’s losing her mind – exactly what treacherous spouse Gregory hopes. Directed by George Cukor, Gaslight shines as a superb exercise in suspense. Ingrid Bergman won her first Academy Award®* as Paula, doubting her sanity while clinging to it. Fellow Oscar® nominee Charles Boyer skillfully plays against type as smoothly evil Gregory. Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty and an 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in her movie debut (also capturing an Oscar® nomination) help make the Victorian era vividly realized through production design that earned an Academy Award®*.

he seminal classic of cinema suspense that birthed a new verb arrives in crystal clear High Definition, ready to correct a nation of meme-sharing youth that don’t understand it’s meaning – in gorgeous, luscious, glorious Black and White. Beautiful and trusting, Paula Anton (Ingrid Bergman) is slowly losing her mind, tormented by mysterious happenings in her luxurious Victorian home. What could be the cause? Her fragile psyche? Her devoted husband (Charles Boyer)? The concerned detective (Joseph Cotten)? Or even the insouciant servant (Angela Lansbury)? Viewing the world through the dim glow of the gaslight, it is difficult to tell what is real and what is imagined. Special Features:  Original 1940 British Version (SD) and 1946 Lux Radio Theatre Broadcast starring Bergman and Boyer ; Reflections on Gaslight (featuring Angela Lansbury)-a Reminiscence by Pia Lindstrom About Her Mother, Ingrid Bergman; 1944 Academy Award® Ceremonies Newsreel; Theatrical Trailer (HD)