This movie about a mad husband trying to drive his wife insane opened in Dec 1944. Gaslight, with the same plot, had opened six months before in June. Gaslight is a remarkable movie, with a great performance by Ingrid Bergman and chilling direction. This movie has largely flat acting - yes, Lamarr is beautiful, but way too understated - and lifeless direction.
Very frankly, I don't see why RKO bothered to release this so soon after Gaslight. The comparison is inevitable, and not at all flattering.
Just watching Lamarr's beautiful - but too often expressionless - face and nice black and white cinematography is not enough to hold me for 91 minutes.
Very frankly, I don't see why RKO bothered to release this so soon after Gaslight. The comparison is inevitable, and not at all flattering.
Just watching Lamarr's beautiful - but too often expressionless - face and nice black and white cinematography is not enough to hold me for 91 minutes.