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  Gaslight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaslight Café is a club in Greenwich Village in New York, where among others Bob Dylan has played.
It is a form of psychological abuse characterised by persistent denials of fact which, over time, have the effect of causing the victim to become anxious, confused and progressively less able to trust his or her memory of events.
A variation of gaslighting, used as a form of harassment, is to subtly alter aspects of a victim's environment so as to cause discomfort.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaslight   (381 words)

  
 Gaslight (1944 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaslight is a 1944 film, considered film noir, directed by George Cukor starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.
The makers of this film attempted to have all copies of the 1940 version destroyed, but they were unsuccessful as copies of the older version have survived and critics are divided as to which is actually the better film.
The term "to gaslight someone" – to make someone think he or she is going insane – derives from the titles and subject matter of these two films.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film)   (1274 words)

  
 Splendid: Departments: Bookshelf: Gaslight
A fragmentary text composed of both elements of fiction and elements of memoir, Gaslight is the author's attempt to reconcile her often painful past with her current mission -- and, perhaps, to determine the worth of both.
Gaslight was begun as a preface to that novel (Fat Rosie) and soon spun itself into a new text, a so-called memoir in which Guess utilizes "a fictitious self, a narrator who is neither me nor not me, neither wholly intimate nor wholly other." Guess therefore defies simple criticism.
At times, Gaslight resembles a writer's notebook, filled with stumbles ("...hair the color of absence...") and achievements ("the kiss, when it came, had all the force of the lost war behind it").
www.splendidezine.com /departments/bookshelf/bookshelf21003.html   (713 words)

  
 Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944) (aka The Murder in Thornton Square) is a superb, definitive psychological suspense thriller from 'woman's director' George Cukor.
Its title was derived from the frequent dimming and flickering of the gaslights.
The phrase "to gaslight" someone (to deliberately drive someone insane by psychologically manipulating their environment and tricking someone into believing that they are insane), was derived from the film.
www.filmsite.org /gasl.html   (2917 words)

  
 Gaslight
For though Mallen’s plot against his wife seeks primarily to exploit her history of mental instability, he would never have the slightest hope of getting away with it were it not for the enormous power imbalance between husbands and wives in the Victorian age.
Instead, Gaslight is among the earliest fully modern suspense films, emphasizing an in-depth psychological examination of both villain and victim over the heroes’ efforts to catch the former and rescue the latter.
Also worthy of note is how blessedly free of plot contrivances Gaslight is. Most movies which revolve around the sort of Wilkie Collins-ish trickery that Paul Mallen seeks to pull on his wife wind up piling on the coincidences until they’re practically standing in line to trip the viewer’s anti-bullshit circuit breaker.
www.1000misspenthours.com /reviews/reviewse-g/gaslight1940.htm   (1862 words)

  
 Enid's Gaslight Theatre - History
Gaslight is one of Oklahoma’s oldest and most active community theatres.
Gaslight’s mission is to promote and present theatrical productions for the education, enjoyment and literary enlightenment of the Enid area.
What makes Gaslight successful is a great deal of work by volunteers, both onstage and backstage and wonderful support from community residents, who give both their resources and their applause to the effort.
www.gaslighttheatre.org /history.html   (329 words)

  
 Charlottesville's Gaslight Restaurant - Legends Remembered
The Gaslight was the concept of John Marshall Tuck, a man blessed with serious ancestry and a genial, powerful personality.
The Gaslight was where Bob Zimmerman, trying out the name Bob Dylan, sang for the change you threw in his hat, and Joan Baez, a national headliner, sang the same night for free because it was fun.
Gaslighters in Cambridge could also have talked about Ginny Canfield [later Taylor, later Todd, later Toms, RIP 12/13/2003] the local leggy blond painter who made a small career out of singing at the Gaslight.
www.freewarehof.org /gaslight.html   (2396 words)

  
 JazzBlog: Interview: Gaslight District
Gaslight District is a cross-genre band, with heavy Jazz and Blues influences, based in San Diego, California.
A place of cultural diversity, priest-like street musicians, clubs ranging the gambit of sound, harbouring a kinetic energy of life, soul, and song that sets a stage of divine distraction for those looking to lay down their burdens and have a good time outside of a strip mall.
As Gaslight District is ill committed to one particular genre, and has been accused of a wide range of styles...
jacksjazz.blogspot.com /2006/03/interview-gaslight-district.html   (3690 words)

  
 Stage to Screen - Gaslight
This alarms Paula because she has been hearing footsteps in the attic and has noticed the gaslights dimming every night.
Cameron also notices the gaslights dimming, and Paula, relieved and dismayed at the same time, accepts her husband's deceitfulness.
When Gregory returns, he notices Paula has been through his things and resolves to kill her as he did her aunt.
turnerlearning.com /tcmbythebook/stage/gaslight.html   (402 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes: The Vine: The Mind of a Movie Maniac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gaslight (1944) turns out to be better than the original in almost every way.
Gaslight (1944) was longer, so I felt, it had more time to build up its suspense and backstory.
In short, George Cukor's Gaslight is a fine thriller, not the best out there, but a definite must see for any fan of the genre.
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/journal_view.php?journalid=196030&entryid=237840&view=public   (371 words)

  
 eBay - VHS: Gaslight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London.
GASLIGHT is based on Patrick Hamilton's play; it was first made into a film in 1940.
GASLIGHT was the film debut for actress Angela Lansbury of television's MURDER, SHE WROTE.
product.ebay.com /Gaslight-VHS_W0QQfvcsZ1178QQsoprZ3082075   (556 words)

  
 DVD.net : Gaslight - DVD Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The other notable cast-member is young Angela Lansbury, making her screen debut as the house-maid Nancy; wise beyond her years, reeking of sexual innuendo and insolence.
Charles Boyer, best known as a continental lover and matinee-idol, is cast against type as the villain, and there is not all that much subtlety in his performance.
Gaslight is worth having as a remembrance of Ingrid Bergman at her best, in a performance which ranks alongside her Ilsa in Casablanca and Alicia in Notorious.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=3829   (1055 words)

  
 Humbul full record view for -- Gaslight
Gaslight is a long-running Internet site that was initially established as a discussion list and book club.
Unlike other book clubs, Gaslight tends to choose works that are not readily available in print, and so publishes the etexts of these works online.
Somewhat curiously, only the discussion archives from 1997 to 2000 are actually publicly available from the site, although new books continue to be added to the 'current reading schedule', suggesting that the email list is still functioning.
www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full2.php?id=7140   (200 words)

  
 Gay owned Inn in Seattle, Washington - Gaslight Inn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In restoring Gaslight Inn, we have brought out the home's original turn-of-the-century ambiance and warmth, while keeping in mind the additional conveniences and contemporary style needed by today's travelers.
Gaslight Inn's comfortable and unique rooms and suites are furnished with quality double or queen-sized beds, refrigerator and television.
Our aim at the Gaslight Inn is to provide quality accomodations in a relaxed atmosphere at a sensible rate, and to offer guests, whether they are visiting for pleasure or on business, useful information and assistance when needed
www.purpleroofs.com /gaslightinn-wa.html   (420 words)

  
 Blow as Gaslight's flame goes out - National - theage.com.au
Gaslight Music, one of Melbourne's oldest independent music retailers, has closed after administrators were unable to find a buyer.
Gaslight was sold for more than $2 million to digital retailer ChaosMusic.com late in the 1990s.
Chaos's website and Gaslight were split and became two separate companies.
theage.com.au /articles/2005/07/16/1121455934490.html   (341 words)

  
 Head Butler - Movies
About a very specific brand of deception --- fooling a person who is smart and sophisticated and, by virtue of her brains, seemingly unavailable to a psychopath's blandishments.
George Cukor --- Hollywood 's most accomplished “woman's director” --- was an ideal choice for the 1944 American version of “Gaslight.” (It had previously been made in Britain, and released in America as both “ Gaslight” and “ Angel Street.”) His first genius move was to cast Ingrid Bergman as the fragile victim.
Although Bergman is beautiful and rich and social, Boyer needs to isolate her from her world so he can search for the missing jewels without interference.
www.headbutler.com /movies/gaslight.asp   (466 words)

  
 Café Gaslight
Café Gaslight has got its name from the former gasworks in Horsens.
The raw walls and the metal sheets in the floor tell us that this was once a production building - and with the Arena radios on the wall a line is drawn to the period when Hede Nielsen?s radios were turned on in every home.
Café Gaslight is a public café where you can have lunch or coffee without visiting the museum.
www.visitdenmark.com /uk/en-gb/productpage/produktside.htm?id=11742&Simple=True=/uk/en-gb/Menu/turist/oplevelser/ibyen/restauranter/restauranter.htm&eksternVisning=true   (105 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gaslight: DVD: George Cukor,Thorold Dickinson,Charles Boyer,Ingrid Bergman,Joseph Cotten,Dame May ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"Gaslight" is a suspense thriller with a Hitchcock eeriness to it - I was hooked.
Anton -- who is 16 years her senior (based on the ages of the actors portraying these characters; Bergman was 28 when she made the film; Boyer was 44) -- that Gregory had a conniving little scheme up his devious sleeve the whole time; a scheme to slowly but surely drive the new Mrs.
"Gaslight" Trivia Notes -- The 1944 edition of "Gaslight" is also known as "Murder In Thornton Square", which was the title used for the film in the United Kingdom.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00011D1PE?v=glance   (3070 words)

  
 Bed & Breakfast (Breakfasts): Seattle, Rooms at The Gaslight Inn
This original master bedroom suite on the second floor of the main house, offers a queen sized bed, large gas fireplace in the open sitting room, spacious private bathroom and great art pieces.
With a higher vantage point on the same great view to the west as room 105, this third-floor room has a queen sized bed and shared bath.
A valid credit car is necessary for securing your reservation however payment must be made by check or cash with the innkeeper when you check in.
www.gaslight-inn.com /roomsall.html   (647 words)

  
 Gaslight Motel
The Gaslight Motel is a charming family owned and operated Motel situated in the heart of Cape Cod.
The Gaslight offers a preferred location where the warm water and excellent beaches on beautiful Nantucket Sound are only minutes from your door.
The Gaslight is handy to summer theaters, fascinating shops, fine restaurants, golf courses, canoeing/kayaking and biking trails.
www.gaslightmotel.com   (173 words)

  
 Gaslight (1944)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When Paula was younger, her aunt with whom lived with in Thornton Square in London was murdered by a strangler roaming the streets.
Then things she knows she had put somewhere or remembered doing seem nonexistent, and Paula is left to wonder if her sanity is in check.
Then, many times, she starts hearing footsteps, and the gaslights are going down a lot.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0036855   (664 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gaslight (1944) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The grand, glorious sets and elegant photography recall Hitchcock's Rebecca, another lush Hollywood gothic melodrama of a retiring young wife overwhelmed by the history of her abode, and Gaslight is still assumed by some to be a Hitchcock film (the Bergman connection doesn't help the confusion).
The term "gaslighting" (attempting to drive someone crazy by hiding things and other psychologically coercive behavior originates from this movie.) Set in Victorian England, husband Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer) uses a variety of techniques to convince his wife Paula (Ingrid Bergman) that she's crazy.
Set in the 1870s when the lighting in English households was powered by gas--hence the title--this psychological mystery worked as a diversion from the constant presence of the war for the American public when it was released in 1944.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301969316?v=glance   (2171 words)

  
 Gaslight
Ingrid is Paula Alquist, wooed and won by suave Gregory Anton (Boyer), a calculating gentleman with a disturbing passion for jewelry.
Cotten's Detective Brian Cameron, suspicious that there may be a connection with the aunt's unsolved murder, begins to believe that Paula is systematically being driven over the edge for a reason.
Gaslight is a shining example of MGM expertise at the peak of the studio's power, with lush period decor and dramatic lighting artfully delivered by director George Cukor.
themave.com /Cotten/Gaslight.htm   (135 words)

  
 Cavalier Press ~ a publisher of lesbian and gay fiction | The Gaslight series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Gaslight Series follows the adventures throughout England and Europe of Lady Evangeline St. Clair, an unconventional and wealthy Victorian woman, and her companion Rhiannon Moore.
Lady St. Clair has chosen to be a consulting detective, and the eccentric aristocrat's avocation takes her into strange and sometimes dangerous places.
May 1889 - A chance meeting in the Turkish baths leads consulting detective Lady Evangeline St. Claire and her lover, Rhiannon Moore, to a mystery - the murder of a priest and the theft of a painting that proves to be more than a mere work of art.
www.cavalierpress.com /books/gaslight.htm   (472 words)

  
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As its name implies, much of the inn is lit by flickering gaslight fixtures.
A warm ambience -enhanced by classical music -is established as soon as you step into the entrance parlor, where paintings of hunting dogs hang over a working fireplace (one of many here).
On the other hand, you might opt for an al fresco morning meal in a fountained flower garden or on the front porch furnished with antique wicker chairs and a swing.
www.gaslightinn.com   (384 words)

  
 Steel Skies: New GasLight release
I’ve been working on a brand new GasLight release.
And because I like you best of all, I’m letting you download the new GasLight release before all those nasty commoners on MacUpdate and VersionTracker.
If you’re not comfortable with this, stick with GasLight 0.25, which has worked for thousands of people without killing a single one of them.
www.steelskies.com /article/17/new-gaslight-release   (132 words)

  
 Review: Gaslight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bergman, essaying a much different character from either of her last two roles (Maria in 1943's For Whom the Bell Tolls and Ilsa in 1942's Casablanca), is alluring and convincing as a woman held captive by her own fears.
The more familiar Brian becomes with the situation, however, the more convinced he is that Paula's current circumstances are somehow related to her aunt's murder and a cache of missing jewels.
And, although "tame" by today's standards (and even by those of Hitchcock's Psycho), Gaslight is chilling enough to engross even a jaded modern audience.
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/g/gaslight.html   (643 words)

  
 Gaslight Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Ingrid Bergman movie
Finally, the Gaslight script is here for all you fans of the classic Ingrid Bergman movie directed by George Cukor.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Gaslight.
I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any, feel free to drop me a line.
www.script-o-rama.com /movie_scripts/g/gaslight-script-transcript-ingrid-bergman.html   (3209 words)

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