Customer Reviews
NO SIGN OF WALBROOK/WYNYARD AFTER 2004. - By: Green Knight, 14 Sep 2007 
Be very careful.
If you are buying the dvd of GASLIGHT, & want it (as I did) for the far superior original BRITISH version (Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, dir.Thorold Dickinson) you will not find it. I was under the impression, after reading several reviews, that it was included here, BUT for some reason, it has been removed from this issue (dated 2004) no matter how many times you turn the disc over in hope ... so start searching for a 2nd-hand one that's older, & has both versions.
The number of lurid stories about how MGM did its best to suppress the original can now be borne out yet again - whoever markets the 2004 release of this dvd has done their job well. Why ? The two films are interesting to compare, are very different, & they are both by directors deserving of the title 'great'.
Cynics might suggest that someone is afraid that the British version is too good.
Can we please have the 1940 Dickinson/Walbrook/Wynyard GASLIGHT back again as soon as possible - preferably on its own, & marketed as one of the classic British movies! Food for thought - for any distributor worth their salt.
No original version - By: G. H. Reynolds, 20 May 2007 I bought this after reading the reviews that said that the original version is also on there but it isn't. I saw the original years ago & could not believe that anybody could have made such a fantastic, slick psychological drama so many years ago in the UK. I was sorely disappointed to discover that they now seem to ship the disc without the original. The remake is good because it's a good story but it has never had me on the edge of my seat as Thorold Dickinson's version ever did.
In fact, the horrible cover up by MGM when they made an 'original' film callled Gaslight is also a devious story. I'm just glad the original still exists after that.
Ideal Rainy Day Film - By: , 19 Mar 2004 
I first saw this film as a child & have been waiting for a DVD release for ages. This DVD also has the original 1940 version on the other side of the disc. Excelent!
Atmosphere is all - By: Michael Bo, 15 Feb 2004 
Cukor's atmospheric thriller from 1944 certainly laid out the groundwork for Hitchcock's later 'Notorious', & the chance to see 'Gaslight' again is not one I wanted to miss. This digitallly cleaned-up version looks wonderful, with alll the grey subtleties of the cinematography in place. Ingrid Bergman is shockingly beautiful as the girl who returns to the haunted house of her childhood with her mysterious new French husband, played with chilling ambivalence by Charles Boyer, a study in psychological marital cruelty. And let us not forget 17 year old Angela Lansbury in her debut role as the snotty cockney maid, she was great. The British original of 'Gaslight' is included on this generous DVD, but I believe that it takes extreme dedication to actuallly watch it through. I did, but only just. It is very heavy-moving & stodgy.
