Ingrid Bergman

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Ingrid Bergman

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ingrid Bergman's first color film.
BornJuly 29 1915(1915--)
Stockholm, Sweden
DiedJuly 29 1982 (aged 67)
London, United Kingdom
Years active1935-1982
Spouse(s)Dr. Aron Petter Lindström (1937-1950)
Roberto Rossellini (1950-1957)
Lars Schmidt (1958-1975)
ChildrenPia Lindström (b.1938)
Roberto Ingmar Rosselini (b.1950)
Isabella Rossellini (b.1952)
Ingrid Rossellini(b.1952)
Ingrid Bergman  (pronounced [ˈbærjman] in Swedish, but usually [ˈbɝgmən] in English, IPA notation) (August 29 1915August 29 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning and two-time Emmy Award-winning Swedish actress. She also won the Tony Award for Best Actress in the first Tony Award ceremony in 1947. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.[1]

Biography

Early years: 1915-1938

Bergman, named after Princess Ingrid of Sweden [2], was born in Stockholm, Sweden on August 29 1915 to a Swedish father, Justus Samuel Bergman, and a German mother, Friedel Adler Bergman. When she was three years old, her mother died. Her father passed away when she was thirteen. She was then sent off to live with an aunt, who died of heart complications only six months later. Afterwards she was raised by another aunt and uncle, who had five children.

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Ingrid Bergman at the age of 14.
At the age of 17, Ingrid Bergman auditioned for and was accepted to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. During her first summer break, she was hired at a Swedish film studio, which consequently led to her leaving the Royal Dramatic Theater to work in films full time, after having attended for only one year. Her first film role after leaving the Royal Dramatic Theater was a small part in 1935's Munkbrogreven (She had previously been an extra in the 1932 film Landskamp).

On July 10 1937, at the age of 21, she married a dentist, Petter Lindström (who would later become a neurosurgeon). On September 20 1938, she gave birth to a daughter, Pia Lindström.

After a dozen films in Sweden (including En kvinnas ansikte which would later be remade as A Woman's Face with Joan Crawford) and one in Germany, Bergman was signed by Hollywood producer David O. Selznick to star in the 1939 English language remake of her 1936 Swedish language film, Intermezzo. It was an enormous success and Bergman became a star, described as "Sweden's illustrious gift to Hollywood". Some things that set her apart from other female stars in Hollywood at that time were that she did not change her name, her appearance was entirely natural with little to no makeup, and that she was one of the tallest leading ladies.

Hollywood period: 1938-1949

After completing one last film in Sweden and appearing in three moderately successful films in the United States, Bergman joined Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 classic film Casablanca, which remains her best known role.  Bergman didn't consider Casablanca as one of her favorite works on film. "I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart." About Bogart, she said "I never really knew him. I kissed him, but I didn't know him."[3]

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Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946)
That same year, she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), which was also her first color film. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gaslight (1944). After losing to Ingrid Bergman for the 1944 Best Actress Academy Award, Barbara Stanwyck told the press she was a "member of The Ingrid Bergman Fan Club", "I don't feel at all bad about the Award because my favorite actress won it and has earned it by all her performances."[4] She received a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her performance as a nun in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Bergman had been considered for the role of Mother Maria-Veronica in 1944's The Keys of the Kingdom, but the part ultimately went to Rose Stradner, who was then the wife of the film's producer, Joseph Mankiewicz.

Later, she would receive another Best Actress nomination for Joan of Arc (1948), an independent film produced by Walter Wanger and initially released through RKO. Bergman had championed the role since her arrival in Hollywood, which is one of the reasons she had played it on the Broadway stage in Maxwell Anderson's Joan of Lorraine. Partly because of the scandal with Rossellini, the film, based on the Anderson play, was not a big hit, and received disastrous reviews. It was subsequently shorn of 45 minutes, and it was not until its restoration to full length in 1998 and its 2004 appearance on DVD that later audiences could see it as it was intended to be shown.

Bergman also starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), and Under Capricorn (1949). Unlike her earlier Hitchcock films, Under Capricorn was a slow-paced costume drama, slow to such a degree that Bergman's reputation and the film's release suffered from this, in addition to the gathering adverse publicity over Bergman's affair with Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman was a student of the acting coach Michael Chekhov during the 1940s. Coincidentally, it was his role in Spellbound, of which she was a star, that he received his only nomination for an Academy Award.[5]

Between motion pictures, Bergman appeared in the stage plays Liliom, Anna Christie, and Joan of Lorraine. Furthermore, during a press conference in Washington, D.C. for the promotion of Joan of Lorraine, she protested against segregation after seeing it first hand at the theater she was acting in. This led to a lot of publicity and some hate mail.

Ingrid Bergman also went to Alaska during World War II in order to entertain troops. Soon after the war ended, she also went to Europe for the same purpose, where she was able to see the devastation caused by the war. It was also during this time that she began a relationship with the famous photographer Robert Capa.  She became a smoker after needing to smoke for her role in Arch of Triumph.[6]

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Ingrid Bergman, in her first Roberto Rossellini film, Stromboli (1950).

Italian period: 1949-1957

In 1949, Bergman met Italian director Roberto Rossellini in order to make the film Stromboli (1950), after having been a fan of two of his previous films that she had seen while in the United States. During the making of this movie, she fell in love with him and became pregnant with a son, Roberto Ingmar Rossellini (born February 7, 1950).

The pregnancy caused a huge scandal in the United States. It even led to her being denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate by Edwin C. Johnson, a senator from Colorado, who referred to her as "a horrible example of womanhood and a powerful influence for evil." In addition, there was a floor vote, which resulted in her being made persona non grata. The scandal forced Ingrid Bergman to exile herself to Italy, leaving her husband and daughter in the United States. Her husband, Dr. Petter Lindström, eventually sued for desertion and waged a custody battle for their daughter.

Ingrid Bergman married Roberto Rossellini on May 24, 1950. On June 18, 1952, she gave birth to twin daughters, Isabella Rossellini, who is a famous actress and model, and Isotta Ingrid Rossellini. Over the next few years, she appeared in several Italian films for Rossellini, including Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1954), a 1935 dramatic oratorio by Arthur Honegger about Joan of Arc. Their marriage ended in divorce on November 7, 1957.

After separating from Rossellini, she starred in Jean Renoir's Elena and Her Men (Elena et les Hommes, 1956), a romantic comedy where she played a Polish princess caught in political intrigue. Although the film wasn't a success, it has since come to be regarded as one of her best performances.

During her time in Italy, anger over her private life had continued unabated in the United States, with Ed Sullivan at one point infamously polling his TV show audience as to whether she should be forgiven.

Later years: 1957-1982

With her starring role in 1956's Anastasia, Bergman made a triumphant return to the American screen and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for a second time. The award was accepted for her by her friend Cary Grant.[7] Bergman would not make her first post-scandal public appearance in Hollywood until the 1958 Academy Awards, when she was the presenter of the Academy Award for Best Picture.[8] Furthermore, after being introduced by Cary Grant and walking out on stage to present, she was given a standing ovation.

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Ingrid Bergman with Yul Brynner in Anastasia (1956), her second Academy Award-winning role.
Bergman would continue to alternate between performances in American and European films for the rest of her career and also made occasional appearances in television dramas such as a 1959 production of The Turn of the Screw for Startime for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress.

During this time, she also performed in several stage plays. In addition, she married the producer Lars Schmidt, a fellow Swede, on December 21, 1958. This marriage ultimately led to divorce in 1975.

In 1972, Senator Charles H. Percy entered an apology into the Congressional Record for the attack made on her 22 years earlier by Edwin C. Johnson. She was the President of the Jury at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.[9]

Bergman received her third Academy Award (and first for Best Supporting Actress) for her performance in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), but she publicly declared at the Academy Awards telecast that year that the award rightfully belonged to Italian actress Valentina Cortese for Day for Night by concluding her acceptance speech with "Please forgive me, Valentina. I didn't mean to."[10] Bergman could speak Swedish (her native language), German (her second language), English (learned when brought over to United States), Italian (learned while exiled in Italy ), and French (learned formally from language teachers) fluently. In addition, she acted in each of these languages at various times. Fellow actor John Gielgud, who had acted with her in Murder on the Orient Express and who had directed her in the play The Constant Wife, playfully mocked this ability when he remarked, "She speaks five languages and can't act in any of them."[11]

In 1978, she played in Ingmar Bergman's Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata) for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the big screen. In the film, Bergman plays a celebrity pianist who returns to Sweden to visit her neglected daughter, played by Liv Ullmann. The film was shot in Norway. It is considered by many to be among her best performances. She hosted the AFI's Life Achievement Award Ceremony for Alfred Hitchcock in 1979.[12]

She was honored posthumously with her second Emmy Award for Best Actress in 1982 for the television mini-series A Woman Called Golda, about the late Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. It was her final acting role.

Death

Ingrid Bergman died in 1982 on her 67th birthday in London, England, following a long battle with breast cancer. Her body was cremated in Sweden. Most of her ashes were scattered in the sea with the remainder being interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm next to her parents. A single violin played the song "As Time Goes By", the theme from Casablanca, recalling her most famous role, that of Ilsa Lund.

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Ingrid Bergman holding the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Gaslight. Also shown is Bing Crosby.

Autobiography

In 1980, Bergman's autobiography was published under the title Ingrid Bergman: My Story. It was written with the help of Alan Burgess, who had written the book The Small Woman, on which the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness was based. In the book, she discusses her childhood, her early career, her life during her time in Hollywood, the Rossellini scandal and subsequent events. The book was written after her children warned her that she would only be known through rumors and interviews if she did not tell her own story. It was through this autobiography that her affair with Robert Capa became known.

Legacy

For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Ingrid Bergman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6759 Hollywood Blvd. She continues to be a cultural icon — not only for her role in Casablanca, but for her career as a whole and for her innocent, natural beauty. In addition, she is considered by many to be one of the foremost actresses of the 20th century.

Trivia

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Ingrid Bergman in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Ingrid Bergman Lyrics. Official Woodie Guthrie Website. Retrieved on 2006-10-23.
15. ^ Anna Christie. eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O'Neill Archive. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
16. ^ Radio Today (PDF). New York Times (1942-01-16). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
17. ^ Radio Today (PDF). New York Times (1942-03-24). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
18. ^ Radio Today (PDF). New York Times (1942-03-30). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
19. ^ March of Dimes, 1944. Michigan State University Libraries: Vincent Voice Library. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
20. ^ Radio Programs of the Week (PDF). New York Times (1944-04-02). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
21. ^ Radio Today (PDF). New York Times (1944-04-25). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
22. ^ Radio Programs of the Week (PDF). New York Times (1944-05-21). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
23. ^ Radio Today (PDF). New York Times (1944-09-09). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
24. ^ The Oscar Ceremonies for 1944. theOscarSite.com: A Celebration of All Things Oscar. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
25. ^ Today's Radio Programs (PDF). The Washington Post (1945-04-15). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
26. ^ Radio Programs of the Week (PDF). New York Times (1945-05-13). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
27. ^ Radio Continuity, Lucky Strike, Jack Benny, Sept. - Dec., 1945. tobaccodocuments.org: Tobacco Documents Online. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
28. ^ Radio Programs of the Week (PDF). New York Times (1946-01-20). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
29. ^ Complete Radio Programs and Highlights for Today (PDF). Chicago Daily Tribune (1946-02-05). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
30. ^ The Oscar Ceremonies for 1945. theOscarSite.com: A Celebration of All Things Oscar. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
31. ^ On the Radio Today (PDF). New York Times (1947-02-27). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
32. ^ Radio Programs of the Week (PDF). New York Times (1947-04-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
33. ^ Program Preview. Time.com (1947-04-07). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
34. ^ Programs on the Air (PDF). New York Times (1948-11-12). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
35. ^ Program Preview. Time.com (1948-11-15). Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
36. ^ Media Archive: Anna Christie - The Ford Theater. eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O'Neill Archive. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
37. ^ Program Preview. Time.com (1949-02-14). Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
38. ^ Programs On the Air (PDF). New York Times (1949-02-18). Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
39. ^ On The Radio This Week (PDF). New York Times (1954-01-10). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
40. ^ Today's Radio Log (PDF). Washington Post (1954-05-02). Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
41. ^ Goldin, J. David. Ingrid Bergman. GOLDINdex database. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
42. ^ Radio Broadcast Logs. Audio Classics Archive. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
43. ^ Ingrid Bergman List. Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Site. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
44. ^ Canadian OTR Shows. Doug's Old Time Radio Site. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.

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Awards
Preceded by
Jennifer Jones
for The Song of Bernadette
Academy Award for Best Actress
1944
for Gaslight
Succeeded by
Joan Crawford
for Mildred Pierce
Preceded by
Anna Magnani
for The Rose Tattoo
Academy Award for Best Actress
1956
for Anastasia
Succeeded by
Joanne Woodward
for The Three Faces of Eve
Preceded by
Tatum O'Neal
for Paper Moon
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1974
for Murder on the Orient Express
Succeeded by
Lee Grant
for Shampoo
Preceded by
Valentina Cortese
for La Nuit américaine
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1974
for Murder on the Orient Express
Succeeded by
Diane Ladd
for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Preceded by
Tallulah Bankhead
for ''Lifeboat
NYFCC Award for Best Actress
1945
for The Bells of St. Mary's
Succeeded by
Celia Johnson
for Brief Encounter
Preceded by
Julie Harris
for Little Moon of Alban
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
1960
for The Turn of the Screw
Succeeded by
Judith Anderson
for MacBeth
Preceded by
Vanessa Redgrave
for Playing for Time
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
1982
for A Woman Called Golda
Succeeded by
Barbara Stanwyck
for The Thorn Birds
Preceded by
Jennifer Jones
for The Song of Bernadette
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture
1945
for Gaslight
Succeeded by
Ingrid Bergman
for The Bells of St. Mary's
Preceded by
Ingrid Bergman
for Gaslight
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture
1946
for The Bells of St. Mary's
Succeeded by
Rosalind Russell
for Sister Kenny
Preceded by
Anna Magnani
for ''The Rose Tattoo
NYFCC Award for Best Actress
1956
for Anastasia
Succeeded by
Deborah Kerr
for Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Preceded by
Anna Magnani
for The Rose Tattoo
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
1957
for Anastasia
Succeeded by
Joanne Woodward
for The Three Faces of Eve
Preceded by
Diane Keaton
for ''Annie Hall
NYFCC Award for Best Actress
1978
for Autumn Sonata
Succeeded by
Sally Field
for Norma Rae
Preceded by
Jane Seymour
for East of Eden

1983
for A Woman Called Golda
Succeeded by
Ann-Margret
for Who Will Love My Children
Preceded by
None
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
1947
for Joan of Lorraine
(tied with Helen Hayes for Happy Birthday)
Succeeded by
Judith Anderson for Medea,
Katharine Cornell for Antony and Cleopatra,
and Jessica Tandy
for A Streetcar Named Desire (tie)


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NAMEBergman, Ingrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTIONActress
DATE OF BIRTHAugust 29, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTHStockholm, Sweden
DATE OF DEATHAugust 29, 1982
PLACE OF DEATHLondon, England, United Kingdom
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For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 film in Technicolor based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff and Katina Paxinou.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
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"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Roberto Rossellini (May 8 1906 – June 3 1977) was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.
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Pia Lindström

Birth name Pia Friedal Lindström
Born September 20 1938 (1938--) (age 69)
Stockholm, Sweden

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Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini, February 2007
Birth name Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini
Born May 18 1952 (1952--) (age 55)
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Isotta Ingrid Frieda Giuliana Rossellini, (b. June 18, 1952 in Rome, Italy) is the daughter of the late actress Ingrid Bergman and the director Roberto Rossellini. In addition, she is the twin sister of the actress Isabella Rossellini.
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Academy Award

Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Country United States
First awarded May 16, 1929 to honor achievements of 1927/1928
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Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry.
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Gaslight is a 1944 film adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light. It was the second version to be filmed; the first, released in Great Britain, had been made a mere four years earlier.
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Anastasia is a 1956 20th Century Fox historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes.
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Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry.
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Novel:
Agatha Christie
Screenplay:
Paul Dehn
Uncredited:
Anthony Shaffer
Starring Albert Finney
Lauren Bacall
Sean Connery
Ingrid Bergman
Michael York
Vanessa Redgrave
Jacqueline Bisset
Richard Widmark
John Gielgud
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BAFTA Awards

BAFTA Award
Awarded for Best in film and television
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Country  United Kingdom
First awarded 1947
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Winners of the BAFTA Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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Novel:
Agatha Christie
Screenplay:
Paul Dehn
Uncredited:
Anthony Shaffer
Starring Albert Finney
Lauren Bacall
Sean Connery
Ingrid Bergman
Michael York
Vanessa Redgrave
Jacqueline Bisset
Richard Widmark
John Gielgud
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Year Laureater Profession Country
1976 Ingrid Bergman Actress Sweden
1977 Henri Langlois Director France
Jacques Tati Actor, Director France
1978 Robert Dorfmann Producer France
1979 Marcel Carné Director and Screenwriter France
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Emmy Award

Emmy Award
Awarded for Excellence in television
Presented by ATAS/NATAS
Country  United States
First awarded 1949
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The Turn of the Screw

Cover of 1999 Norton edition of The Turn of the Screw
Author Henry James
Country United Kingdom, United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novella, Gothic fiction
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A Woman Called Golda is a 1982 made-for-television film biopic of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.

Made by Paramount Television and directed by Alan Gibson, the film stars Ingrid Bergman in the title role.
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Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Award
Awarded for Best in film and television programs
Presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Country  United States
First awarded 1944
Official website
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it
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Gaslight is a 1944 film adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light. It was the second version to be filmed; the first, released in Great Britain, had been made a mere four years earlier.
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