Gaslight (1958 film)

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Gaslight
Gaslight TV play 1958.png
Ad from 3 Mar 1958
Based on Gas Light
1938 play
by Patrick Hamilton
Directed by William Sterling
StarringBeverly Dunn
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
CinematographyFrank Few [1]
Running time75 minutes
Production companyABC
Original release
Release8 January 1958 (1958-01-08) (Melbourne, live)
Release4 March 1958 (1958-03-04) (Sydney, taped) [2]

Gaslight is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation based on the 1938 play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton. It starred Beverley Dunn. [3]

Contents

It was one of several Patrick Hamilton adaptations done on Australian television. [4]

Plot

Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman, Bella Manningham, moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane. [5]

Cast

Production

William Sterling came down from Sydney to direct. It was the eleventh play to be performed live on Melbourne television – the others were Roundabout , The Twelve Pound Look , Holiday in Biarritz , Fair Passenger , The Right Person , Dark Brown , The Duke in Darkness , The Sound of Thunder and Killer in Close Up . [7]

It was one of a number of TV performances given by Dunn, others including Roundabout , The Lark , The Small Victory and Fair Passenger . [3] [8]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said the "production was well received by viewers and critics in Melbourne." [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Names in TV, Radio". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 19.
  2. ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 March 1958. p. 10.
  3. 1 2 "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  4. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (20 March 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Reflections in Dark Glasses". Filmink. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ↑ ""GASLIGHT" on TV". ABC Weekly. 26 February 1958. p. 33.
  6. ↑ "Advertisement". The Age. 3 March 1958. p. 9.
  7. ↑ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
  8. ↑ Lane, Richard (2000). The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. pp. 132–134.
  9. ↑ ""Gaslight" from Melbourne". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 1958. p. 13.


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