Gaslight

When this movie was produced, MGM attempted to have all prints of the previous version, Gaslight (1940), destroyed. These efforts were ultimately unsuccessful, though the movie was rarely seen for the next few decades.

The first time Ingrid Bergman encountered Charles Boyer was the day they shot the scene where they meet at a train station and kiss passionately. Boyer was the same height as Bergman, and in order for him to seem taller, he had to stand on a box, which she kept inadvertently kicking as she ran into the scene. Boyer also wore shoes and boots with two-inch heels throughout the movie.

Charles Boyer's wife, Pat Paterson, was pregnant with what would be the couple's only child. Boyer and Paterson had been trying to have a baby for many years, and Boyer was exceptionally nervous while making this movie. He rushed between takes to call and check on his wife's health as the expected birth date grew nearer. The baby was expected to come after Boyer had finished working on this movie, but he arrived early while Boyer was on set. Boyer broke down in tears when he was notified, and he informed the rest of the cast and crew of his son's birth. Production was halted for the day and the cast and crew opened up bottles of champagne to celebrate the birth.

Director George Cukor suggested that Ingrid Bergman study the patients at a mental hospital to learn about nervous breakdowns. She did, focusing on one woman in particular, whose habits and physical quirks became part of the character.

Dame Angela Lansbury was only eighteen when she made this, her theatrical movie debut. She had been working at Bullocks Department Store in Los Angeles, California, and when she told her boss that she was leaving, he offered to match the pay at her new job. Expecting it to be in the region of her Bullocks salary of the equivalent of twenty-seven dollars a week, he was somewhat taken aback when she told him she would be earning five hundred dollars a week.

When this movie was produced, MGM attempted to have all prints of the previous version, Gaslight (1940), destroyed. These efforts were ultimately unsuccessful, though the movie was rarely seen for the next few decades.

The first time Ingrid Bergman encountered Charles Boyer was the day they shot the scene where they meet at a train station and kiss passionately. Boyer was the same height as Bergman, and in order for him to seem taller, he had to stand on a box, which she kept inadvertently kicking as she ran into the scene. Boyer also wore shoes and boots with two-inch heels throughout the movie.

Director George Cukor suggested that Ingrid Bergman study the patients at a mental hospital to learn about nervous breakdowns. She did, focusing on one woman in particular, whose habits and physical quirks became part of the character.

Charles Boyer's wife, Pat Paterson, was pregnant with what would be the couple's only child. Boyer and Paterson had been trying to have a baby for many years, and Boyer was exceptionally nervous while making this movie. He rushed between takes to call and check on his wife's health as the expected birth date grew nearer. The baby was expected to come after Boyer had finished working on this movie, but he arrived early while Boyer was on set. Boyer broke down in tears when he was notified, and he informed the rest of the cast and crew of his son's birth. Production was halted for the day and the cast and crew opened up bottles of champagne to celebrate the birth.

Dame Angela Lansbury was only eighteen when she made this, her theatrical movie debut. She had been working at Bullocks Department Store in Los Angeles, California, and when she told her boss that she was leaving, he offered to match the pay at her new job. Expecting it to be in the region of her Bullocks salary of the equivalent of twenty-seven dollars a week, he was somewhat taken aback when she told him she would be earning five hundred dollars a week.