{"id":35544,"date":"2021-01-20T07:31:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T12:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=35544"},"modified":"2021-01-20T07:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T12:31:45","slug":"gaslight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/01\/20\/gaslight\/","title":{"rendered":"GASLIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mystery<\/p>\n

Today I am adding a new category so that I can share my love of radio drama — Mystery Matinee<\/em>. Radio was king for a large portion of the twentieth century, and it was from radio where Americans received most of their news and entertainment. There was a lot of original programming such as musical variety shows and situation comedies, but occasionally a motion picture would be adapted as a somewhat condensed audio play. Such is the case with Lux Soap’s presentation of Gaslight<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Gaslight<\/em> tells the story of a woman who unknowingly weds a villain who attempts to drive her insane by making her doubt the evidence of her own ears and eyes. It was based on a stage play and was filmed twice in the 1940s. The first version was made in England in 1940 and can be viewed online<\/a>. The second, more famous version of the story was made in America with Ingrid Bergman<\/em> and Charles Boyer<\/em>. That cast was reassembled to produce the radio version you can listen to below.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LuxRadioTheatre1946-04-29-525Gaslight.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click on the little arrow on the left above.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Today I am adding a new category so that I can share my love of radio drama — Mystery Matinee. 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