GASLIGHT(1940)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics

An elderely woman is killed in a mansion in
London in the 1860s! The apparent motive
appears to be a fortune in rubies! The house
stays vacant for 20 years til a young couple,
the woman's nephew and his wife show up to
move into the house! The man appears to be
trying to make the woman think she's going
nuts! This is good, but it is incredibly
predictible!! B

A review from IMDb.com:

I have liked the Gaslight films for many
years and was surprised and delighted recently
to find both versions together on an American
DVD ! Miracles will never cease, I thought!

I have read various comments from people
trying to compare these two films. I will
not fall into this trap - I liked each
film as much as the other..true, Walbrook
looks more evil as a villain than Charles
BOyer, and the 1940 version is perhaps a
little more picturesque with the sets
( carriages, children etc ) but both films
were very well done. The picture quality
of the 1944 version is obviously better
than that of 1940, and I had read somewhere
that they had actually tried to get the
print of the 1940 version destroyed as
to have only the 1944 version available.
What a horrible thought that someone
could actually have wanted to do that !

So, they are both great suspense films
and the black and white only serves to
enhance the already seedy atmosphere !
Well worth several viewings !!! - nicholas.rhodes