Gaslight
1944 Nominee

100 Words
Paula flees London after the murder of her Aunt only to discover she can’t sing, but she can be swept off her feet. Gregory is the love of her life, though she knows little about him. Love bombing, Readers, is a classic red flag that begins the process of gaslighting – that oh-so-valuable therapy term that came from this story! Ingrid Bergman snagged an Oscar for her portrayal of a wife being driven mad by her controlling husband and in her own phenomenal feminist way drove mental health clinicians to the conclusion that this does, in fact, happen in some relationships.