Mary’s,” the semi-sequel to “Going My Way,” probably in hopes that the film’s religiosity would somehow sink into us.

Starring Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan.Įvery Christmas, my mom and dad gathered the family around to watch the umpteenth rerun of Leo McCarey’s “The Bells of St. Bergman plays an Lithuanian emigre who marries an Italian fisherman (Mario Vitale) who brings her back to his volcanic island of Stromboli where she must fight to earn the respect of the disapproving island dwellers.ĭirector: Leo McCarey. And, from a film history perspective, it’s the film where Bergman and Rossellini began their scandalous love affair which resulted in a 7-year marriage. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale.Īlthough critical reaction to Rossellini’s film was negative at the time, “Stromboli” has since grown in reputation to be considered a classic of Italian neo-realism. Writers: Sergio Amidei, Gian Paolo Callegari, Art Cohn, Renzo Cezana. Image Credit: Moviestore Collection/REX/Shutterstockĭirector: Roberto Rossellini. As young as she is, Bergman is an absolute revelation here.

When the affair becomes public Holger’s wife Margit demands a divorce, and Anna must decide if staying with Holger is worth the toll on his family. While traveling together in such close quarters, one thing leads to another, and Anna begins a torrid affair with Holger.

Upon hearing Anna play, Holger insists that she be his accompanist on his upcoming concert tour. With “Gone With the Wind” co-star Leslie Howard as her leading man, Bergman simply lit up the screen as Anna Hoffman, who is the piano teacher to the daughter of famed virtuoso violinist Holger Brandt (Howard). The film that started it all for Bergman in America. Starring Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best. “Saratoga Trunk” was Warner Bros.’ biggest box-office hit in 1945, and somehow, despite the ludicrousness of casting a Swedish actress in the role of a Creole outcast, Bergman’s skill somehow made the whole thing work.ĭirector: Gregory Ratoff. Starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson.īased on the Edna Ferber novel, “Saratoga Trunk” starred Bergman as Clio, the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic Creole father and a light-skinned Creole mother who, after living in Paris, return to New Orleans and team up with a Texas gambler (Gary Cooper) to seek justice for her mistreatment at the hands of her father’s family. Writer: Casey Robinson, from the Edna Ferber novel. Let’s take a photo gallery tour and rank her 15 greatest films from worst to best.ĭirector: Sam Wood. Other classics in her career have included the legendary “Casablanca,” “Notorious” and “Spellbound.” In addition, she was also nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards for her film work, also winning three. She is one of only six actors in history ever to manage that feat of three or more acting victories. In the course of her four-decade film career, Bergman was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning three for “Gaslight,” “Anastasia” and “Murder on the Orient Express”. Not only did Bergman become an audience favorite, but her acting skills earned her the respect of moviegoers and Hollywood producers alike. The only problem was that Bergman didn’t speak English, but she turned out to be a fast learner, and the combination of her work ethic and her radiant beauty put Bergman well on her way to becoming an authentic movie star. He announced that he planned to remake “Intermezzo” in English and would bring Bergman to Hollywood to star. Look, every night the gas lights, they go dimmer.Born in Stockholm in 1915, Ingrid Bergman was working in Swedish and German films during the 1930s, when one of her Swedish films, 1936’s “Intermezzo,” caught the eye of powerful Hollywood producer David O. But now I’m afraid all of London knows it. Gregory: Paula, I’ve tried so hard to keep the fact that you have lost your mind a secret. Let’s watch a scene from “Gaslight” now where Charles Boyer as the evil husband tries to make Bergman believe she’s insane. When my wife asked me to guess what she was making for dinner, and I said, “I don’t know, a mess?” Worst welcome home from prison ever. But what you may not know is that the phrase originally comes from the 1944 film “Gaslight”, starring Ingrid Bergman as a woman whose husband makes her believe she’s going insane by slowly dimming the gas fueled lights around her and then denying it. If you’ve heard the phrase ‘gaslighting’, you probably know it means to manipulate someone into believing a false reality. Reese De’What: Good evening, and welcome to Cinema Classics. Male voice: You’re watching Cinema Classics on TBS.

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