Five of us were driving back from CAPITOLFEST this past Monday ( August 13th, 2018 ) where there was loads of movie talk / opinions / trivia in the car. Aurora, host of the esteemed “ONCE UPON A SCREEN” blog was our driver for this road trip, and she asked us this question:
You had me at “hello” Ingrid. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Video by Sarasismyname.
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…But no one starts off their career as a giant. An icon. A legend. And sometimes when we see one’s beginning, we may not see the thing they will become.
I took a whirlwind trip on Amtrak to New England, last week. I went. I saw. I fell in love, with Ingrid Bergman…all over again.
Who IS ANITA LOUISE in the scheme of the Golden Age of Hollywood? She doesn’t have the exotic mien of Garbo or Dietrich. She doesn’t blaze through the screen like Bette Davis or Stanwyck or have the blinding sex appeal of Harlow, Marilyn or Rita. I would liken Anita Louise closer in sensibility to Loretta Young than Norma Shearer. Now she may not command the screen with the brilliance that warrants 1000-watt klieg lights on The Leading Lady. But classic Hollywood was made of all actors great and small, quiet and volcanic. Anita Louise has a warmly unique patrician beauty and quiet allure.
February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990
“The ‘Golden Age’ is gone, and with it most of the people of great taste. It doesn’t seem to be any fun any more.” ~
[ Joan Bennett, 1984 ]
The “What A Character!” Blogathon is here and hosted by three blogging hostesses with the mostesses: Aurora at ‘Once Upon a Screen’ Kellee with ‘Outspoken and Freckled’ and Paula of ‘Paula’s Cinema Club’ and they’ve taken on this blogathon for its fourth year with a wide array of bloggers weighing in on some of the great character actors of classic film. Click on this banner to see this year’s crop.
Me? I’m joining them in the sandbox by writing about PETER LORRE:
I shouldn’t admit, but I’m gonna admit. I am a BIG fan girl for INGRID BERGMAN.
INGRID BERGMAN was born August 29th 1915. She died August 29th 1982. In preparing for the Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon, which started yesterday, I have been combing through photos of her and made a couple of connections. Alright, ya got me. This is just an excuse to post some photos of Ingrid Bergman…
Ingrid and her parents Justus & Frieda Ingrid and her father
Ingrid and her daughter Isabella Isabella and her daughter Elettra
Ingrid and her daughter Isabella Isabella and her daughter Elettra
Ingrid Bergman Isabella Rossellini
Elettra Wiedemann
See the trailer for the new documentary on Ingrid Bergman here:
Click the photo on the left to read the New Yorker article on her retrospective and click on the photo on the right for an interview with Bergman’s three daughters on her career:
Tomorrow, on Ingrid Bergman’s birthday, I will look at her wonderful performance in “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” for the Wonderful World of Ingrid Bergman Blogathon. AND you will be able to read a special Guest Essay on Ingrid Bergman from my friend, Karin Mustvedt-Plüss who has an insider’s perspective on the Swedish legend. So, as my Google Swedish translator says: Jag kommer att se dig i morgon. Gosh, I hope this means what I think it means.
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