finally, I could see this interesting less-known movie tonight and say that it is a must for Ingrid Fans. her performance is superb and movie is very beautiful. I insert it on my Ingrid top 5 performaces !
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This is one of those forgotten movies which deserves to be more widely seen.
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I would agree that this was one of Bergman's best performances.
I would also agree that the film, overall, was terrible. Cooper was hopelessly miscast. Direction was inconsistent. Plot was beyond insuffrable.
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ingrid ridiculous as creole the role more suitably was intended for hedy lamarr, she refused to sign a studio contact, warner miscast ingrid in revenge, tried to make her look like hedy -some hopes. the miscasting in this topped by flora robsons mammy what was that about.
shareI'm with you, Ingrid Bergman was a fine actress but she was ludcriously cast here as a France-raised girl from New Orleans. Bergman was also not that much of the coquette type. This would have been a better movie with almost any other major actress from the period. I don't think they were going for a "Hedy Lamarr" look as a rather blatant attempt at Warners' making this their GONE WITH THE WIND and Ingrid given a Vivien Leighesque wig although her performance actually reminded me more of Joan Bennett, who came close to getting cast as Scarlett. I think Hedy would have been too "foreign" too though for the movie though I could see a glamour girl like Rita Hayworth or Dorothy Lamour in the role since it wasn't that taxing but someone like Bette Davis or Claudette Colbert would have been better.
shareThe movie goes on a bit long, but Bergman is spectacular, delicious!
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