tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post2839111467552263740..comments2024-03-07T13:03:54.082+00:00Comments on Back to Golden Days: The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon: "Saratoga Trunk" (1945)Back to Golden Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10611559846549739163noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-18845004482384881522021-12-04T23:09:10.166+00:002021-12-04T23:09:10.166+00:00I really struggle with the casting especially usin...I really struggle with the casting especially using Flora Robson for a Creole. Not that she didn't do a good job.<br />But I mean come on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809931365857279486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-45894955386463067832021-01-01T08:03:51.572+00:002021-01-01T08:03:51.572+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12571880451048577908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-40891918241107876362018-10-20T23:35:28.542+01:002018-10-20T23:35:28.542+01:00jack Warner actually wanted Hedy Lamarr for the ro...jack Warner actually wanted Hedy Lamarr for the role and Bergman is made op to look like her- however he wanted to negotiate a contract for her services to share her with MGM hedy refused to contemplate another 7 years -in a fit of pique gave the part to Bergman and another role planned for her mrs skeffington Hedy was not a woman to be pushed around or a greedily ambitious as Bergman alas who was at best miscast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257466567704471874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-55987120375995012382016-10-06T20:33:37.129+01:002016-10-06T20:33:37.129+01:00Wow. Flora Robson received an Oscar nomination fo...Wow. Flora Robson received an Oscar nomination for acting in blackface. The whole thing might as well have been a minstrel show.<br /><br /><br /><i>Bergman's role belongs to a suprisingly rich group of classic Hollywood films with mixed-race protagonists. Clio Dulaine's predecessors include such complex and unforgettable characters as Clara Bow's Nasa Springer in Call Her Savage (1932), Fredi Washington's Peola Johnson in Imitation of Life (1934), Bette Davis's Julie Marsden in Jezebel (1938) and Vivien Leigh's indomitable Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).</i><br /><br /><br />Scarlett O'Hara WAS NOT a mixed race protagonist. Her character's ancestry was French and Irish. However, you could have pointed out Yvonne DeCarlo in 1957's <b>"Band of Angels"</b>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-14981034664238889552015-08-30T00:28:44.306+01:002015-08-30T00:28:44.306+01:00If this film is half as engaging as your review, t...If this film is half as engaging as your review, then I think I'll enjoy it. :)Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-76277632211637926182015-08-30T00:00:07.403+01:002015-08-30T00:00:07.403+01:00Btw, this has nothing to do with the post, but I l...Btw, this has nothing to do with the post, but I love the design of your blog! Especially the banner with Jimmy and Ginger :)Virginie Pronovosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690434044034618183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-14643869655214193182015-08-29T20:17:17.000+01:002015-08-29T20:17:17.000+01:00A great and very interesting article! And I yet ha...A great and very interesting article! And I yet have to see the film! Thanks for taking part of the blogathon :)Virginie Pronovosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690434044034618183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370347388392139961.post-72519037751475217682015-08-28T20:23:55.878+01:002015-08-28T20:23:55.878+01:00Well written post! I always wonder how a film woul...Well written post! I always wonder how a film would have fared had the stars it was intended for been able to make it...Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com