Ingrid Bergman

Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies

by Curtis F. Brown

The Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies is a series of volumes that offers a comprehensive overview and brings a fresh perspective to the influential figures, forms, and styles in the development of motion pictures. Each lavishly illustrated volume has been designed to stimulate the interest of the student for whom film is an art, and to stir the memories of the fan for whom "going to the movies" will always be an exhilarating experience. -- One of the screen's most enchantingly beautiful women, Ingrid Bergman is also a splendid actress whose performances have ranged from sentimental (The Bells of St. Mary'), to seductive (Notorious). In this amply illustrated book, Curtis F. Brown traces her extraordinary, sometimes stormy career and evaluates the more than forty films that have kept her a popular star for years.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

157 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[eli]

I went to the cinema museum for the first time yesterday and bought this for a friend because we’d talked about gaslight and then i missed the last train home and was facing a two hour bus ride and this was my only potential companion. It was kind of really bad. I love ingrid bergman though they call her Saint Ingrid in this :) my saint

[Greg McConeghy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ingrid Bergman would have been 100 this week. Unimaginable. We binged on Bergman's films Thursday on TCM, watching 'Autumn Sonata', 'Casablanca' and 'Gaslight'. We've seen 'Casablanca' so many times that between us we know all the dialogue. I saw Ingrid Bergman, live, one time on stage in London in 1978, with Wendy Hiller.
So I pulled out this little book I'd had for years, and it was quick read: listing every film she ever made, along with dozen of photos and newspaper reviews. This book only went up to 1970; she died in 1982 of breast cancer. Very much a fan book. Very little analysis, none needed, the photos were enough. There can never be too many photos of Ingrid Bergman. And I am a fan.