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...movies (Arch of Triumph, Joan of Arc) did not measure up to her own standards of art. "I am willing to break my neck," she told a reporter, "to do something new." After she had seen the Italian-made prizewinning movies, Open City and Paisan, she wrote Director Roberto Rossellini: "If you ever need an actress with a Swedish accent, just call...
Ingrid Bergman, about to start work on a new movie on the island of Stromboli, took time off to take in the sights of Rome. Her guide through the ruins: Director Roberto Rossellini...
Leaving for the island of Stromboli to make a film with Italian Director Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman was puzzled when an interviewer asked what the picture would cost. Between $300,000 and $500,000, she thought, but "I'm poor on numbers. I always forget a zero or add a zero where it counts most...
...common in Europe to have one man both write the script and direct the film. (Rossellini and Pagnol are outstanding examples of the success of this method.) Well, somehow or other, a man named Joseph L. Mankiewiez convinced 20th Century Fox that he could do it too. "A Letter to Three Wives" is by no means a work of art; but it is very funny, and has some value as a critical commentary on the American Way of Life...
Actress Bergman is all for Rossellini's non-Hollywood method. If she can begin he picture in April, it will probably be released next fall. Meanwhile, Rossellini is quietly turning down all Hollywood offers. Says he: "I am not one who says Hollywood is terrible . . . Hollywood is a great place. It is like a sausage factory that turns out fine sausages. I go back to Italy where I have freedom...