BEST INGRID BERGMAN MOVIES
“Intermezzo” (1939): Bergman made her Hollywood debut by re-creating one of her earlier Swedish roles as a pianist who shares a forbidden romance with a famed violinist (Leslie Howard). This version is included in a Turner Classic Movies double-feature salute to Bergman on Sunday, March 24. “Casablanca” (1942): Well, of course. Bergman has one of the all-time legendary roles — and will “always have Paris” — in this Oscar winner as Ilsa, club owner Rick’s (Humphrey Bogart) former flame who needs his help in getting herself and her husband (Paul Henreid) out of the war-torn title location. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (1943):
The Ernest Hemingway story casts Bergman as the love interest for Gary Cooper, who plays a soldier during the Spanish Civil War. “Gaslight” (1944): The George Cukor-directed melodrama with a title that helped inspire a phrase still used today
— for the act of plotting to drive someone insane — features Bergman as the intended victim and Charles Boyer as her highly suspect husband.
“Spellbound” (1945): Directed here by Alfred Hitchcock, Bergman plays a psychiatrist at an asylum who starts a romance with the new chief of the facility (Gregory Peck) ... which could prove dangerous for her. “Saratoga Trunk” (1945): Bergman and Gary Cooper reunited as two people with very distinct agendas in attending horse races at upstate New York’s famed Saratoga Springs track. “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945): A hugely moving Bergman stars opposite Bing Crosby in this holiday-season-staple sequel to “Going My Way.”
“Notorious” (1946): Reteaming with Hitchcock, Bergman plays a novice government spy who becomes close to one of her investigation subjects (Cary Grant). This is the other half of TCM’s Bergman double bill on March 24. “Joan of Arc” (1948): Bergman excels as the military leader who literally guides her army on faith.
“Under Capricorn” (1949): In another round with Hitchcock, Bergman plays a landowner’s (Joseph Cotten) wife reunited with an old friend (Michael Wilding).
“Anastasia” (1956): A superb Bergman plays the object of a scheme to bilk the Bank of England, by having her pose as a long-absent Russian royal.
“Indiscreet” (1958): Reunited with Cary Grant, Bergman plays an actress who falls for a banker even though he’s married. “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness” (1958): Bergman is quite touching as a British missionary in China.
“The Yellow Rolls-Royce” (1964): In one of three stories revolving around owners of the title vehicle, Bergman plays a socialite who becomes caught up in wartime upheaval in Yugoslavia.