AFI and Ingrid Bergman Honor Orson Welles:

Here's a groovy speech by Ingrid at AFI's honoring of Orson Welles. She looks like she's ready to dance at the discotech right after the show. Enjoy!

Retrobites CBC Interviews with Ingrid Bergman

I recently found some interviews on Youtube of Ingrid Bergman. They are from the CBC as part of their "Retrobites" series.
They are just another wonderful window into Ingrid's life and work. Thank you to CBC for posting!

Donate Button- No Obligation

Hi everyone.

So this might seem lame, but I'm just trying to use all of my resources here... bare with me.

I have added a "Donate" button on the side bar. This is kind of like if I ran an "Ingrid Bergman Themed Car Wash" --that is if the website were a team or event and Pay Pal was the car wash.

I have decided to put this up as a fund raiser for school. I will be going to University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts for an M.F.A. in Film/Television Production, in January. I am trying to make my dreams come true, my dreams of making films, and it is largely inspired by Ingrid and all of you.

You keep my classic film love alive and well with comments, conversation, contribution, promotion, and of course all of your general love of the genre (as more than just "old movies").

I'm not trying to run a scam or hit anyone up here--please know this. I am just exploring all options and putting it out there.

Please keep returning, even if you don't donate. I still want feedback!

Thanks for your time,

Alexis

PS

I'm almost done the Adam Had Four Sons post, I promise release soon!!!

Thanks Arabella! Ingrid Presents!

This video is fantastic! Thank you Arabella! Hope you enjoy the blog! :)

Cinema Splendor Gave Me A Splash!

(This is my second favorite photo of Ingrid--of all time)
Thank you to Sarah from Cinema Splendor for the wonderful splash award! :) She gave me mad props on Ingrid Bergman Life and Films, saying, 

"Alexis of Ingrid Bergman: Life and Films: LOVE LOVE LOVE this new blog. I never really knew much about Ingrid, but through this I do now! I think this is my favorite post :D"

It was so nice to read and recieve such a fantastic award! 

The Splash award is given to alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive, and inspiring blogs. When you receive this award, you must:
1. Put the logo on your blog/post.
2. Nominate up to 9 blogs which allure, amuse, bewitch, impress or inspire you.
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have been splashed by commenting on their blog.
5. Remember to link to the person from whom you received your Splash award.

I am giving the splash award to 3 blogs.

 Poverty Jet Set This is Mark's page. Mark is involved in the Fiesta Movement and he rocks. He's also involved in a page, poptent  that EVERYONE should check out it's a cool social networking place for creative folks. Mark is a producer and he and his wife are filmmakers. Check it out! 

 Classic Hollywood Nerd. I really enjoy Nicole's blogs about classic hollywood and film. She uses a lot of visuals like photos and videos--some of which I would have never really seen on my own. I love it. It expands my horizons! 

Classique Ingrid Ruby has recently contacted me about my Ingrid page, and her's is an explosion of Ingrid magnificence! She has lots of icons and photoshopped images that are colorful, creative and splendid! Check it out and check out her other blog La Vie En Rose

Fantastic work everyone and keep it up! Thanks again for the award, it genuinely made my day! :)

Oh Hay Ingrid!

Since creating the Ingrid Bergman blog, I have gone through a great number of photographs and pictures of Ingrid, moreso than when I was simply just looking at our hero. I have also read many books about Ingrid, her work, and life. The reading and visuals have provided me with topics for conversation, questions about who she really was and have given me a gateway to an intricate web of tales of fact, fiction and opinion. 

I would like to address a type of photo that really stands out in my view of Ingrid Bergman's life. There are many pictures of Ingrid holding hay, sitting on or next to farm equipment, and acting like a "Swedish milk-maid" or "the girl next door." Based on things I've read about her early career as well as interviews held with Ingrid, it makes sense that they marketed her this way. She didn't want to do the same nip/tuck thing all the other stars were doing, so they decided to promote her as "natural" and "innocent." Due to the events following her early career, the "Rossellini period," if you will, these pictures stand out. 

I feel like the studios, photographs and films from Ingrid's early years in America, set her up as an idealistic figure that no one, including Ingrid, could ever fully achieve. Though not all of her characters were so innocent, they were often victims, as most female characters of the time are, if they are not a femme fatale (which we all know what happens to them...whawh-whawh.). Ingrid's timing of her career and "scandal" were historically a bombshell. The times were all about ideals, conformity, patriotism, Christian based morality, communism, international relations and maintaining neutrality, as well as remaining in one's set gender roles: especially if one were in the limelight as well as a wife and mother. 

Ingrid always did what she wanted; I like that.

Her "saint-like" appeal to Americans and their devotion to her really backfired when she went on a new artistic and romantic endeavour. It was not her firest liaison with an extramarital affair but because Americans saw her as Sister Bendidict, it did not go over well.

I think the pictures of Ingrid with hay are beautiful and of course they wanted to promote her as much as possible, but with her story, they set her up for unavoidable disaster.

Here are the now almost literal bomb shell pictures:

Ingrid Walk of Fame

I am writing from L.A.--
I have just had one of the best weekends of my life.
I would like to share with you that I went to Hollywood today and found Ingrid's star on the walk of fame.



I also stood in Cary Grant's footprints.

Here are some pictures of my adventures in the hills.