Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Gregory Ratoff

Writers:

George O'Neil (screenplay)
Gösta Stevens (original screenplay: 1936 movie) ...

Release Date:

22 September 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Drama

Tagline:

"Let the world cry 'shame'...I love him...I'll always love him!"

Plot:

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him...

Plot Keywords:

Concert | Violinist | Scholarship | Piano | Love Affair

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Cast

Leslie Howard	...	Holger Brandt
Ingrid Bergman	...	Anita Hoffman
Edna Best	...	Margit Brandt
John Halliday	...	Thomas Stenborg
Cecil Kellaway	...	Charles Moler, The Impressario
Enid Bennett	...	Greta Stenborg
Ann E. Todd	...	Ann Marie Brandt (as Ann Todd)
Douglas Scott	...	Eric Brandt
Eleanor Wesselhoeft	...	Emma, The Maid
Marie Flynn	...	Marianne

Also Known As:

Escape to Happiness (UK)
Intermezzo (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:S | Germany:16 | USA:Approved (PCA #5671)

Filming Locations:

Monterey, California, USA

Company:

Selznick International Pictures

Trivia:

When Selznick fired the cinematographer Harry Stradling Sr. and hired the great Gregg Toland to take over the photography of Selznick's remake of the 1936 Swedish version of "Intermezzo", he asked Toland how it was possible that Bergman looked so beautiful in the original European production and so ghastly in his Hollywood version. Toland replied, "In Sweden they don't make her wear all that makeup." Selznick immediately ordered retakes with the "natural look" which so dazzled the world a year later when he loaned her out to Warner Bros. for their production "Casablanca".

Quotes:

Anita Hoffman: I have been an intermezzo in his life.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Piano Concerto in A op 16

Weeper movie narrated with sense and sensitivity

Picture deals about a young pianist(Ingrid Bergman)as piano professor of a child(Ann Todd)whose father(Leslie Howard)happily married(Edna Best)is violinist.They fall in love and is originated the standard eternal love triangle.The movie has romance,tearjerker,drama,tragedy,love story and is very entertained.

The film is a remake with Hollywood style of a Swedish film directed by Gustaf Molander in 1936 and equally interpreted by Ingrid Bergman in his first US role,in fact is best known as Bergman's American debut and became her in world star. Bergman is splendid and enticing ,stunningly photographed by the master Gregg Toland(Citizen Kane)and she obtained extraordinaries reviews. Leslie Howard is agreeable and sensible as the lover feeling guilty.The support cast is constituted by Ann Todd as the daughter with strongly love to her daddy,Cecil Kellaway in one its usual roles as likable and comic friend and John Halliday. Excellent black and white cinematography and magnificent music by Max Steiner nominated for Academy Award and is added classic music by Provost,Rachmaninov and Tchaykowsky. Motion picture will like to romantic films and classics cinema enthusiastic. Rating: Above average .Outstanding and enjoyable.