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Turn) INGRID Ijemnie i FOAK
Only this great playwright could tell the story of Ingrid and heir dream — to play, as she is now, the girl from Lorraine
WHEN Ingrid Bergman came East to do “Joan of Lorraine” on Broadway, she had two purposes in mind. One was to prove to the critics and the public that she was just as good an actress on the stage as on the screen (personally, I think she’s better). The other was to prove to the Hollywood magnates that “Joan” would make a good picture and that she should be allowed to play it as a picture. With characteristic completeness she accomplished both objectives. The critics gave her a unanimous hand for her acting — and she deserved it. And since the success of the play, every moving picture company in the West has offered to make “Joan of Lorraine” into a picture with Ingrid as its star.
This is more of a victory for Ingrid than appears on the surface. When she came to this country six years ago, she came because David Selznick had promised
that he would star her in a picture about Joan of Arc. Then Selznick lost heart in the venture, decided that a “Joan” picture wouldn’t be profitable. Ingrid was not discouraged. She tried to interest other producers in the subject. She talked about it to every director she knew. She spoke about her desire for that one particular part in every interview she gave out. But Hollywood was adamant. There was no interest in Joan, no interest in her playing it. She continued to be certain that it was a great subject, certain that it was the one subject she wanted, and determined that sooner or later she would have her chance at it. * Meanwhile other parts were offered to her in a steady stream and she chose the best she could find and kept busy — playing each new picture with a growing sureness and range that put her in a class by herself among picture favorites. ( Continued on page 106)
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