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Indiscreet (1958) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Stanley Donen and produced by Stanley Donen.

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THE 5TH WONDERFUL INGRID BERGMAN BLOGATHON: Indiscreet, 1958

on Aug 27, 2020 From Caftan Woman

Virginie Pronovost at The Wonderful World of Cinema is hosting The 5th Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon. Running from August 27 - 29, please read the wonderful tributes HERE. "It's delightful to be married..." - Anna Held Cary Grant, Cecil Parker International banker and diplomat P... Read full article

Indiscreet (1958): In Honor of Stanley Donen

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 20, 2020 From 4 Star Films

Note: This post was written soon after the passing of Stanley Donen. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman on adjacent title cards is all you should need to watch the movie. Although I came for an entirely different name because this past spring we lost Stanley Donen — the last remnant of Hollywood&#8... Read full article

Indiscreet (1958)

By Beatrice on Aug 24, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Indiscreet Directed by Stanley Donen Written by Norman Krasna from a play by him 1958/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental The best part was watching two beautiful adults fall in love with each other. Anna Kalman (Ingrid Bergman) is a famous actress on the London stage.  Philip Adams (C... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: INDISCREET (1958)

By Jennifer Garlen on Apr 17, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Stanley Donen's 1958 romantic comedy, Indiscreet, reunites stars Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, who had famously paired up for Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious in 1946. Unlike the earlier film, or other Grant outings with Hitchcock, the Donen picture more or less eschews action to rely almost entirely o... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: INDISCREET (1958)

By Jennifer Garlen on Apr 17, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Stanley Donen's 1958 romantic comedy, Indiscreet, reunites stars Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, who had famously paired up for Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious in 1946. Unlike the earlier film, or other Grant outings with Hitchcock, the Donen picture more or less eschews action to rely almost entirely o... Read full article

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Indiscreet Quotes:

Anna: I like a man with a glass in his hand.
Philip: Oh, I tell you. Women are not the sensitive sex. That's one of the grand delusions of literature. Men are the true romanticists.
Anna: How dare he make love to me and not be a married man.
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Indiscreet Facts
The New York setting of Norman Krasna's original play was substituted for London.
The original Broadway production of "Kind Sir" by Norman Krasna on which the movie is based opened at the Alvin Theater on November 4, 1953, ran for 166 performances and closed on March 27, 1954. The cast included Charles Boyer and Mary Martin in the Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman roles.
The casting of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman as slightly older and wiser lovers had greater relevance to 1958 audiences. Grant was on the third of his five marriages, while Bergman had ridden the waves of scandal following her adulterous relationship with Italian director Roberto Rossellini.
When the censors had a problem with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in a scene in bed together, director Stanley Donen shot an overhead split screen sequence showing both stars side by side in bed, but with a clearly visible "border" between them.
Leslie Weston was booked to play a taxi driver but withdrew his services and was replaced.
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