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Intermezzo Overview:

Intermezzo (1939) was a Romance - Drama Film directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by Leslie Howard and David O. Selznick.

Academy Awards 1939 --- Ceremony Number 12 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best CinematographyGregg TolandNominated
Best Music - ScoringLou ForbesNominated
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Intermezzo BlogHub Articles:

Watching 1939: Intermezzo, A Love Story (1939)

on Sep 12, 2019 From Comet Over Hollywood

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article

Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

By Beatrice on Feb 16, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Intermezzo: A Love Story Directed by Gregory Ratoff Written by George O’Neill, Gösta Stevens and Gustaf Molander 1939/USA Selznick International Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This little melodrama of adulterous love introduced the utterly radiant Ingrid Bergman to America. Violin v... Read full article

Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

1939 was a good year for David O. Selznick. While in the midst of working on what would become recognized as one of the greatest movies of all time, Gone with the Wind, Selznick was also making strides at his studio Selznick International Pictures. He had his talent scout Katharine Brown (aka Kay B.... Read full article

Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

1939 was a good year for David O. Selznick. While in the midst of working on what would become recognized as one of the greatest movies of all time, Gone with the Wind, Selznick was also making strides at his studio Selznick International Pictures. He had his talent scout Katharine Brown (aka Kay B.... Read full article

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Intermezzo Quotes:

Anita Hoffman: I have been an intermezzo in his life.
Thomas Stenborg: I wonder if anyone has built happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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Intermezzo Facts
A song, "Intermezzo" was published in 1940 with music by Heinz Provost and lyrics by Robert Hemming, based on the picture's main theme.
Toscha Seidel dubbed the violin playing of Leslie Howard, while Norma Boleslawksi dubbed the piano playing of both Ingrid Bergman and John Halliday
In both her first American film (Intermezzo: A Love Story) and her last feature film, (Autumn Sonata), Ingrid Bergman played a concert pianist.
David O. Selznick bribed Leslie Howard into accepting the role of Ashley in Gone with the Wind by giving him the right to co-produce this film.
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".
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