e99 Online Shopping Mall
Help | |
Home - Celebrities - Bergman Ingrid (Books) |
  | 1-20 of 100 | Next 20 |
click price to see details click image to enlarge click link to go to the store
1. Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography (Applause Books) by Charlotte Chandler | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(2008-02-01)
list price: US$16.95 -- used & new: US$1.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 155783735X Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (12)
Are There Bones She Won't Pick?
Ingrid - a new perspective
Ingrid:Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography
Ingrid...A true view!
ingrid |
2. Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman by Donald Spoto | |
Paperback: 496
Pages
(2001-04)
list price: US$22.00 -- used & new: US$2.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0306810301 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description The life of Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) is as compelling as that of any of the women she portrayed in dozens of unforgettable movies and plays-a list that includes Casablanca, Intermezzo, Gaslight, The Bells of St. Mary's, Notorious, Anastasia, and Hedda Gabler. Hers is a story that begins with a tragic childhood in Sweden, then moves on to the nightmare of Germany under the Nazis and later to Hollywood in its golden age. From her position as America's most beautiful, admired, and loved actress, she was plunged into national disgrace and branded "an apostle of degradation" for her adulterous love affair with Roberto Rosellini in the late 1940s. But her independent spirit triumphed in the end, winning her honors and accolades even as she fought an eight-year battle with cancer. Donald Spoto, who knew Ingrid Bergman and had unprecedented access to her husbands, friends, lovers, directors, and costars, as well as to her papers, letters, and diaries, has written a biography that the San Francisco Chronicle called "mesmerizing" and "deeply moving"-the definitive account of a consummate actress who dared to live the truth. In 1939 Ingrid Bergman was hailed as afresh-faced girl, "dignified, gracious, unpretentious andspiritual," who represented everything good that America lovedand needed. Although already a wife and mother, she was most oftendescribed as innocent, even virginal. But in 1949 this perceptionchanged, and Bergman was no longer a martyr for the sake of hermovies; at the time, she was regarded as the foulest of sinners, arenegade whose "powerful influence for evil" was soon to becondemned in churches, schools, and even on the floor of theU. S. Senate. However, Spoto doesn't neglect Bergman's artistic driveand integrity; he creates a portrait of a woman on trial for aspiringto both professional success and intellectual fulfillment. The detailsaccrue to portray a disarmingly modest professional--at timesidolized, at times disparaged, but always skilled and committed. Customer Reviews (8)
Reading this will make you want to go back and rent all Berman's films
A Valentine of Superlatives
So St. Ingrid she wasn't... She had the same emotional needs as any other woman OR man.But only under the moralistic hyprocrisy of the U.S. at the time could such a woman (I doubt if a man would) have been so pilloried---the rest of the planet was not so hung up as we on attempting to be the guardian of world morals, especially when we had more than enough of our own dirty laundry we kept trying to hide. No matter, because her beauty, wit and talent counted for more, and in the end she won anyway.She knew her craft well (who else would have felt secure enough to suggest script changes to Hitchcock, and have him acquiesce??) and lived it not at all for money or fame, but rather for the sake of the craft itself.And what she left to stage and screen through the body of her work, through her very presence, will forever be her only true legacy.
Not quite "Notorious" Ingrid Bergman lost her parents, then her beloved aunt, as a young girl. Growing up in Nazi Germany, she soon became an actress and rose to fame, first in Sweden and then in Hollywood. Then problems arose -- Ingrid met one of her favorite directors, Roberto Rossellini, and left her husband for a whirlwind movie shoot/love affair. The scandal was overwhelming, and it was years until the stigma evaporated -- after which Ingrid was appreciated all over again for her talent and courage. Donald Spoto's telling of Bergman's life is solid and informative, with quotations by Ingrid, her husbands, children, costars, directors, and lots of other people who had known her. Letters are reproduced, and her different performances are analyzed (some of these movies were downright terrible). He also does a pretty good job of analyzing Ingrid's motivations -- why she was attracted to the elitist Peter and passionate Roberto, her strong artistic sense, her workaholic attitude, and her feelings about her children and loves. It's a pretty good analysis, overall. Despite the title, the book isn't a dirt-fest. In fact, that's one of its weaknesses. Oh, it shouldn't be showing only her flaws, but Spoto seems to adore her a little too much. She herself is quoted as saying that she's imperfect. Even though Spoto reveals her weaknesses and failures, he doesn't seem to think any of them really matter. It definitely could have used better perspective, but "Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman" is a solid, interesting, well-written look at the life of a talented, artistic woman. Highly recommended.
Don't mistake the title Except where it concerns Rossellini, and that is perfectly understandable, because everyone who knows about Ingrid knows that was a real and terrible time in her life. I think it's sad that she went through all that and the marriage ended up falling apart anyway. Anyway, basically he speaks of her work. She went crazy without it, and really as I think about it her life was work. That's what I remember froming reading this. It is a very good book, and like everything I have read by Spoto, is well-written and highly interesting. I recommend it very much. Is this a creative review or what? I seem to be suffering some sort of blank as far as reviews are concerned this morning. ... Read more |
3. Ingrid Bergman My Story by Ingrid Bergman, Alan Burgess | |
Paperback: 576
Pages
(1995-03-02)
-- used & new: US$57.42 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0751508705 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (11)
Motion Pictures Saved Her
TALE OF TWO SWEDES
good content, average writing
Her Story, Completely
A unique life Orphaned as a child, Bergman became a successful actress in Sweden, and then transferred to Hollywood, where she starred in films such as "Casablanca" and several Alfred Hitchcock pictures. Al In "My Story," Bergman describes not only her working life, but the men she fell in love with and married (three wildly different men!), her four children, her ambitions ("Joan of Arc" was something she wanted to make for years), the scandals and the love that filled her career, and the cancer that ultimately ended her life. Bergman's story has a candid quality that not many star autobiographies have. She had almost universal sympathy for others, such as her more difficult diectors and costars, or her ex-husbands. One moving passage has her describing how she wept at Rossellini's death, and was happy that third ex-husband Lars had become a father. Her writing isn't very detailed; at times, it's downright stilted. But it's pleasant enough to read, with elements of humor, of romance, of joy and sadness. Between Bergman's anecdotes and stories, Burgess explains Bergman's life further, with "Ingrid got this part" or "Ingrid went here" or "this person said this thing about Ingrid." He quotes her frequently, along with letters, costars, and plenty of other information that Bergman might not have remembered or known about. He fills in the gaps, so to speak. Bergman's bright personality and Burgess's tight journalism make this a unique book, describing the life of a unique woman. "My Story" is definitely worth telling. ... Read more |
4. Ingrid Bergman by John Russell Taylor | |
Hardcover: 127
Pages
(1986-02)
list price: US$12.95 -- used & new: US$9.87 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0312417969 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (1)
good pics |
5. Ingrid Bergman: My Story by Ingrid and Alan Burgess Bergman | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1980)
Asin: B001034WBY Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description |
6. Ingrid Bergman (Great Stars) | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
-- used & new: US$4.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1846140781 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (1)
"Ingrid Bergman was only really Ingrid from Casablanca [1942] to Under Capricorn [1949]--seven years." |
7. Ingrid Bergman (The Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars series) by Curtis F. Brown | |
Hardcover: 157
Pages
(1974)
-- used & new: US$96.86 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0883651645 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
8. Ingrid Bergman An Intimate Portrait by Joseph Henry Steele | |
Hardcover: 365
Pages
(1959-01-01)
Asin: B00005XIPO Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
9. The Complete Films Of Ingrid Bergman (Citadel Stars) by Lawrence J. Quirk | |
Paperback: 241
Pages
(2000-06-01)
list price: US$15.95 -- used & new: US$9.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0806509724 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description |
10. Ingrid Bergman: Ihr Leben (Heyne-Buch) (German Edition) by Erich Schaake | |
Perfect Paperback: 172
Pages
(1980)
Isbn: 3453012348 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
11. Ingrid Bergman (Legends) | |
Paperback: 143
Pages
(1988-09-01)
list price: US$14.45 -- used & new: US$21.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0316583707 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
12. INTERMEZZO - 12 in. laserdisc LESLIE HOWARD - INGRID BERGMAN by DAVID O. (PRODUCTION) / DIRECTED BY GREGORY RATOFF SELZNICK | |
Unknown Binding:
Pages
(1986)
Asin: B0041CZOGS Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
13. Films of Ingrid Bergman (Film Books) by Lawrence J. Quirk | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(1975-06)
list price: US$7.95 Isbn: 0806504803 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
14. THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S - 2 DISC SET - 12 in. laser discs. BING CROSBY - INGRID BERGMAN - WITH HENRY TRAVERS - JOAN CARROLL by DUDLEY (SCREENPLAY BY) NICHOLS | |
Unknown Binding:
Pages
(1988)
Asin: B0041CY84M Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
15. The Bells of St. Mary's a Novelization By Geore V. Martin From the Screenplay By Dudley Nichols with Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman by Leo McCarey | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1946)
Asin: B00444U4AY Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description |
16. As Time Goes By - the Life of Ingrid Bergman by Laurence Leamer | |
Hardcover: 364
Pages
(1986)
Isbn: 0241118719 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
17. Ingrid Bergman und ihre Filme by Lawrence J. Quirk | |
Mass Market Paperback:
Pages
(1982-01-01)
Asin: B003MCUCS8 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
18. Ingrid Bergman (Legends) | |
Paperback: 143
Pages
(1985-01)
list price: US$10.95 Isbn: 0907516904 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
19. La VĂ©ritable Ingrid Bergman by Bertrand Meyer-Stabley | |
Paperback: 375
Pages
(2002-05-31)
-- used & new: US$49.98 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 2857047584 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
20. Intermezzo "A Love Story" Souvenir De Vienne by Robert Henning & Heinz Provost; Featuring Leslie Howard and Ingrid Bergman | |
Unknown Binding:
Pages
(1936-01-01)
Asin: B003LQ3L2Y Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
  | 1-20 of 100 | Next 20 |