Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words Page #2

as long as I still want to go to America.

You bet I do.

America. At last.

I was driven to Selznick's house.

Here I'm to stay.

His wife, Irene, greeted me.

Then David Selznick arrived.

He sat, looked at me,

praised my English, then left.

The Selznicks threw a party.

I was guest of honor.

I sat there alone, in my old pink dress

with puffed sleeves.

It is very elegant.

I watched people arriving.

Clark Gable, Joan Bennett,

Cary Grant, Gary Cooper.

I was so happy I couldn't speak.

To think that I, a girl from Stockholm,

was here, surrounded by film stars.

Selznick, 13.

Quiet, please.

I have hopes of winning a scholarship.

I see.

They have difficult examinations.

I have taken mine. Just today.

- Today?

- Yeah

Well, this is a great occasion.

What are we drinking this for?

Waiter, bring champagne. The best vintage

of the best brand in your cellar.

- Champagne?

- Of course.

To drink to your future as an artist.

You're quite right.

You don't want to be anybody's shadow.

- But I didn't say that.

- I know you didn't. I'm saying it for you.

You must set the world on fire.

Ah, you are laughing at me.

Shouldn't one laugh

at the sight of bright, young confidence?

Oh, here comes the champagne.

And I'm not used to it.

Cut.

Dear Mollie,

I've met two fantastic women

who will help me in Hollywood.

Ruth Roberts, a voice coach, is going to

teach me to speak perfect English.

And Irene Selznick,

who's helping me understand this strange

but incredibly exciting environment.

Kiss Pia for me. I miss her so much.

I'm coming home after the shoot.

I had the fortune

of meeting Ruth the first day on the set.

And she was an absolute excellent teacher

for the English language.

And then, being of Swedish descent,

understood maybe my character

and knew how to show me America,

how to teach me, not only the language,

but maybe the feeling

and the thoughts, and, you know...

I am so grateful to her,

because she has shaped me

to what I am today very much.

A great deal of her is in me.

From Sweden, you took, uh

Your first husband went with you to

From Intermezzo, I went back to Sweden

to do the picture I had signed up to do.

And then the war started

and Selznick asked me to rush over.

I took my little girl with me.

He stayed on in case he had to

maybe go in to the war, be needed.

And then as Sweden didn't

get into the war, he came over later.

I am so happy

we're all together again.

All together in America.

I didn't go to Hollywood

with my mother.

I stayed with my father

in Rochester, New York.

He was going to medical school

while my mother was making movies

in Hollywood.

And she would occasionally come to visit,

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes