David O. Selznick bribed Leslie Howard into accepting the role of Ashley in Gone With The Wind (1939) by giving him the right to co-produce this film.In a published memo, David O. Selznick stated the title "Intermezzo" was not used because he feared the obscurity of the word would confuse audiences.
First American film of 'Ingrid Bergman'.
Toscha Seidel dubbed the violin playing of Leslie Howard, while Norma Boleslawksi dubbed the piano playing of both Ingrid Bergman and John Halliday
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".
In both her first American film (Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)) and her last feature film, (Hostsonaten (1978)), Ingrid Bergman played a concert pianist.
Cast of Intermezzo: A Love Story:
Leslie Howard
Ingrid Bergman
Edna Best
John Halliday
Cecil Kellaway
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