Movie #161 "Intermezzo" is a pure romantic drama (contrary to romantic comedy), and it's nice to see one again, esp. since holiday isn't making them anyore. This one introduced Ingrid Bergman to America and what a splash she makes on the screen. It's doubly fun for me because I've always been a Leslie Howard fan (yes, I admit, I wanted Scarlet to get Ashley Wilkes through GWTW). So this makes a nice romance that's doomed from the start. I won't say anything else except that rottentomatoes gave it 100% ---- I wouldn't go that far, but it is a good one to see if you are looking for pure romance. They are few and far between these days.
Average rating: 3.448
I gave it 4 stars
Intermezzo
(1939) NR
How apt that this beautiful film is named Intermezzo, a term that connotes a short musical piece played between two longer movements. Ingrid Bergman takes on the role of the romantic interlude, Anita Hoffman, a young pianist who comes between violinist Holger Brandt (Leslie Howard) and his wife (Edna Best). When Brandt and Hoffman go on tour, they can't help but fall in love, leaving a wrecked marriage in their wake.
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