The Sheila Variations

Notorious?

It must be - as far as I know that was the only time the 3 of them worked together.

That's my reasoning, too.

Hitchcock was notorious (heh) for hating actors. To Hitchcock, they were little more than props that moved. But he loved Cary Grant. He said something like, "There's only one actor I really love - and that's Cary Grant."

As I recall, he also lusted for Ingrid and spread a story (undoubtedly false) about how she once burst into his office and demanded that he have sex with her.

Jesus, can you blame her???

:)

That was Hitch that spread the story, not Cary Grant. I doubt she was too interested in Hitch.

I certainly can't blame Hitch for feeling that way, though. I mean, heck, I lust for Ingrid.

Actually, there's another funny story about Bergman. She would pretty much always fall in love with her co-star (Humphrey Bogart was a notable exception - which I think is so fascinating -because what is more effective than THAT love story???) - But anyway. She would throw herself into her parts with such focus and abandon that she would spend the shoot desperately in love with whoever.

Gary Cooper later said (and I can just picture his wry delivery...) "I never had anyone as in love with me as Ingrid Bergman was when we filmed For Whom the Bell Tolls. And after the shoot was finished, I couldn't even get her on the phone."

hahaha

One of my favorite stories about Hitchcock and Ingrid occurred when they were working on "Under Capricorn." One day on the set there was something that Ingrid didn't like about the way the film was being done, so she flew into a rant about it, and Hitchcock, who hated arguments, simply walked quietly off set. Ingrid didn't even notice and continued raving away.

I read somewhere that Bogart was afraid of his wife's jealousy (the wife before Bacall; I don't remember who that was) and deliberately shunned Ingrid on the set so as not to provoke his wife's suspicions. This didn't work; she was jealous of Ingrid anyway.