For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) cover for the film Battlefield Bells/Death Knell Rings.)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) is based on the novel of the same name by American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), and it is said that Hemingway had Hollywood in mind when he wrote the book, so it was highly cinematic in its narrative approach—that is, the heavy use of flashbacks and cross-cutting.
After the release of "Battlefield Bells", it was listed as the second place in the top ten best films held by the American "Daily Movie" in 1943, and the film received 9 nominations for best picture, best actor, best actress, and best supporting actor at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944, and finally Katina Paxinou (1900-1973), who played Pilar, won the 16th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1944.
Images by Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) in the film Battlefield Bells/Death Knell Rings For Whom(1943).
In the film, Gary Cooper (1901-1961), played by Robert Jordan, is deeply affectionate under the cold appearance, and Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) is tender and charming, and the two are acting together.
The film nominated Maria, played by Ingrid Bergman, for the first time for the U.S. Academy Award for Best Actress and her first color film to star in Hollywood.
Especially in the last life and death parting, Ingrid Bergman endured the pain of leaving Robert Jordan and Pilar to transfer, acting tear-jerking. It was one of Ingrid Bergman's most successful films of the 1940s.
Stills from the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman
Battlefield Bells is one of Hemingway's most widely circulated novels in the United States, touching generations with its deep humanitarian power. Robert Jordan, an American young man who teaches Spanish at university, has a deep affection for Spain. He volunteered for the Spanish government army and carried out demolition activities behind enemy lines.
In order to cooperate with the counter-offensive, he was ordered to contact the local guerrillas and complete the task of blowing up the bridge. He enlisted the support of Pablo,Pablo, the wife of the guerrilla leader, and other members of the team, isolated Pablo, who had lost his fighting spirit, and arranged the specific tasks of each person step by step. In the midst of the raging war, he fell in love with Maria, a little girl who had been spoiled by the enemy, which was taken in by Bilal, thus erasing the trauma of Maria's heart.
Marlene Dietrich and Ernest Hemingway returned to the United States from Europe
During these three days, Robert Jordan experienced the conflict of love and duty and the test of life and death, and humanity was constantly sublimated. The man who blew up the bridge, but he himself was blown off by a cannonball, left alone to block the enemy, and finally sacrificed his young life for the Spanish people.
In 1939, Ingrid Bergman responded to the famous producer David Bergman. Invited by O. Selznick David O. Selznick (1902–1965), she traveled to Hollywood with her husband Peter Lindstrom and her daughter to shoot the English-language film Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939), in which Ingrid Bergman played a female pianist who was trapped by love and eventually chose to sacrifice herself.
Promotional photo for the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), by Gary Cooper
Successful acting skills made Ingrid Bergman famous in Hollywood, and Hollywood also intended to support her as "Greta Garbo (1905-1990) Second", followed by Ingrid Bergman's performance of Dr. Dr. Ingrid. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Casablanca/North African Spy Casablanca (1942), Battlefield Bells (1943) and other films.
Directed by Sam Wood (1883–1949) and starring Ingrid Bergman and Jallie Cooper, Battlefield Bells was not criticized by the original author, Hemingway, and this time, he remained silent.
Ever since Jallie Cooper first played a young soldier in Farewell to Arms (1932), he and writer Hemingway have become friends. Hemingway believes that only Jaly Cooper deserves to play Robert Jordan, an American university professor who falls in love with Maria in Battlefield Bells.
Ingrid Bergman did not hesitate to cut off a hair, and under the careful design of the professional designers found by the film company, in the film, Ingrid Bergman's extremely short hair immediately became popular all over the world.
At this time, Ingrid Bergman was already an idol in the hearts of women all over the United States, and she almost influenced women's dress preferences and dresses.
Battlefield Bells is a classic color blockbuster filming wartime adventure and love. The romantic love between the protagonist, Robert Jordan, and Maria, who was raped by a fascist mob, leaves only seeds. Three days and three nights of eternity. The plot twists and turns, the characters are rich in personality, the narrative is old, and the intriguing is intriguing.
Stills from the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Ingrid Bergman and Jaly Cooper Gary Cooper
In the film, Maria's unstoppable youth and disgusting mood played by Ingrid Bergman are particularly empathetic, and the image of the battle-hardened and righteous heroine of the wife of the scattered warrior leader is also impressive.
In the meantime, the hero Robert Jordan supports the Spanish Republic on the grounds that "men fight for their faith".
Hollywood Paramount also trumpeted the adaptation, boasting that it would be the most spectacular blockbuster after Gone with the Wind (1939).
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) location: Left to right: Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman, director Sam Wood, Katina Paxinou katina Paxinou and Jaly Cooper
Paramount Pictures spent three years, with more than 30,000 fans voting for the cast, countless famous actors who auditioned in the company's audition room, and finally, according to the wishes of the writer Hemingway himself, By Jelli Cooper and Ingrid Bergman (who contributed $150,000 from producer David C. Lee). O. Selznick borrowed from his hand) as Robert Jordan and Maria, respectively.
The company also hired Dudley Nichols (1895-1960), One of Hollywood's most famous screenwriters, to take charge of the adaptation.
In 1941, paramount began to prepare the film War Bells, an adaptation of Ernst Hemingway's classic work, and Hemingway suggested that the actors and actresses he thought best matched the image of the work should be: Jaly Cooper and Ingrid Bergman.
Promotional photo for the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman
Paramount's upper echelons certainly admit that these two hot stars are unparalleled in both acting skills and box office appeal, but neither of them is a signed artist of Paramount. This meant that Paramount had to spend a lot of money to "lend" them out. This will increase the cost of the film significantly.
After weighing it up, Paramount spent a lot of money to lend Jallie Cooper from MGM, but abandoned Ingrid Bergman. Because Paramount contracted the famous ballet dancer Vera Zorina (1917-2003), the company decided that Vera Zorina was perfectly qualified for the role of Maria.
The news of the abandonment came, so ingrid Bergman was not disappointed, so he had to devote himself to the shooting of another film, Casablanca.
On the left is Vera Zorina's life photo, and on the right is Vera Zorina's styling photo of whom the Bell Tolls (1943) in the movie Battlefield Bells/Death Knell Rings For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943).
Paramount, on the other hand, also started filming Battlefield Bells, but before they could recover from the joy of saving Ingrid Bergman $150,000, they realized what a stupid mistake they had made.
At that time, Ingrid Bergman was deeply sorry for not getting the opportunity to play Maria. She was anxious and frustrated. She thought she could follow David. O. Selznick made films, but since January 1940 when he telegraphed Ingrid Bergman that he was going to make a film about Joan of Arc, he delayed and changed his plans several times in a row, but it was never made.
It was the hardest time in Ingrid Bergman's life. At the end of August 1941, she was still smug and the film company competed for her to make a film.
Ingrid Bergman's image in the film Casablanca/North African Spy Casablanca (1942).
By the spring of 1942, she was depressed and depressed all day. She thought she would be the most beautiful housewife in Rochester, and her golden age in the film and theater world was over.
Kay Brown went to Hollywood and came back saying that people there hadn't forgotten her but had excluded her from the top 5 stars. Ingrid Bergman didn't care what kind of actor people put her in, she just wanted to make a scene. At this time she read many scripts, scripts, novels, manuscripts, etc. in Swedish, English and German.
When Ingrid Bergman was filming "Casablanca", she began to hear news from the outside scenic spot that the shooting of "Battlefield Bells" was not good.
Poster for the Japanese version of the movie Battlefield Bells/For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943).
Maria, the heroine of "War Bells", is a young girl who hides in the mountains after being raped by fascists and later joins the guerrillas. The battle between the guerrillas and the invaders is tough and brutal, and the heroine has to run back and forth in the mountains like a wild animal.
The trouble is that Vera Zolina is also a ballet dancer who values her legs and feet very seriously, so she is always careful when shooting. Paramount saw this problem clearly when it looked at the first samples taken on the mountain.
They decided that Vera Zolina would not make this film. They brought her out of the production crew for War Bells and asked her to make another film.
Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman modeled the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) for the film Battlefield Bells/Death Knell Rings in the studio
They now fully understand the gap between female stars and great actresses, so they make a decisive decision: abandon Vera Zorina, wait for Ingrid Bergman to finish filming "Casablanca", immediately recruit the crew, and start over.
Ingrid Bergman was going to return to Rochester after filming Casablanca and return home to reunite with her husband and daughter.
From David Suddenly, news came from O. Selznick's office: Paramount asked Ingrid Bergman to audition. They don't want to try her acting skills, and they know it all. They were going to ask her if she would like to cut her hair short and see the head shape after her hair was cut short. Ingrid Bergman said that if she was asked to play Maria, she would cut off her head.
Ingrid Bergman's image in the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) in the film Battlefield Bells/Death Knell Rings
"Casablanca" had just stopped, and the next day Ingrid Bergman went to audition. They didn't cut her hair short, they just pulled her hair back and pinned it back with a hairpin.
Director Sam Wood was scheduled to review the test footage on Sunday and immediately called Ingrid Bergman to give her her opinion. Ingrid Bergman will never forget that day. She waited by the telephone all day, not thinking about eating or drinking.
She stared intently at the telephone as if it were a snake about to devour people. The phone rang suddenly. She hurriedly picked up the handset, and it turned out to be a call from her husband, Peter Lindstrom, from the city of Rochester. "Is there any news?" The result? She said, calling him when there was good news.
Stills poster for the movie For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943).
She put down the microphone and kept staring at the telephone with her eyes straight up until midnight. Director Sam Wood didn't call. Ingrid Bergman could only conclude that he was not satisfied with the test shots, and he had difficulty speaking, so he did not call her.
The next day, while she was filming stills from Casablanca at Warner's studio, someone came up and said, "Ingrid, please answer the phone." Ingrid Bergman walked over and pressed her ear to the earpiece. Ah, it's David! David S. O. Selznick's high-pitched voice made a deep voice: "Ingrid, please play Maria!" ”
Ingrid Bergman finishes david O. Selznick's phone, turned and left. Warner's directors readily agreed that she would immediately set off for the mountains to shoot films.
Stills from the movie For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943).
She drove to Mount Nevada, 450 kilometers away, passing Through Rowling Kemp and Poker Flatt in California, where the "gold rush" had occurred.
Her car sped through the small town of Sonora, across Sonora Mountain Road, to the location of the shooting location. There are several wooden houses that have been specially built. As soon as she got out of the car, she looked around with a somewhat dazed look, and the wonderful scenery could be seen. This location for filming locations is simply God-arranged.
After a while, Ingrid Bergman saw a burly and handsome man coming toward her from the mountain. He glanced at Ingrid Bergman, and Ingrid Bergman glanced at him, and Ingrid Bergman's cheeks instantly turned red. He's Jaly Cooper.
On the set of the movie For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943): Jarry Cooper does styling retouching; Ingrid Bergman reads the script
He greeted Ingrid Bergman first: "Hey, is Maria coming?" Ingrid Bergman's face turned red again.
He added, "We'd better go with Sam Wood." After finding Sam Wood, they sent Ingrid Bergman to the cabin where she and Ruth Roberts had been accommodated.
Sam Wood pointed his hand out the door, and she saw a tall rubber man standing there, it turned out that they used the rubber man as the "soldier" who had been killed on the battlefield, and the "soldier" still had a card hanging around his neck that read: "Welcome Maria!" After a while, Ingrid Bergman walked out of the house with the script in hand, and Jaly Cooper came to him. He hasn't gotten the script yet.
Leaning on the station wagon, he looked condescendingly at Ingrid Bergman and said:
"Hey, do you want to practice our dialogue first?" She felt that there were not many people who looked at her with such eyes in Hollywood. She said, "Okay! Ruth Roberts is coming soon. Let's practice together, shall we? ”
As he spoke, he practiced dialogue. Ingrid Bergman also thought that Jelli Cooper was making small talk with her, because his voice was exactly the same as when he was talking, and he did not pose as an actor. Ingrid Bergman repeatedly said to him, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" I don't understand what you're saying. He said, with a somewhat reproachful tone, "I'm practicing dialogue, that's dialogue." Ingrid Bergman's face instantly turned red: "Oh, it's white. ”
Stills from the movie For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), from left to right: Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman, Katina Paxinou and Jaly Cooper
No matter who Jaly Cooper rehearses with, it makes people feel relaxed and relaxed, and there is no sense of acting. He wasn't rehearsing a play, and there was no special expression on his face, or he was talking with his eyes. He just smiled faintly, and there was no obvious depression in his speech. How can this be? Ingrid Bergman was puzzled.
After they finished filming, she was still nagging repeatedly: "Is this a rehearsal?" He wasn't acting at all. Later, she watched the demo, and The on-screen Jaly Cooper had a strong personality and was very infectious. The expressions on the eyes and face are delicate and subtle.
You can only see it all on the screen. Ingrid Bergman thought he was truly outstanding. She had never worked with an actor whose performances were so subtle, delicate, natural and contagious.
Ingrid Bergman was very fond of the character of Maria. From the time she planned to play this role, she worked very hard to play this role well. The writer Hemingway's profound description of this girl in the novel, she understands.
For several days in a row, she was alone in the house figuring out how to play this character. She sat on the set, staring at Jalai Cooper with a smile in her eyes, speculating about Maria's affection for him.
The collaboration was a great pleasure, with Jallie Cooper once saying, "Miss Ingrid Bergman is one of the best actresses to work with. She never treats herself alone, and she doesn't look left and right, but makes me wait for a long time. She paid no attention to small sections such as hairstyles, and was always so calm and generous. ”
In 1942, they spent a beautiful summer in the sierra Nevada mountains. It took more than two months to shoot the location. During the filming, everyone got along harmoniously and worked together happily.
Although Casablanca and The Bells of the Battlefield were made as companion pieces, the release of the two films and the publication of the relevant film reviews were 9 months apart. "Casablanca" was a success for the first time, and every film review was full of praise. "Casablanca" has been very popular since its release, and its box office value is extremely high.
In order to satisfy Hemingway, Paramount worked hard to make the heroine's hairstyle conform to the author's meticulous description in the book, specially invited seven experts to transform Ingrid Bergman's hair, and created the "Maria hairstyle" that was popular in the United States and even became the standard hairstyle for women around the world in wartime (there is another order about Ingrid Bergman's hairstyle.
When the classic scene of Dooley Wilson playing the song "Time Flow" in the film "Casablanca" was screened, Warner's decision-makers had planned to delete it, but this scene could not be remade because Ingrid Bergman cut her hair in the film "War Bells", which made this classic passage famous in film history).
When the newspaper published the first critical article of "War Bells", David M. O. Selznick telegraphed Ingrid Bergman: "Dearest Protected Person: The critics have said more than I have said over the years. Believe you can imagine, I feel happy and proud. In fact, they still haven't kept up with my predictions. On Sunday night, I said to 25 people: By the end of this year you will always be hailed as an outstanding actress like never before..."
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Jaly Cooper pulled Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman and friend Clark Gable Gable to ski together
Hemingway's attitude toward the film is clear. After he returned from China, Ingrid Bergman saw him once and asked hopefully, "Have you watched the movie War Bells?" ”
Hemingway said: "Looked at it, watched it 5 times. ”
Ingrid Bergman was delighted to hear this and said, "Ah, 5 times!" You love it! ”
"No, I don't like it. I went in and looked at it for 5 minutes and couldn't look at it and walked out. They deleted all the best scenes in my novel, for no reason. After a while I went in again, because I felt compelled to finish the whole movie. I watched for a moment and walked out again. In this way, I went in and out a total of 5 times before I finished watching this movie. ”
At the premiere of the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), emcee Walter Abel (left) and Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman
After the release of "Battlefield Bells", it caused a huge response. Maria on the screen is a legendary character, a character loved by everyone. Although David M. O. Selznick said this in a telegram, but the film critics disagreed.
According to the New York Herald Tribune, "The film is an excellent adaptation of a literary masterpiece, surpassing the original." And Kate Cameron said in the Daily News: "There are many beautiful, moving, and extremely interesting scenes in the film... Unfortunately, the whole film is too lengthy, not 'fascinating', but 'like chewing wax'. ”
Time magazine made a summative comment: "Despite someone fiddling with a rope or covering the bell with a cloth, the 27-year-old Swedish woman bravely rang the bell." Never since her compatriot, the famous Greta Garbo, had captured the souls of people half the world, people had never heard such a sonorous and powerful bell. ”
Ingrid Bergman had her own assessment of War Bells in her diary: "It was the first color film I made. We shot for 12 weeks in the mountains and then back in the studio for 12 weeks. This is a huge film in a film shot by Paramount, which cost a huge amount of 3 million. I personally appreciate the film, especially Jallie Cooper's excellent acting skills. The shortcoming of the film is that my happy mood actually shows it on the screen. I was so happy that I could not faithfully express the image of the tragic character of the young girl Maria. ”
There are currently three versions of the movie Battlefield Bells: a 170-minute theatrical version, a 134-minute re-release version, and a 168-minute restoration, with the prevailing version being a restored version.
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) for the film Battlefield Bells/Death Knell Rings (1943) is a German Blu-ray edition of the cover
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