In the 1940s, Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman became one of Hollywood's brightest stars. Whether acting the role of saint or sinner, Bergman found in her characters the extremes of her own devoted and passionate nature. When she fell in love with Italian director Roberto Rossellini, she fell from grace and American authorities branded her "an apostle of degradation". Today twelve collectors cards of two her best roles - as 'sinner' Alicia in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946) and as Jeanne d'Arc in Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948). And was Bergman herself a sinner or a saint? Neither, she was a modern Swedish woman and a terrific actress.
![Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946).
![Ingrid Bergman and Louis Calhern in Notorious (1946)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Louis Calhern (moustache).
![Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Cary Grant.
![Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and Leopoldine Konstantin in Notorious (1946)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Claude Rains and Leopoldine Konstantin.
![Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Claude Rains.
![Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Cary Grant.
![Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)]()
German collectors card, no. 6. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
![Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)]()
German collectors card, no. 18. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
![Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
![Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
![Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)]()
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
![Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)]()
German collectors card, no. 15. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
This is a post for Postcard Friendship Friday, hosted by Beth at the The Best Hearts are Crunchy. You can visit her by clicking on the button below.
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German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946).
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Louis Calhern (moustache).
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Cary Grant.
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Claude Rains and Leopoldine Konstantin.
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Claude Rains.
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) with Cary Grant.
German collectors card, no. 6. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
German collectors card, no. 18. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
German collectors card. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
German collectors card, no. 15. Photo: RKO Radio Film. Publicity still for Joan of Arc (Victor Fleming, 1948).
This is a post for Postcard Friendship Friday, hosted by Beth at the The Best Hearts are Crunchy. You can visit her by clicking on the button below.
