<i>Intermezzo</i> (1939 film)

Intermezzo (1939 film)

<p><i><b>Intermezzo</b></i> (also called <i><b>Intermezzo: A Love Story</b></i>) is a 1939 American <a href="/en/Romantic_film" title="Romantic film" class="mw-redirect wl">romantic film</a> remake of a <a href="/en/Intermezzo_(1936_film)" title="Intermezzo (1936 film)" class="wl">1936 Swedish film</a> of the same title. It stars <a href="/en/Leslie_Howard" title="Leslie Howard" class="wl">Leslie Howard</a> as a married virtuoso violinist who falls in love with his accompanist, played by <a href="/en/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman" class="wl">Ingrid Bergman</a> in her Hollywood debut. The film was directed by <a href="/en/Gregory_Ratoff" title="Gregory Ratoff" class="wl">Gregory Ratoff</a> and produced by <a href="/en/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick" class="wl">David O. Selznick</a>. It features multiple orchestrations of Heinz Provost's title piece, which won a contest associated with the original film's production. The screenplay by George O'Neil was based on that of the original film by <a href="/en/Gösta_Stevens" title="Gösta Stevens" class="wl">Gösta Stevens</a> and <a href="/en/Gustaf_Molander" title="Gustaf Molander" class="wl">Gustaf Molander</a>. It was produced by <a href="/en/Selznick_International_Pictures" title="Selznick International Pictures" class="wl">Selznick International Pictures</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/en/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" class="wl"><span>citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">1939 film by Gregory Ratoff</div>
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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Intermezzo, Directed by, Screenplay by, Story...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Intermezzo</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:Intermezzo_Poster_-_Argentina.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Intermezzo: A Love Story" data-hash="File:Intermezzo_Poster_-_Argentina.jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Intermezzo: A Love Story" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Intermezzo_Poster_-_Argentina.jpg/220px-Intermezzo_Poster_-_Argentina.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="382" data-file-type="bitmap" height="323" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Intermezzo_Poster_-_Argentina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Intermezzo_Poster_-_Argentina.jpg 2x"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">1945 Argentine film poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Gregory_Ratoff" title="Gregory Ratoff" class="wl">Gregory Ratoff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/George_O'Neil" title="George O'Neil" class="wl">George O'Neil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Story by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Gösta_Stevens" title="Gösta Stevens" class="wl">Gösta Stevens</a><br><a href="/en/Gustaf_Molander" title="Gustaf Molander" class="wl">Gustaf Molander</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick" class="wl">David O. Selznick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Leslie_Howard" title="Leslie Howard" class="wl">Leslie Howard</a><br><a href="/en/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman" class="wl">Ingrid Bergman</a><br><a href="/en/Edna_Best" title="Edna Best" class="wl">Edna Best</a><br><a href="/en/John_Halliday_(actor)" title="John Halliday (actor)" class="wl">John Halliday</a><br><a href="/en/Cecil_Kellaway" title="Cecil Kellaway" class="wl">Cecil Kellaway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Gregg_Toland" title="Gregg Toland" class="wl">Gregg Toland</a><br><a href="/en/Harry_Stradling" title="Harry Stradling" class="wl">Harry Stradling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Francis_D._Lyon" title="Francis D. Lyon" class="wl">Francis D. Lyon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Max_Steiner" title="Max Steiner" class="wl">Max Steiner</a><br><span class="new">Heinz Provost</span><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal; "><span>&nbsp;</span>[<a href="/sv/Heinz%20Provost" title="sv:Heinz Provost" class="extiw wl">sv</a>]</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br>company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/en/Selznick_International_Pictures" title="Selznick International Pictures" class="wl">Selznick International Pictures</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/United_Artists" title="United Artists" class="wl">United Artists</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>September<span>&nbsp;</span>22,<span>&nbsp;</span>1939<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1939-09-22</span>)</span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">70 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>The <a href="/en/Film_score" title="Film score" class="wl">score</a> by <a href="/en/Lou_Forbes" title="Lou Forbes" class="wl">Lou Forbes</a> was nominated for an <a href="/en/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards" class="wl">Academy Award</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-cinemasight.com_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-cinemasight.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> and music credit was given to <a href="/en/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett" class="wl">Robert Russell Bennett</a>, <a href="/en/Max_Steiner" title="Max Steiner" class="wl">Max Steiner</a>, <span class="new">Heinz Provost</span> and <a href="/en/Christian_Sinding" title="Christian Sinding" class="wl">Christian Sinding</a>. The cinematography by <a href="/en/Gregg_Toland" title="Gregg Toland" class="wl">Gregg Toland</a>, who replaced <a href="/en/Harry_Stradling" title="Harry Stradling" class="wl">Harry Stradling</a>, was also nominated.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-cinemasight.com_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-cinemasight.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>



Intermezzo is a 1939 American romantic film remake of a 1936 Swedish film of the same title. It stars Leslie Howard as a married virtuoso violinist who falls in love with his accompanist, played by Ingrid Bergman in her Hollywood debut. The film was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by David O. Selznick. It features multiple orchestrations of Heinz Provost's title piece, which won a contest associated with the original film's production. The screenplay by George O'Neil was based on that of the original film by Gösta Stevens and Gustaf Molander. It was produced by Selznick International Pictures. The score by Lou Forbes was nominated for an Academy Award, 