I hope I don't get to much flack for opening this thread but in looking at other threads about this movie I did not see mention of what I wanted to know. I had been reading a lot of reviews here about Casablanca so I got it from Netflix. I do agree that this movie was fantastic, but my question is, am I the only one who while watching this movie and even after just could not stop thinking about just how beautiful Ingrid Bergman looked? I must have said it a few times out loud while watching with the wife. When it was over, my wife looked at me with "that was an all right movie" look and the only thing I could say was "I could not take my eyes off of her”.

Amazing movie, very beautiful woman. Very beautiful. HD-DVD really shines with this release.

+1 same here. Not the sexy way in any modern terms. Just a classic beauty. Said the same thing in the Best looking woman in HD thread a while back. Alot of the best looking women in that thread is what would be considered as sexy today, but what the perception of what is good looking changes over time and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca looks great still today just like Rita Hayworth ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth ) in her prime still looks hot today.

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5208/1058572601izhayworthht8.jpg

While I do believe there are some smoking women around in movies today, there is just something about the women from Hollywood of years ago. I really enjoy watching that type of beautiful women from that era of film.

I agree.

She wore very little makeup and had her hair brushed out between takes. This alone means she didn't have the "'40s look" which is so dating.

One gorgeous dame!:D

One year later she was in "For Whom the Bell tolls" with Gary Cooper, she looked even hotter in that movie. She may be the best of the 40s, I'd have to think. Add Linda Darnell and this girl Gene Tierney to my 40s list:

http://mysite.verizon.net/res0qaye/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/genetierney009.jpg

Ok of the 50s, I'd put Marylin Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner and these two ladies:

Sohoia Loren
http://chim.eastmanhouse.org/exhibit/61.jpg

Gina Lollabrigida
http://chim.eastmanhouse.org/exhibit/70.jpg

I just looked on Netflix for "For Whom the Bell tolls" in HD but did not see it in that format. Hopefully it may be released in HD at some time.

I hope I don't get to much flack for opening this thread...Honestly the reason I'm here is because this movie just gets better & better with repeat viewings. I even watched it once w/Ebert's commentary switched-on. Can't get enough of it.

I did have a crush on IB many years ago--if you can do it without arousing (more?) suspicions in your wife, run-don't-walk to rent Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. She was a real heartbreaker in that one...

p.s. now I'm hearing that song "You should see me dance the polka, you should see me cover the ground, la-la-luh-la-luh-la-luh-la". Oh, I think Tracy's in that one too! ;)

From 50's

Grace Kelly (http://www.gracekellyonline.com/media/photographs/)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9979/imgracekellyxm1.jpg

And Ingrid screen cap from Casablanca HD DVD

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1847/capture26022007145830gr3.jpg

Part of Ingrid Bergman's appeal is her prodigious acting talent. And it's that acting ability that lets the audience in, makes her accessible, readable, and compelling; it gives her beauty accessibility. In contrast, consider someone like Cindy Crawford or Hedy Lamarr: photogenic beauties, without question, but nothing going on in the acting department, and so, in my opinion, not compelling on a movie screen (or in a Charlie commercial :) ).

P. S. If you haven't seen Notorious, you have a Bergman feast awaiting you. Not on HD, but the Criterion SDDVD isn't bad at all.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Yum. :D

She's ok looking. Nothing really stands out to me about her.

:eek:

She's ok looking. Nothing really stands out to me about her.

WHAT?

:confused::mad::rolleyes::(:p

So who you would say really stands out?

am I the only one who while watching this movie and even after just could not stop thinking about just how beautiful Ingrid Bergman looked?
I was like that after seeing Casablanca for the first time, shes gorgeous. Being 21, I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority of my age group who finds Bergman (acting and beauty) much more appealing than any current actress. I also have a crush on Louise Brooks :o Wish criterion would release Pandora's Box in HD...

There is nothing wrong with V1001's comment. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and in my eye there’s a whole lot of beauty to behold in her :)

WHAT?

:confused::mad::rolleyes::(:p

So who you would say really stands out?

Lindsay Lohan...? The Olsens...?


;)


Ingrid is classically beautiful. A rare thing to see nowadays. Look at any current "HOT" actress say on the cover of EW for comparison's sake. I am also quite fond of Grace Kelly and Donna Reed in "IAWL"

Donna Reed in 'From Here to Eternity' too.

While I do believe there are some smoking women around in movies today, there is just something about the women from Hollywood of years ago. I really enjoy watching that type of beautiful women from that era of film.

x2

I'll check out TCM every once in a while, and there is definitely something those women had that seems to be missing nowadays. A purity and authenticity, maybe.

The beauty of Ingrid Bergman still melts my heart every time I watch Casablanca, and luckily my wife loves the movie as well!

Part of Ingrid Bergman's appeal is her prodigious acting talent. And it's that acting ability that lets the audience in, makes her accessible, readable, and compelling; it gives her beauty accessibility. In contrast, consider someone like Cindy Crawford or Hedy Lamarr: photogenic beauties, without question, but nothing going on in the acting department, and so, in my opinion, not compelling on a movie screen (or in a Charlie commercial :) ).

I've never found Cindy Crawford attractive or beautiful. But Ingrid Bergman and some of her contemporaries cited already...yum. I think that part of her appeal was that she also exuded innocence. Most of the actresses these days, well, it sure isn't innocence they are exuding...

- Derek