Evening star., 1947-10-12
HOLLYWOOD.

grid Bergman, of course.
It's a real pleasure to visit her
on the set of "Joan"-this was
originally Joan of Lorraine" then
Joan Of Arc"-now Joan" But no
matter what they cali tits still
Ingrid.
There is no one quite like her in
Hollywood and there never has been
since I came here IL years ago. At
that time Norma Shearer was the
reigning queen. Then Bette Davis.
Then Greer Carson. But with Ingrid
it's the same sort of homage that
I am sure Sarah Bernhardt re-
ceived all her life.
It's the first day of shooting and
flowers flood the stage. So do visitors
Clark Gable comes over to say Good
luck" to Ingrid and hello" to Direc-
tor Victor Fleming-the man who
directed Clark in his best movie,
"Gone With The Wind" Producer
Walter Wanger arrives to say a
prayer for his $4,5O0,000 produc-
ton. But Ingrid. the star of stars,
wears a sackcloth skirt, a shapeless
blouse, kerchief binding her hair,
and no makeup at all except little
powder to tone down the tan she
acquired in the summer.
"It's like a dream" Ingrid tells
me. For at least 10 years I've
wanted to play Joan Of Arc on the
screen; now I'm doing it,
No Romance.
The dream will become a weary
chore by the time Ingrid is through.
There are four months of shooting
schedule, and Ingrid has to work in
every scene except one! She will
nave to carry the entire production
because she is the films only star
with the exception of Jose Ferrer,
star of the New York stage, who
plays the Dauphin.
There is no romance for me in
the movie" says Ingrid. Were fol-
lowing the exact life of Joan, the
way her story was written in the
18th century,
The movie "Joan" has only one
thing in common with the stage
Joan of Lorraine" in which Ingrid
recently starred on Broadway-they
we're both authored by Maxwell
Anderson. The stage version was
play within play. The movie
story tells the life of Joan from the
age of II until she was burned at
the stake when she was 49, Ingrid
is really going to burn-they say
with the most realistic fire ever
built on a sound stage.
No Competition.
"You know every one was going
to do Joan of Arc picture Ingrid
tells me. But now only we are. Poor
Michele Morgan is so disappointed
her script was all ready for her in
France. But her producer decided
to drop the movie-because we're
making it. Also David Selznick was
going to do Joan with Jennifer
Jones. He's dropped the idea. And
Gabriel Pascal has postponed his
st. Joan for two years because he
didn't want to conflict with U.s."
WED welcome the competition,
Director Victor Fleming interrupts
But we kind of saw Joan first,
grins Ingrid. I'm glad the others
have backed out" There's only one
very minor Joan production still
going on-Vallis appearance as the
Maid of Orleans in the movie within
the movie in Miracle of the Bells
agree with Ingrid's director who
wonders aloud why they had tC
choose Joan of Arc for Valli for
the brief scene, when every one knew
that Ingrid was planning to play her
I'm the battle scenes / wilL OF
course, cut my hair short again,
says Ingrid, who started new Joan
of Arc bob during her six months
on the stage For the movie it will
be just a bit more glamorous-a
fraction longer and more behind the
ears. But except for Ingrid's suit
of armor-precision-tooled by New
York jeweler the costumes o1
every one in the movie, except those
worn by the English court, will be
very drab. In the 18th century
the French court was nearly bank
rupt.
There was rumor that Ingrid's
8-year-old daughter. Pia, had role
the movie with her famous mamma
But Ingrid shakes her head emphat-
ically when question her. 1T might
spoil her." she says, "and, even il
it didn't, it would be too exciting fol
her and she'd find it hard to 60 back
to her ordinary life"
Ingrid's husband, DR.. Peter Lind