An original 10x8" vintage photo from a large collection of vintage celebrity photos that we acquired from the estate of a collector. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery.

Photo Overview

Ingrid Bergman rests contentedly in the arms of Leslie Howard during an outdoor embrace filmed for the 1939 Hollywood production “Intermezzo: A Love Story.” The crisp studio portrait captures the two stars framed by gnarled tree branches on a mist-shrouded hillside set, highlighting Bergman’s luminous profile and Howard’s distinguished features in a quiet moment between takes.

“Intermezzo” marked Bergman’s American film debut and catapulted her to international stardom; the movie’s success opened doors that soon led to “Casablanca.” Leslie Howard, already famed for “Gone With the Wind,” would die just four years later when his civilian aircraft was shot down in 1943, adding poignancy to images of the pair together. Secure this classic Golden-Age still now before it disappears into another private collection.

Text Present

Back center pencil: “Ingrid Bergman”
Back center pencil: “Leslie Howard”
Back top right pencil: “N”
Back bottom left pencil: “8”

Print analysis: Glossy, fiber-based photographic paper with no studio stamp or typed snipe suggests a darkroom print struck from the original negative several years after 1939, probably for archive or collector use in the 1950s. This fits the definition of a Type 2 print.

Condition: In good to excellent vintage condition. Please see scans of the image we have provided for the most accurate and complete state of the photo.