Leslie Howard and Ingrid Bergman in Intermezzo (1939)

[@wakefieldyorkshire]

So, Ingrid not only spoke five languages fluently, plus being a brilliant actress; she was also an accomplished pianist. Yes, it was a dummy piano, but you could see her hand movements were perfectly in time with the piece being played. What a beautiful, talented down to earth lady.

[@francescademarco6968]

Bella brava

[@rsrswamy2916]

Thank you. This was ingrid first film in hoĺywood. Brilliant acting.

[@chrissiedavis6538]

fantastic Duo--I loved them both.

[@gorogorotodoro]

Ingrid Bergman actually looks like she’s a pianist

[@soundtrackoflife4957]

She was a pianist! She actually played this melody and her hands are showing the actual strokes. No one substituted her to make this scene.

[@keithmoon3190]

Fun fact: The film has a 100% on rotten tomatoes due to the fact Ingrid gave a good performance on her Hollywood debut.

[@violaherschbach1084]

thank you so much for this scene! I love this film and especially this scene with this song here!!! I`ve been looking for this video so long, and now I`ve got it, finally. yours, Viola

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

As a TwoSet fan, the sight of that violin playing is almost orgasmically good. I'm pretty sure he's actually playing.

[@jockellis]

‘Fraid not. But the guy who taught him how to stand and hold the fiddle looked much like him, I read. You notice that when the note is played with vibrato, his hand isn’t rocking back and forth.

[@kangmaru8199]

No its dub

[@ellenfreilich457]

The actual violinist was Toscha Seidel. According to the Wikipedia article about him, he was born in Odessa on November 17, 1899. A student of Leopold Auer in St. Petersburg, Seidel became known for a lush, romantic tone and unique and free rubato. In the 1930s he emigrated to the United States, making his way to Hollywood where he made a career in the studios of motion pictures. He was featured (as soloist) in several Hollywood productions, including the movies Intermezzo, Melody for Three, and even The Wizard of Oz.[1] He was also an avid chess player (like Mischa Elman). In 1934 Seidel gave violin instruction to Albert Einstein, and received a sketch in return, reportedly diagramming length contraction of his theory of relativity.[2][3] Seidel performed on violins by Antonio Stradivari "Da Vinci" 1712 (now known as the Ex-Seidel), Giovanni Battista Guadagnini 1786 (now known as the Ex-Seidel), as well as copy of the "Alard Stradivari" by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume 1860. He died on November 15, 1962. Wikipedia offers a quote from Harold C. Schonberg, chief music critic of the New York Times from 1960 - 1980: "The boy (Jascha Heifetz) was one of those in a group of young Jewish violinists who later startled the world. The others would include Mischa Elman, Tosha Seidel, Efrem Zimbalist and Nathan Milstein." -New York Times by Harold Schonberg, Published: December 12, 1987

[@ellenfreilich457]

@@jockellis Was the person who taught him how to stand and hold the violin the violinist who actually played the music? Because this is a photo of that violinist: Toscha Seidel

[@jockellis]

@@ellenfreilich457 I’ve got a book by Auer about teaching violin.

[@papagen00]

Leslie Howard demanded producer David O. Selznick to make "Intermezzo" first before he would do "Gone With the Wind" which he hated.

[@MariaGraziaFels]

Great!

[@irashell9540]

fabulous

[@sidneyfrederickson3941]

I spy a Capehart 500 Radio/High Fidelity unit! It's the large dark cabinet against the wall with a violin case on top.

[@usuariobena20]

eres un encanto

[@amyclarke41]

Good pretend playing 😆

[@soundtrackoflife4957]

Ingrid Bergman was actually playing the piano. Leslie Howard needed help, but Ingrid was a pianist.

[@eriscarmodossantosdefranca5528]

No. Leslie Howard did not play the violin. There was e stunt. Nevertheless, he was an excelent actor, well accomplished...loved him so much!

[@oriettaperin6352]

Sono film indimenticabili

[@szigma64]

Kedvencem !!!

[@lovejazz42]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@philnewton3096]

And it looked like LH fdidling -One of the best co-ors of fingers if it wasnt!

[@sangreyagua1871]

Bravo 🎉 1:01

[@Charlie-hl7jr]

What’s the name of the song that Ingrid is playing on the piano?

[@huqiao]

Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in a minor, opus 16.

[@Charlie-hl7jr]

@@huqiao Thank you very much!

[@__-us6tz]

Was Ingrid Bergman a musician?

[@mythandmighty]

She actually is a pretty good pianist.

[@ashleyp2608]

THIS.

[@rosemaryross2100]

what is the song called they are playing together?

[@JessY_8]

not a song but its Grieg's piano concerto 1st mov

[@raymondthielens]

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[@soundtrackoflife4957]

Piano Concerto in A op 16 ;)

[@kangmaru8199]

Too bangy

[@boo371]

7 yr itch

[@corettasimolovemonk2325]

Alicia Keys

[@Marcel_Audubon]

88 keys

[@jlolival3497]

?POR QUE MUESTRAN SOLO PELICULAS DE MALA CALIDAD???

[@shelovezcandy2852]

Everybody looks so nicely dressed in this. There is a detailed account of Leslie Howard's life, work and demise in this book - LESLIE HOWARD: ACTOR. WRITER, SOLDIER. SPY?

[@datfacenigga]

what this nigga bubbling about