I almost didn't watch this, because I didn't care for Edna Ferber's novel, but since I like both Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper (and I didn't like the book "Showboat" or "Cimarron" either but loved both the movies) I decided to check it out, and I'm glad I did.
Bergman plays Clio Dulaine, who's determined to take 19thc New Orleans society by storm, after she and her mother were rejected by her father's aristocratic family, who refused permission for the couple to marry, leading to her father's death.
Her plan is to marry a wealthy society man and make a proper name for herself among the social elite. There's no place in her plans for Texas gambler Clint Maroon, no matter what her heart tries to tell her!
There's a lot more to this story than historical romance and you really feel the atmosphere of both New Orleans and Saratoga in the late 19thc.
Don't miss this one.
Bergman plays Clio Dulaine, who's determined to take 19thc New Orleans society by storm, after she and her mother were rejected by her father's aristocratic family, who refused permission for the couple to marry, leading to her father's death.
Her plan is to marry a wealthy society man and make a proper name for herself among the social elite. There's no place in her plans for Texas gambler Clint Maroon, no matter what her heart tries to tell her!
There's a lot more to this story than historical romance and you really feel the atmosphere of both New Orleans and Saratoga in the late 19thc.
Don't miss this one.