Ingrid Bergman

Warner Baxter

Susan Hayward

Fay Wray

Richard Denning

Johnny Downs

Robert Shaw

Charles Lind

Billy Ray

Steven Muller

Wallace Chadwell

Bobby Walberg

Helen Westley

June Lockhart

Pietro Sosso

Clarence Muse

Renie Riano

Gregory Ratoff

William Hurlbut

Michael Blankfort

Robert E. Sherwood

J. Peverell Marley

Francis D. Lyon

W. Franke Harling

Romance

Drama

Adam Had Four Sons

Columbia Pictures

United States of America

English

This was a good early melodrama--the first of Ratoff's films I have seen (at least to my knowledge) and American films starring Ingrid Bergman, one of my favourite actresses (three earlier Swedish films she's in, that I found in an inexpensive boxed set by Kino Lorber, is delightful). This boasted a strong supporting cast too, as Bergman's Emilie does everything she can to provide support for the family she loves working for so dearly.

It was short and sweet, and is good value for the cinephile if you like the 30's-and-40's style of filmmaking, and enjoy melodramas. Other fine directors who are great at this style are John Stahl, Douglas Sirk, and, more recently, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Todd Haynes.

At this stage of her career, Bergman isn't as fun to watch, at least for me, as similar actresses of her era, such as Bette Davis, Greta Garbo or Joan Crawford. I prefer Bergman's work after she risked everything to marry Roberto Rossellini. I believe the great difficulties she had to endure gave her a much deeper palette of possible behaviours for her to choose from. I significantly feel that if a thespian can survive trauma, it's the best thing in the world for their craft. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger--and I would definitely posit it makes one a much better actor as well.

Adam Had Four Sons

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