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Binding: DVD
Format: Import, NTSC, Black & White, Full Screen
Running Time: 135 minutes
Sales Rank: 38158
Theatrical Release Date: 1945
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper paired off again after For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) with this overwrought melodrama based on the romance novel by Edna Ferber. Bergman plays Clio Dulaine, a beautiful half-Creole woman whose return to 1875 New Orleans from Paris creates a stir. Born out of wedlock, Clio's mother was a local woman who became pregnant by a wealthy, married landowner. Scandalized, his wife and family set about humiliating Clio's mother and even paid for Clio's voyage to France in an effort to get rid of the girl. Now Clio returns with a dwarf, Cupidon (Jerry Austin), and a maid, Angelique (Florence Robson) in her entourage. At the docks, Clio meets a handsome gambler from Texas, Colonel Clint Maroon (Cooper) and is smitten. To Clio's delight, their blossoming romance inspires calumny, but Maroon soon realizes that Clio is a gold digger. He departs for Saratoga Springs, where he is working on a venture involving the railroad. Clio follows him there, bent on marrying either Clint or his business partner, Bart Van Steed (John Warburton). Saratoga Trunk (1945) was exhibited to servicemen overseas in WWII for two years before it was released to the general public. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - "Unbelievable, But a Delight to Watch"
This movie comes off as a parody of all the creole women/riverboat gambler-entrepreneur stories brought to the silver screen. Even Coop's costuming is exaggerated for effect. Bergman and Cooper do have a chemistry, and this was capatilized on following their pairing in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." It is not "high art" but it is so delightful to watch. To see Bergman and Cooper work the camera, to view the sets and costuming. To witness the flirtations, and to see Bergman's temper rise and fall. ... Read More
Rating: - .......EVERY SO OFTEN FILM CHEMISTRY RADIATES THE SILVER SCREEN.................
So it is with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in "Saratoga Trunk"...even the background music complements the cowboy and his Louisiana lady...this is a sintilating/love story the casting was perfect with Lady Flora Robson as the paroachial and apprehensive nanny and 'lil Cupidor' played by Jerry Austin as the ever faithful bootman...and why not, the famous Warner Bros studio bosses knew everything about making superior films for our viewing pleasure...Bergman and Cooper excelled in a very popular film ... Read More
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