Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 3

1. 1. After the war, Parisian women maintain elegance despite using a primitive, filthy lavatory, then return poised as if nothing happened.
2. 2. Robert Capa realizes he is unemployed after the war, as peace does not sell war photography.
3. 3. Ingrid Bergman arrives at the Ritz in Paris to entertain troops, stunning the crowd with her beauty and presence.
4. 4. Capa and Shaw write a witty note to Ingrid Bergman, inviting her to dinner, and she accepts.
5. 5. At dinner, Ingrid Bergman reveals she often dines with regular soldiers and calls their families afterward.
6. 6. Capa tells Bergman his pseudonym was invented by his girlfriend, who was later killed in the Spanish Civil War.
7. 7. After a night of dancing and walking, Bergman kisses Capa on the cheek and gives him her gardenia.
8. 8. Bergman feels a newfound sense of freedom in Paris, away from studio control and her husband.