Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 14

1. 1. Ingrid Bergman arranges for Capa to be her personal photographer, giving him direct access via the studio switchboard.
2. 2. Capa finds Hollywood life boring and empty despite the money, spending his days at the track, tennis, beach, or pool.
3. 3. At a party at David O. Selznick's mansion, Capa meets Selznick, who jokes about cutting a terrible four-hour film to two hours.
4. 4. Capa meets Petter Lindstrom, Ingrid's husband, and feels immediate resentment, seeing him as controlling and basking in her glory.
5. 5. Joe, a studio fixer, warns Capa that his affair with Ingrid could destroy her career and the halo the studio has placed on her.
6. 6. Producer William Goetz offers Capa an advance to write a book about the war as basis for a screenplay, arranged by Ingrid.
7. 7. Selznick buys the rights to Joan of Arc and gives the role to his lover Jennifer Jones, devastating Ingrid who coveted it since girlhood.
8. 8. Ingrid reflects on her marriage to Petter, feeling the glue has dried and they are drifting apart like limp bits of paper.
9. 9. Ingrid dresses up for a party to impress Capa, but Petter tells her she looks overdressed.