Saratoga Trunk
Saratoga Trunk is a 1945 American romantic drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, and Flora Robson. Written by Casey Robinson, and based on the novel Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber, the film is about a Texas gambler and a Creole daughter of an aristocratic family who work together to seek justice from a society that has rejected them.
After fixing up the rundown house in Rampart Street, Clio ventures out, hoping to encounter the Dulaines, now comprising her fathers widow, the widows mother, and the widows daughter and Clios halfsister Charlotte Thrse. At the French marketplace, Clio stops for a bowl of jambalaya and is immediately attracted to Clint Maroon Gary Cooper, a tall Texan in a white hat, who is eating at the counter. The attraction is mutual, and Clint offers to drive Clio to the cathedral in his carriage, but a disapproving Angelique interferes, and Clio leaves without him. After the service, Clio, Angelique, and Cupidon breakfast at Begues, the restaurant patronized by the Dulaines every Sunday. Announcing to the maitre d that she is a relative, Clio sits at the table reserved for the Dulaines, but when the Dulaines arrive, they recognize her by her resemblance to her mother and leave without a confrontation. Clint and Clio meet again at the restaurant, and afterward he drives her home.Soon after, Clio and Clint begin a courtship. Eventually, Clint moves into Clios house. Although they are in love with each other, Clio, who is obsessed with her plans for revenge, intends to marry a rich and powerful man to prove that she is as good as her fathers family. Clint, a gambler, who never intends to marry, is out for revenge against the railroaders who ruined his father in Texas. ........
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