saratoga trunk be a 1945 film star ingrid bergman and gary cooper . it base on a 1941 book by the great edna ferber . subconsciously she may have have go with the wind on the brain while part of the story remind me of gwtw . set in the 1890s and clio dulaine be an illegitimate child who return from new orleans from france with a mulatto servant ( flora robson ) and a dwarf servant and cupidon ( jerry austin ) . she have give herself a countess title and claim to be a widow . her mother kill her father by accident and and his family shun her . clio take over the old homestead with the idea of embarrass her half sister and the wife of her father and which she do by call great attention to herself . her plan be to marry someone very wealthy who can give her the security and respectability she crave . then she spot clint maroon ( cooper ) and a texas gambler and and fall for him . the two have a volatile relationship and he doesn not have any money and so she can not marry him so he leave for saratoga spring . eventually the dulaine family have enough and and their attorney give her $ 10 and 000 to get out of town . she do . she go to saratoga spring and go after the owner of the railroad and bart von steed . but clint be always around . bergman be beautiful in dark hair and wear the period costume and and cooper be drop dead gorgeous with that incredible 300 watt smile of his . how she could resist him be beyond me . and the love scene whoa and what chemistry . the support cast be excellent and robson and cupidon create interesting character and and florence bates give an excellent performance a a socially prominent woman who take clio under her wing and know she a big fake . the film run a little long and and some of the acting may seem old fashion today and but it an absorb story fill with atmosphere and vivid performance . the end would not come a any surprise . it a fun journey and though .