Cinema: Fantasy on the Black Island

Fifty miles off the north coast of Sicily, the dying volcano of Stromboli juts 3,000 feet out of the tepid Tyrrhenian. Italians call its five square miles l'isola nera (the black island), remember that in ancient days its crater was known as the gateway to purgatory.

On Stromboli last week a blonde woman, whose proud, luminous face is known to millions, paced the ashen slopes. Cinemactress Ingrid Bergman, 34, dressed in a sweater, slacks and rope-soled shoes, was trying to work out a personal problem.

Ingrid Bergman, wife of Dr. Peter Lindstrom, neurosurgeon, has a...

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