SEALED

Alfred Newman conducting the 20th Century-Fox orchestra. Choral direction by Ken Darby.

Anastasia is adapted from the popular stage play by Marcelle Maurette. The scene is Paris in the early 1920s. Ingrid Bergman plays a would-be suicide who is rescued by Russian expatriate Yul Brynner. Brynner's motives are far from altruistic; together with a group of Russian cohorts, he hopes to pass Bergman off as Princess Anastasia, the daughter of the late Czar Nicholas. If the conspirators are successful, they stand to collect the ten million pounds held in trust for Anastasia in the Bank of England. The biggest obstacle facing Brynner and company is the surviving Romanov empress (Helen Hayes), who must be convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that Bergman is the genuine article. Anastasia represented Ingrid Bergman's return to Hollywood after several years' exile following her "scandalous" affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini. Shortly before the film was released, TV personality Ed Sullivan conducted a tasteless opinion poll, entreating his viewers to vote whether or not Bergman should be forgiven her so-called sins. The actress survived this idiotic charade and won an Academy Award for her portrayal of the faux Anastasia. Directed by Anatole Litvak. Also stars Martita Hunt (Grand Duchess Elise Lupovinova in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown") and Natalie Schafer (Mrs. Thurston Howell III from TV's "Gilligan's Island".) 1956.

1 Fox Fanfare • Anastasia—Paris—Russian Easter 5:27
2 Valse 3:51
3 Self-Destruction 2:43
4 Who Am I—The Troika 2:12
5 The Beginning 1:53
6 The Tivoli—The Sleeping Princess 3:32
7 Anastasia Waltz 4:11
8 The Meeting 3:39
9 The Wildfeuer Polka 2:04
10 Recognition 2:54
11 Riberhaus Marsch—Marche De Bataille 2:23
12 Frustation 2:31
13 End Title—Anastasia 2:13
14 Anastasia (Alfred Newman, Piano—Previously Unreleased Recording) 1:41