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Bergman Oscars Cause State Department Stir in 1958
Washington officials wrestled with delivering the Oscars awarded by a Madrid magazine to Ingrid Bergman and Ray Milland. The plan to pass the trophies to Secretary Dean Acheson raised jitters about diplomatic optics, with a twist of industry office involvement and misattributed affiliations. Bergman’s Oscar remains at the State Department as the story of the failed delivery unfolds.
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Washington
State Department
Ingrid Bergman
Spain
Miss Bergman
Ray Mill
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Italy
Roberto ‘Roselling
Motion Picture Association of America
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Actors’ Studios
Paramount
RKO
Hollywood
Oscar
Stromboli