Casablanca (1942) | |
Director(s) | Michael Curtiz |
Producer(s) | Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner (executive) |
Top Genres | Drama, Romance |
Top Topics | Based on Play, Exotic Lands, Integrity, Paris, Romance (Drama), World War II |
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Casablanca Overview:
Casablanca (1942) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner.
SYNOPSIS
Perennially at the top of every all-time-greats list, and indisputably one of the landmarks of the American cinema. Bogart is an American expatriate and war profiteer in WWII Morocco, content to merely run the Cafe Americain until love (in the form of a luminous Bergman) returns to his life and inspires him to stand up for the French Resistance. An accidental Hollywood masterpiece, it just gets better as time goes by.
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.Casablanca was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989.
Academy Awards 1943 --- Ceremony Number 16 (source: AMPAS)
Award | Recipient | Result |
Best Actor | Humphrey Bogart | Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor | Claude Rains | Nominated |
Best Cinematography | Arthur Edeson | Nominated |
Best Director | Michael Curtiz | Won |
Best Film Editing | Owen Marks | Nominated |
Best Music - Scoring | Max Steiner | Nominated |
Best Picture | Warner Bros. | Won |
Best Writing | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch | Won |
BlogHub Articles:
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Play It Again, Max: Casablanca and the Battle over ?As Time Goes By?(Exclusive by Author Steven C. Smith)
By Guest Post on Jan 28, 2021 From Classic Movie Hub BlogCasablanca and the Battle over ?As Time Goes By?(Exclusive by Author Steven C. Smith) By mid-1941, Max Steiner had already scored over thirty films at Warner Bros. since becoming that studio?s highest paid staff composer in 1937. Many of his projects had been prestigious and highly profitable.... Read full article
?La Marseillaise? Plays, as Rick, Ilsa and Refugees Find Their Footing in Casablanca (Guest Post)
By Guest Post on Nov 25, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub Blog?La Marseillaise? Even more than the famous ?Here?s Looking at You? scene, the ?La Marseillaise? scene in Casablanca is the one scene in the film that evokes more emotion from audiences than any other, as it propels the narration in a new direction and reveals more about the characters than we pr... Read full article
Silver Screen Standards: Casablanca (1942)
By Jennifer Garlen on Apr 17, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub BlogSilver Screen Standards: Casablanca (1942) Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid gather at the airport for the emotional finale of Casablanca. Very few classic films enjoy the iconic status of Casablanca (1942), the wartime romance that helped humanize the crisis in E... Read full article
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Quotes from
Rick: Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette.
Captain Renault: That is another reason.
[as he goes to hand Renault a bribe]
Jan Brandel: Captain Renault... may I?
Captain Renault: Oh no! Not here please! Come to my office tomorrow morning. We'll do everything businesslike.
Jan Brandel: We'll be there at six!
Captain Renault: I'll be there at ten.
Rick: You know what I want to hear.
Sam: [lying] No, I don't.
Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me!
Sam: [lying] Well, I don't think I can remember...
Rick: If she can stand it, I can! Play it!
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Facts about
Other actresses considered for the part of Ilsa were Edwige Feuillère, Michèle Morgan and Tamara Toumanova. Ingrid Bergman was one of the first choices, but she was under contract to David O. Selznick, who was stalling because he wanted her for For Whom the Bell Tolls. Selznick finally agreed when he learned that the Epstein brothers and Michael Curtiz were working on the film, all of whom he respected and trusted. Warner Bros. also agreed to loan Selznick the services of Olivia de Havilland in return.
The influx into Hollywood of large numbers of European exiles fleeing the war helped the casting enormously. In fact, of all the featured players in the film who get screen credit, only three were born in the United States: Humphrey Bogart, Dooley Wilson and Joy Page.
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