A Night in Casablanca (1946) | |
| Director(s) | Archie Mayo |
| Producer(s) | David L. Loew |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
| Top Topics | Hotels, Slapstick |
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A Night in Casablanca (1946) was a Comedy Film directed by Archie Mayo and produced by David L. Loew.
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Update 1: Spend a Night in CASABLANCA with TCM on March 4
By Will McKinley on Feb 18, 2014 From Cinematically InsaneTurner Classic Movies has announced the twenty U.S. cities?that have been selected as hosts for?FREE?national screenings of Michael Curtiz?s CASABLANCA (1942) on Tuesday, March 4 in celebration of the channel’s 20th anniversary. Ten were chosen by TCM, and ten were selected (at least in part) ... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)
By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 23, 2012 From Virtual ViragoOriginally intended as a parody of Casablanca (1942), the Marx Brothers picture, A Night in Casablanca (1946), bears only passing resemblance to the earlier film. Not surprisingly, the picture veers off wildly from the ostensible source material, allowing Groucho, Harpo, and Chico to ply their trade... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)
By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 23, 2012 From Virtual ViragoOriginally intended as a parody of Casablanca (1942), the Marx Brothers picture, A Night in Casablanca (1946), bears only passing resemblance to the earlier film. Not surprisingly, the picture veers off wildly from the ostensible source material, allowing Groucho, Harpo, and Chico to ply their trade... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)
By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 23, 2012 From Virtual ViragoOriginally intended as a parody of Casablanca (1942), the Marx Brothers picture, A Night in Casablanca (1946), bears only passing resemblance to the earlier film. Not surprisingly, the picture veers off wildly from the ostensible source material, allowing Groucho, Harpo, and Chico to ply their trade... Read full article
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According to Marx Bros. biographer Joe Adamson, Harpo was offered $50,000 to utter the single word "Murder!" in this film, presumably to add publicity value to the film by having Harpo speak for the only time on-screen. Harpo declined the offer and never spoke publicly until a concert one year before his death.
Hoping to take charge of their film careers, the Marxes financed this movie themselves, under the heading of Loma Vista Films. They even did a brief pre-filming tour of scenes from the movie, as they had done with A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, hoping to sharpen the script's comedy.
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