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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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.
A Hollywood legend claims that Warner Brothers, makers of Casablanca, threatened to sue the Marx Brothers for using the word "Casablanca" in the title. Groucho Marx wrote a letter to Warner Brothers in which he threatened to sue them for using the word "Brothers": "Professionally, we were brothers before they ever were." However, film critic Richard Roeper claims (correctly) that the story is fake. In fact, Warner Brothers never threatened to sue, but merely inquired about the story of the Marx Brothers' film, to make sure there was no copyright infringement. Groucho used the inquiry as an excuse for a publicity stunt. He wrote a series of comic letters to Warner Brothers (in which he told the studio, "Professionally, we were brothers before you ever were.") The letters were published in "The Saturday Evening Post" to publicize the movie.
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