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Tag Archives: Casablanca
You know what you need to do with that Vichy Water!
Captain Renault: Well, Rick, you’re not only a sentimentalist, but you’ve become a patriot. Rick: It seemed like a good time to start. Captain Renault: Perhaps you’re right. Rick is always right!
Happy Bastille Day
One of the best scenes in cinema, the scene of the “dueling anthems” in Casablanca, when the crowd drowns out the German anthem with “La Marseillaise”. Gives me goosebumps every time, especially considering that most of those extras and actors … Continue reading
Dueling Anthems: Memo From Hal Wallis
70 years ago today, Casablanca premiered. Memo from Casablanca producer Hal Wallis to Max Steiner, composer: On the Marseilles, when it is played in the Cafe, don’t do it as though it was played by this small orchestra. Do it … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, On This Day
Tagged Casablanca, France, Hal Wallis, romantic drama, war, WWII
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The Books: The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II, by Aljean Harmetz
Next book on the Hollywood shelf: The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II, by Aljean Harmetz The book was first published under the title Round Up the Usual Suspects, which I like better, but that’s neither here … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged books about Hollywood, Casablanca, Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Curtiz, romantic drama, war
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“As Time Goes By”: Tennessee Williams As An Usher
Excerpt from Tennessee Williams’ Memoirs: A friend was employed in 1943 to the old Strand Theatre on Broadway as an usher, and, knowing that I was between profitable engagements, he told me that the Strand was in need of a … Continue reading
Today in history: November 26, 1942
Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City. It was not expected to be a long-lasting mythical evocation of the quintessential American ideals we all aspire to, from generation to generation. It was just supposed to be another … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, On This Day
Tagged Casablanca, Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Curtiz, war, WWII
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The Books: “Bogart” (A. M. Sperber and Eric Lax)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Bogart, by A. M. Sperber and Eric Lax Now this is what I call a biography! I am not sure why it took so long for Bogart to get his due, but I suppose that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Books
Tagged Casablanca, entertainment biography, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Curtiz
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Speaking of Casablanca:
(as we were): I want to thank the person (whoever you are) who sent me the huge biography of Peter Lorre off my wish list. I have no email for you, and am not sure of the name either – … Continue reading
Dueling Anthems: Memo From Hal Wallis
Memo from Casablanca producer Hal Wallis to Max Steiner, composer: On the Marseilles, when it is played in the Cafe, don’t do it as though it was played by this small orchestra. Do it with a full scoring orchestra and … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Casablanca, Hal Wallis, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Curtiz
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Today in History: November 26, 1942
Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City. It was not expected to be a long-lasting mythical evocation of the quintessential American ideals we all aspire to, from generation to generation. It was just supposed to be another … Continue reading