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I live in South Africa. I've watched this film so many times throughout my life that I cannot even make an accurate guess at how many times. It is a simply marvellous piece of movie-making. Ray Barrell
I was very fortunate that back in the 1970's my brother-in-law went from being an avid comic book collector to collecting full size 35 mm films. Until he could obtain a proper projector, we used to spread a big white sheet across the wall and invite friends for movie nights. We did this for years. Laurel & Hardy films were his personal favorites. But he also had Casa Blanca. We must have watched it a hundred times and never got tired of it. It's a beautiful movie. The wardrobe for Ingrid was amazing. The sets were amazing. The smaller stories within the story were entertaining. The history was captivating. Shall I go on? Just a terrific movie in so many ways. I heard that there was a time when the movie Casa Blanca was being shown somewhere in the world every single day. (this was during the seventies).
"If you played it for her you can play it for me, if she can stand so can I". Was the classic scene that inspired the line play again Sam. I've seen the movie more times than can remember. A masterpiece of a film.
Absolutely the best film ever. Watch it every now and again. The underlying theme of unselfishness, patriotism and unrequited love, all portrayed so excellently by all the actors and the director, makes it the classic it deserves to be.
ABSOLUTELY AN EPIC MOVIE AND CAST !!! - I watch it “over and over” and GLEAN a NEW Vision of the movie always !! 🫶🏽 💫 - 🥂 I purchased A DVD Copy 🫶🏽🥂🥂 !!
In my opinion, Casablanca is the greatest movie of all time. I watch it two or three times each and every year. I think it is a must-view for any movie buff
I have seen it maybe 60-70 times. It was my dad’s favorite movie and Bogart was his favorite actor. We watched it 10-15 times together. I now watch it with my five kids who also love it. So to me, beyond just a great movie.
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@@FactsVerse I can think of a few: Old Mission Impossible series, the old Robin Hood Errol Flynn movie, and Virginia City, the movie that had both Bogart and Flynn in it. These guys were both my dads top two. Bogart’s role was a bit odd but loves just seeing them both in that film. Lastly the Maltese Falcon. Also any other old Errol Flynn film like Seahawk or Captain Blood, Santa Fe Trail.
What really makes a film memorable is the dialogues, and the fact that Casablanca has so many quotable phrases contributes to how memorable it is. The secret is in the wit.
I love this wonderful movie. It has everything - superb acting, those great one-liners, the suspense. Those actors had integrity and they were intelligent. I could watch it every day.
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I saw a reissue of Casablanca in a movie theater in the early 1990's. For many in attendance, this was the chance of a lifetime, even though most had seen it once or twice on TV. The first time we saw Ilse with a full-head close-up on the big screen, the audience gasped. Ingrid Berman was THAT beautiful! She absolutely transcended black and white film.
@pj9564, WAAAY BACK WHEN(1983), I saw both CASABLANCA AND THE THE MALTESE FALCON at old theater in Charleston, South Carolina (Sadly, the theater in no longer in operation. It's,now, a meeting place for entrepreneurs). You can doubt me if you want, but, when I saw Ingrid Bergman on the big screen, I DIDN'T BREATHE(it felt that way to me)!! It THE ONLY TIME I ever saw these two classic movies in an actual movie theater.❤❤❤😢😢😢😢
There was a great chemistry when you had Bogart, Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet together in a film, like this and "The Maltese Falcon." My favorite actor here is Claude Rains who seems to get all the best and funniest lines no matter if he's speaking to Rick, Ilse, or Major Strasser. BTW, Conrad Veidt does an excellent job as the thoroughly detestable Strasser, something that is often overlooked. And, Dooley Wilson shall forever be Sam, the piano player. This movie is a classic forever.
One of the more important reasons the love triangle worked so well was what you mentioned at the end. Because the script was largely being rewritten on the fly, even the producers weren't sure how the dilemma would be worked out, thus the ambiguity.
Thank you for your presentation. This is a film i have watched and enjoyed countless times. You still get involved...and as you say, every part of this is masterly.. At the time, they were churning out movies....no one imagined the status Casablanca would achieve. Exceptional writers, really sharp dialogue delivered by....brilliant actors Add to this the wonderful camera work, , music..and that incredible lighting....sound balance.. and of course..superb directing.....not to mention the essential icing on the cake, timing.... The result. Casablanca became more than a complete work of art.......it became and still is, a phenomenon.
‘Casablanca’ is renowned and is justly acknowledged as one of the most romantic films of all time but it is much more than the tale of a love triangle. Of course, it shows that the power of love can affect the human psyche, as demonstrated by Rick’s metamorphosis, but, actually, the film is one of the most subtle pieces of propaganda ever made. Made in the bleakest times of WW2, this film has so many levels to it that it takes many viewings to appreciate them. The main theme is not romance but self-sacrifice as its message to the world at war is to give up the personal agenda for the common cause. It reminds wartime audiences, many of whom have loved ones fighting abroad, that their situation is the same as that of Rick, Ilsa and Victor. Rick’s initial selfishness, (‘I stick my neck out for nobody’ and ‘the problems of the world are not in my department…’), is a metaphor for USA indifference. It must be remembered that the events and politics are harder to comprehend and put into perspective for current audiences than for those living through WW2, not knowing who the victors would be. The script can be considered as a 'State of the Union' address, both for home and foreign policies, in which there are references to Civil Rights, as embodied in Sam, and, of course, the debate about America’s involvement in the conflict. Basically, the film is politically motivated because it is a plea to America to join the war. Please note that the action takes place in pre-Pearl Harbour, December, 1941. The screenplay is so intelligently written. It is a masterpiece of complexity, containing subliminal political opinions and messages all carried along on a thrilling plot with brilliant one-liners and memorable quotes, together with comedic elements and contemporary, social commentaries. Even the support actors make major contributions to the enjoyment. Michael Curtiz’s direction is multi-faceted: Documentary, Film Noir, German Expressionism, Flashback etc. He is the master of creating the plot via seamlessly connecting a series of rapid-fire vignettes. There is subtle direction and cinematography. For example, Ilsa wears black and white clothes and is cast in shadows and in a mirror which symbolise the ambiguity of her role. POINTS OF INTEREST AND NOTES FOR SUBSEQUENT VIEWINGS. This is the the first non-musical movie to use music almost as an another protagonist, (which Tarantino does now). For example, ‘As Time Goes By’ is a valuable recurring theme and, in Paris, Rick and Ilsa dance to ‘Perfidia’ which means untrustworthiness. Also, ‘Love for Sale’ is played during the dialogue when the Bulgarian girl tells Rick about her ‘offer’ from Renault. Each character represents a country e.g. Two Japanese plotting; the Italian on the tail of the German; American indifference; French collaborators; the British robbed by foreign policy. Even the Balkan problem , (still ongoing), is mentioned via the Bulgarian couple. Quite evidently, Rick’s actions symbolise the USA in its change in policy from isolationism to participation and ‘….the beginning of a beautiful friendship…’ is the USA and Europe joining forces to fight Nazism. The significance of Letters of Transit is a metaphor for the might of America’s power and resources and must be delivered to the right side. Victor often tells Isla that he loves her but she never reciprocates, except for saying ‘ I know’. She tells Rick she loves him several times. The ‘La Marseillaise’ scene is the pivotal moment in which both Ilsa and Rick realise that saving Victor is more important than their own personal relationship. It also comes in just as Rick and Victor are about to argue over Ilsa but both drop the issue when they hear the music. This scene is rousing now but imagine how it must have felt for audiences right in the middle of the war when Germany seemed invincible and modern viewers need to put it in perspective in terms of world events full of Nazi and Japanese domination and when the outcome looked very bleak. The facial close-ups used throughout the film speak a thousand words: but particularly note Ilsa during ‘La Marseillaise’ when her expressions eventually show her admiration of Victor’s power and her realisation that this must be preserved at all costs. There are also many ‘adult’ themes which escaped the censors: one example is the scene between Rick and the Bulgarian bride in which Rick suggests that Renault’s ‘broadmindedness’ hints at underagesex/ménage a trois. Another is Rick’s and Ilsa’s last tryst in which it is clearly implied that they have made love. POINTS TO WATCH ‘It’s December, 1941 in Casablanca: what time is it in New York?... I bet they are asleep all over America’. PEARL HARBOUR ‘Even Nazis can’t kill that fast’ CONCENTRATION CAMPS ‘I don’t buy or sell human beings..’ CIVIL RIGHTS In any case... there is so much alcohol!!!! On this note, please watch out for glasses knocked over and glasses set upright… The Bulgarian couple keeps appearing many times as a symbol of hope and determination. In the bar room fight over Yvonne, Rick attacks the German only and not the Frenchman. Captain Renault dumps the bottle of Vichy water to represent his rejection of the Nazi- collaborating French Government which was located in Vichy. Just one example of the excellent and complex scriptwriting occurs immediately after the roulette scene. The girl thanks Rick for letting her husband win and Rick replies, ‘He’s just a lucky guy’, which, on the face of it, refers to the gambling, but, in Rick’s mind, means that the husband is ‘lucky’ because his partner truly loves him. Please imagine what hope the dialogue must have projected when Ilsa states that she’ll wear the blue dress again when Paris is liberated. Nobody then knew when this would be. The quotes from the film are now embedded in popular culture and are mostly said by Rick. However, Captain Renault has some of the best lines: e.g. when asking Rick why he had to leave America, he says, ‘I’d like to think you killed a man: it’s the romantic in me’ ; a gunshot to his heart would be his ‘..least vulnerable part..’; when told where the Letters of Transit were hidden in the piano, ‘’…it’s my fault for not being musical…’: on making the bet with Rick, …’make it 10,000 - I’m only a poor corrupt official…’ The end-product is a combination of superb screenwriting/ direction/acting and every other production aspect combined with a modicum of unpredictable luck. As I’ve said, ‘Casablanca’ requires multiple viewings and gets better with age and even its theme song, ‘As Time Goes By’ serendipitously reflects this!!
I haven't seen it but no need, I hv watched Ingrid Bergman's beauty in the countless clips and will watch for many years to come, her beauty is timeless
Watched it so many times in my lifetime that at this stage I challenge myself to memorize the dialogue and hope to have it playing in the background on my deathbed...Toured Warner lot decades ago and got to see RICK's suit; SAM's piano (since auctioned for 3.5 million) and the infamous "Letters of Transit" (auctioned for $250K)...La Marseillaise scene still makes me tear up to this day.
Not only is Casablanca essential viewing for young filmmakers - it should be mandatory. More young people should really turn on TCM...It's on almost 24/7 in our house; so much so that my 13 yr old daughter now has become a huge Bette Davis fan 🙂
@@FactsVerse Humphrey Bogart was the superstar cast member. I mention in a comment once that when the Russian bartender was kissing Bogie on the cheek, viewers could hear the song "The very thought of you" playing au piano. Someone denied that. Please check that out.
Early in the film Captain Renault asks Rick why he came to Casablanca. Rick says "I came for the waters" Renault says "What waters we are in the desert" Rick answers "I was misinformed". However Casablanca is not in the desert but on the coast. Even has beaches. Conrad Veidt, who played Major Strasser only agreed to play the part if he was made really unlikeable.
The "waters" Bogie refers to does not mean the ocean, but instead springs of fresh water that contained minerals. Locations in Europe that had such springs capitalized on them by first, bottling and selling the water, and second, by building spas and hotels for tourists to visit "take the waters" (as the saying went) which were supposedly healthful and healing.
I make it a point to watch it every New Years Eve. It is not a perfect film, and some of the scenes are dated, but it remains a great movie. I especially love when Major Strasser has his officers sing "Die Wacht am Rhein" and Victor Laszlo calls on the band to play "La Marseillaise". The patrons at Rick's, from all different nations, begin to chime in and drown out the Germans. It is truly cinematic magic, and I get choked up every time I see it. Look forward to having a couple of bourbons and watching again this New Years Eve.
Van Nuys Airport was only used as a filming location for the sequence when Major Strasser arrives in the city only a few minutes into the movie. The airport scene towards the conclusion was actually shot on a soundstage on the WB studio lot due to the necessitated blackouts during night hours as those restrictions were imposed just after the U.S. entry into the war, which thereby inhibited photography @ VNA in the eveningtime.
It was Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa who said "Play it, Sam". Bogie's Rick Blaine said, "You know what I want to hear. You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can!"
I'd hope your users wouldn't be surprised that a Hollywood film wasn't filmed in Morocco in 1942, what with them having to get the cast and crew across an ocean where there was a war going on. Do your users know that Claude Rains had very bad vision because of damage suffered from poison gas in the 1914-18 War? And he got the lines 'One should never underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered their way into Berlin in 1918' - i.e. a maimed British Great War veteran playing a French Great War veteran giving both countries/empires a supporting role in their own effing war (And Berlin didn't fall in 1918 to Americans or anyone; it wasn't like Washington in 1814 or Richmond in 1865)
The best part of the love triangleis that no one was in the wrong, everyone was in the right in their own sides, and you liked all three people and rooted for all three of them to win.
Casablanca is one of, if not my all time favorite movies. It's movies like this that make me wish we had a Hays Code now. Movies and TV are filled with nothing but filth and vulgarity. Movies like this were great, and you didn't have to worry about whether the kids walked into the room.
One line Rick says "...those are the NEW (German) 77s" [artillery guns]; it was an 88 (An multi-purpose MOSTLY anti-aircraft flak gun sometimes used as an anti-tank gun). There was a FRENCH 75 mm field gun that was very popular back then and sometimes the German Wehrmacht used them: NOT 77s. My being Black, I hated when Ilsa/Ingrid Bergman call Sam 'BOY' ("...Ask the boy at the piano to come here"); once I can get past this part, THEN (!) I can enjoy the rest of the movie! P.S. MY FAVORITE (!!!) MOVIE. "Here's lookin' at you kid" My favorite MOVIE line!
Two good points Terry.! I THINK Rick treats him as an equal though.? Black ( American ) jazz musicians who came to Europe at that time and in the 1950s managed to escape the situation at home. It's been a long journey and the End of the Road is still uncertain .!!
I cannot tell how many times I watched this movie, but it’s quite a lot. May I correct a little mistake : Morocco was not a French colony, but was a « protectorat ». Greetings from France 🇫🇷
Casablanca is the best movie of all times. Everything and everybody are perfect in this film. But I do not think that young generations have the same opinion as I on a movie made almost 100 years ago. I believe that the present movie world is completely different now.
Referring to the release of Casa Blanca, Executives had not idea that allied forces would be invading Morocco around the release of the movie. This makes sense due to the fact that such an invasion would have been highly classified. Just wild luck as was so many things that went with this film. No matter the amount of luck involved it is still one of the best movies ever made.
"If you have seen it once or several times" - several? Better make than "many" or "dozens of". Who would stop watching it again and again after just "several" times?
The reason Rita Hayworth was first considered for the female lead and then dropped is that in the play Rick's lover is an American woman runaway from her husband. This was too scandalous at the time, and Rick's lady love was changed to a foreigner, leading to Bergman being hired. BTW, Casablanca was never "under Nazi control". Vichy France governed all of French Morocco and surrendered it to the Allies peacefully in 1943.
@angel able: No one ever said: Casablanca was under German occupancy! Howerver, Vichy France was! If you study history you would know that! Captain Renault already referenced that throughout the film! I wish people would STOP referencing something as information!
@@angel4everable It DOESN’T! Captain Renault explained Morocco when explaining to Victor Casablanca was under French soil…Because Vichy was occupied by Germany there’s a cooperation between Germany & France which occupied part of Morocco…I didn’t need to watch the movie to know that! The messaging is throughout the movie…But you learn that in school!
@@jduwayne1 CASABLANCA takes place in December of 1941. Vichy France was not occupied by the Germans until after the Allied landings in North Africa in early 1943. That's why Renaut welcomes Major Strasser "to Unoccupied France" in 1941. Please listen to the video again: the narrator clearly states at 5:39, "The Nazis had captured Casablanca". Nope, it never was. Read any standard history of the North African campaign, e.g. AN ARMY AT DAWN or ask any Frenchman or US Army officer who served with the French in North Africa during World War II---I have.
5:35 Nazis had captured Casablanca?? From what I remember about history, German troops were never in Casablanca. The studio was in a rush to release the film simply because of Op. Torch. Torch took place on Nov. 10, '42, and the film was released about one month later. What an exciting time.
First off: Details IN Casablanca? More like: ABOUT Casablanca. Rushing the release of the film is a plot point I never picked up on. And, I'm shocked...SHOCKED...That there are so many quoteable lines in the film. That comes from the heart, my least vulnerable spot. Overall, I enjoyed your take on Casablanca trivia.
@@FactsVerse They ALL were great! Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henried, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veit, Dooley Wilson, Madeleine LaBeau, etc…But Claud Reins held the picture together…They all were good! That’s what makes this picture a classic! IMO the best movie ever made…It’s hard to distinguish just one…
Clark Gable was under contract to MGM AND had joined the Army Air Corps following his wife Carole Lombards death. He was NEVER considered for the role of Rick.
Captain Reynaud was, apparently, not always so cynical. Note that he wears the WW1 service and victory medals, and the highest French award for courage...tge Legion of Honor.
"Play it again Sam" is not a line from Casablanca. Bogart never said that. He actually said ... "If you played it for her you can play it for me, if she can stand so can I"
There was no love between Bogart and Bergman . . . Bogie was surly, curt and standoffish as soon as Curtiz yelled "cut" - mostly because he was pissed off about the script changing day by day, leading him believe this would be a bomb after coming off of The Maltese Falcon. Also worth noting, Conrad Veidt (Colonel Strasse) was the somnambulist in the classic silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari. He's also excellent in Korda's 1940 version of The Thief Of Bagdad - the character he portrayed there being the inspiration for a similar character in the Disney/Robin Williams animated version of Aladdin. As for Peter Lorre, due to a burst appendix at an early age, he became addicted to morphine and struggled with pain and addiction most of his life. Claude Rains came to Hollywood and was trying to break in. One day, while looking for the lead actor in the 1933 version of The Invisible Man (with a lead role that primarily relied on exceptional voice acting), the director James Whale overheard Claude Rains' voice during a screen test in an adjoining room. Whale immediately wanted Rains for the role. It was Rains first sound movie, having made only one silent film before. Lastly, many of the extras in the beginning scenes and throughout the film were real immigrants who had fled to the U.S. because of the war.
Casablanca is still one of the best movies ever made. The story is good and the characters are interesting. The quotable lines are amazing such as "Round up the usual suspects" and "I'm shocked that there is gambling here" followed by "Here is your winnings". Casablanca tells it's story in 102 minutes while the favorite for this year's best picture OSCAR, Oppenheimer runs for 180 minutes. I found Oppenheimer to be bloated and slow in parts and needed more editing. There are no slow parts in Casablanca and I am riveted to the screen for the whole time. That is why Casablanca is a classic and Oppenheimer will not be. I can watch Casablanca over and over again but can sit through Oppenheimer only once.
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You can add this to your list of mistakes, calling Ilsa and Rick, two adulterers is wrong. To be an adulterer, one must be married. The label could apply to Ilsa, as she is married to Laszlo, but not to Rick, as he is unmarried.
The Airport Light Tower is In Glendale That Was Used in Casablanca In The Day and Night Scene The Light Tower Was From The Old Glendale Airport The Airport is Gone and Disney Has Offices and Buildings There Yet The Street AIRWAY is Now Where The Light Tower Is Still Standing There is a Flag Pole In Front of The Light Tower on AIRWAY in Glendale The Address is 1310 Air Way Glendale,Ca. The Building is The Original Entrance To The Glendale Airport Terminal
There is a strange rumour that Jack Benny makes a brief, uncredited appearance in Casablanca. Could there be any truth to this? Does anyone know where he might appear? Well, just reporting something I've read...
I think it a great film to interduce young people to the history of ww2. The love story holds their attention. as it hints on the atrocity's that the Nazis did against their enemies.
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1940 Hollywood Style, back lot. It didn't ruin the viewing. ..dob1945usaDOC..
I live in South Africa. I've watched this film so many times throughout my life that I cannot even make an accurate guess at how many times. It is a simply marvellous piece of movie-making. Ray Barrell
I was very fortunate that back in the 1970's my brother-in-law went from being an avid comic book collector to collecting full size 35 mm films. Until he could obtain a proper projector, we used to spread a big white sheet across the wall and invite friends for movie nights. We did this for years. Laurel & Hardy films were his personal favorites.
But he also had Casa Blanca. We must have watched it a hundred times and never got tired of it. It's a beautiful movie. The wardrobe for Ingrid was amazing. The sets were amazing. The smaller stories within the story were entertaining. The history was captivating. Shall I go on? Just a terrific movie in so many ways.
I heard that there was a time when the movie Casa Blanca was being shown somewhere in the world every single day. (this was during the seventies).
What a wonderful memory, and what a wonderful way to watch it! On the big sheet!
"If you played it for her you can play it for me, if she can stand so can I". Was the classic scene that inspired the line play again Sam. I've seen the movie more times than can remember. A masterpiece of a film.
Absolutely the best film ever. Watch it every now and again. The underlying theme of unselfishness, patriotism and unrequited love, all portrayed so excellently by all the actors and the director, makes it the classic it deserves to be.
I also love that it shows a "beaten man" CAN come back again...
It's not really unrequited love. It's love that is sacrificed for a higher cause. Small point I know.
ABSOLUTELY AN EPIC MOVIE AND CAST !!!
- I watch it “over and over” and GLEAN a NEW Vision of the movie always !! 🫶🏽 💫
- 🥂 I purchased A DVD Copy 🫶🏽🥂🥂 !!
I absolutely love this movie. Characters are perfect; they are so natural and those memorable lines. They are not making them like this anymore.
Great actors have more impact than storylines or anything else in a movie.
In my opinion, Casablanca is the greatest movie of all time. I watch it two or three times each and every year. I think it is a must-view for any movie buff
I have seen it maybe 60-70 times. It was my dad’s favorite movie and Bogart was his favorite actor. We watched it 10-15 times together. I now watch it with my five kids who also love it. So to me, beyond just a great movie.
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@@FactsVerse I can think of a few: Old Mission Impossible series, the old Robin Hood Errol Flynn movie, and Virginia City, the movie that had both Bogart and Flynn in it. These guys were both my dads top two. Bogart’s role was a bit odd but loves just seeing them both in that film. Lastly the Maltese Falcon. Also any other old Errol Flynn film like Seahawk or Captain Blood, Santa Fe Trail.
What really makes a film memorable is the dialogues, and the fact that Casablanca has so many quotable phrases contributes to how memorable it is. The secret is in the wit.
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I love this wonderful movie. It has everything - superb acting, those great one-liners, the suspense. Those actors had integrity and they were intelligent. I could watch it every day.
Casablanca is a classic film. I love this movie. These unknown details make the film more memorable.
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!One of the greatest movies I ever saw! I am now 88 yrs old but still like it on reruns!!
I saw a reissue of Casablanca in a movie theater in the early 1990's. For many in attendance, this was the chance of a lifetime, even though most had seen it once or twice on TV. The first time we saw Ilse with a full-head close-up on the big screen, the audience gasped. Ingrid Berman was THAT beautiful! She absolutely transcended black and white film.
@pj9564, WAAAY BACK WHEN(1983), I saw both CASABLANCA AND THE THE MALTESE FALCON at old theater in Charleston, South Carolina (Sadly, the theater in no longer in operation. It's,now, a meeting place for entrepreneurs).
You can doubt me if you want, but, when I saw Ingrid Bergman on the big screen, I DIDN'T BREATHE(it felt that way to me)!!
It THE ONLY TIME I ever saw these two classic movies in an actual movie theater.❤❤❤😢😢😢😢
Still a fan, and still will tear up with the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise. It's a great scene. I wish Peter Lorre had a larger part though.
“Rick! Rick! Save me! Rick!”
There was a great chemistry when you had Bogart, Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet together in a film, like this and "The Maltese Falcon." My favorite actor here is Claude Rains who seems to get all the best and funniest lines no matter if he's speaking to Rick, Ilse, or Major Strasser. BTW, Conrad Veidt does an excellent job as the thoroughly detestable Strasser, something that is often overlooked. And, Dooley Wilson shall forever be Sam, the piano player. This movie is a classic forever.
Me too!!!L want to stand up and sing WIth them!!!
I love Casablanca; I have seen it more than ten times!
One of the more important reasons the love triangle worked so well was what you mentioned at the end. Because the script was largely being rewritten on the fly, even the producers weren't sure how the dilemma would be worked out, thus the ambiguity.
Thank you for your presentation. This is a film i have watched and enjoyed countless times. You still get involved...and as you say, every part of this is masterly.. At the time, they were churning out movies....no one imagined the status Casablanca would achieve. Exceptional writers, really sharp dialogue delivered by....brilliant actors Add to this the wonderful camera work, , music..and that incredible lighting....sound balance.. and of course..superb directing.....not to mention the essential icing on the cake, timing.... The result. Casablanca became more than a complete work of art.......it became and still is, a phenomenon.
I’ve seen Casablanca more than 200 times, The lighting and shadows are unbelievable along with the story
‘Casablanca’ is renowned and is justly acknowledged as one of the most romantic films of all time but it is much more than the tale of a love triangle. Of course, it shows that the power of love can affect the human psyche, as demonstrated by Rick’s metamorphosis, but, actually, the film is one of the most subtle pieces of propaganda ever made.
Made in the bleakest times of WW2, this film has so many levels to it that it takes many viewings to appreciate them. The main theme is not romance but self-sacrifice as its message to the world at war is to give up the personal agenda for the common cause. It reminds wartime audiences, many of whom have loved ones fighting abroad, that their situation is the same as that of Rick, Ilsa and Victor.
Rick’s initial selfishness, (‘I stick my neck out for nobody’ and ‘the problems of the world are not in my department…’), is a metaphor for USA indifference. It must be remembered that the events and politics are harder to comprehend and put into perspective for current audiences than for those living through WW2, not knowing who the victors would be.
The script can be considered as a 'State of the Union' address, both for home and foreign policies, in which there are references to Civil Rights, as embodied in Sam, and, of course, the debate about America’s involvement in the conflict. Basically, the film is politically motivated because it is a plea to America to join the war. Please note that the action takes place in pre-Pearl Harbour, December, 1941.
The screenplay is so intelligently written. It is a masterpiece of complexity, containing subliminal political opinions and messages all carried along on a thrilling plot with brilliant one-liners and memorable quotes, together with comedic elements and contemporary, social commentaries. Even the support actors make major contributions to the enjoyment.
Michael Curtiz’s direction is multi-faceted: Documentary, Film Noir, German Expressionism, Flashback etc. He is the master of creating the plot via seamlessly connecting a series of rapid-fire vignettes.
There is subtle direction and cinematography. For example, Ilsa wears black and white clothes and is cast in shadows and in a mirror which symbolise the ambiguity of her role.
POINTS OF INTEREST AND NOTES FOR SUBSEQUENT VIEWINGS.
This is the the first non-musical movie to use music almost as an another protagonist, (which Tarantino does now). For example, ‘As Time Goes By’ is a valuable recurring theme and, in Paris, Rick and Ilsa dance to ‘Perfidia’ which means untrustworthiness. Also, ‘Love for Sale’ is played during the dialogue when the Bulgarian girl tells Rick about her ‘offer’ from Renault.
Each character represents a country e.g. Two Japanese plotting; the Italian on the tail of the German; American indifference; French collaborators; the British robbed by foreign policy. Even the Balkan problem , (still ongoing), is mentioned via the Bulgarian couple. Quite evidently, Rick’s actions symbolise the USA in its change in policy from isolationism to participation and ‘….the beginning of a beautiful friendship…’ is the USA and Europe joining forces to fight Nazism.
The significance of Letters of Transit is a metaphor for the might of America’s power and resources and must be delivered to the right side.
Victor often tells Isla that he loves her but she never reciprocates, except for saying ‘ I know’. She tells Rick she loves him several times.
The ‘La Marseillaise’ scene is the pivotal moment in which both Ilsa and Rick realise that saving Victor is more important than their own personal relationship. It also comes in just as Rick and Victor are about to argue over Ilsa but both drop the issue when they hear the music. This scene is rousing now but imagine how it must have felt for audiences right in the middle of the war when Germany seemed invincible and modern viewers need to put it in perspective in terms of world events full of Nazi and Japanese domination and when the outcome looked very bleak.
The facial close-ups used throughout the film speak a thousand words: but particularly note Ilsa during ‘La Marseillaise’ when her expressions eventually show her admiration of Victor’s power and her realisation that this must be preserved at all costs.
There are also many ‘adult’ themes which escaped the censors: one example is the scene between Rick and the Bulgarian bride in which Rick suggests that Renault’s ‘broadmindedness’ hints at underagesex/ménage a trois. Another is Rick’s and Ilsa’s last tryst in which it is clearly implied that they have made love.
POINTS TO WATCH
‘It’s December, 1941 in Casablanca: what time is it in New York?...
I bet they are asleep all over America’. PEARL HARBOUR
‘Even Nazis can’t kill that fast’
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
‘I don’t buy or sell human beings..’
CIVIL RIGHTS
In any case... there is so much alcohol!!!! On this note, please watch out for glasses knocked over and glasses set upright…
The Bulgarian couple keeps appearing many times as a symbol of hope and determination.
In the bar room fight over Yvonne, Rick attacks the German only and not the Frenchman.
Captain Renault dumps the bottle of Vichy water to represent his rejection of the Nazi- collaborating French Government which was located in Vichy.
Just one example of the excellent and complex scriptwriting occurs immediately after the roulette scene. The girl thanks Rick for letting her husband win and Rick replies, ‘He’s just a lucky guy’, which, on the face of it, refers to the gambling, but, in Rick’s mind, means that the husband is ‘lucky’ because his partner truly loves him.
Please imagine what hope the dialogue must have projected when Ilsa states that she’ll wear the blue dress again when Paris is liberated. Nobody then knew when this would be.
The quotes from the film are now embedded in popular culture and are mostly said by Rick. However, Captain Renault has some of the best lines: e.g. when asking Rick why he had to leave America, he says, ‘I’d like to think you killed a man: it’s the romantic in me’ ; a gunshot to his heart would be his ‘..least vulnerable part..’; when told where the Letters of Transit were hidden in the piano, ‘’…it’s my fault for not being musical…’: on making the bet with Rick, …’make it 10,000 - I’m only a poor corrupt official…’
The end-product is a combination of superb screenwriting/ direction/acting and every other production aspect combined with a modicum of unpredictable luck. As I’ve said, ‘Casablanca’ requires multiple viewings and gets better with age and even its theme song, ‘As Time Goes By’ serendipitously reflects this!!
Absolute best film ever made and the got the casting right
I think Casablanca is the best love story ever made. The story is unique and the acting is grat as well
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I haven't seen it but no need, I hv watched Ingrid Bergman's beauty in the countless clips and will watch for many years to come, her beauty is timeless
Watched it so many times in my lifetime that at this stage I challenge myself to memorize the dialogue and hope to have it playing in the background on my deathbed...Toured Warner lot decades ago and got to see RICK's suit; SAM's piano (since auctioned for 3.5 million) and the infamous "Letters of Transit" (auctioned for $250K)...La Marseillaise scene still makes me tear up to this day.
Humphrey Bogart does not say "Play it, Sam." Ingrid Bergman says it. Her two lines are "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'".
Not only is Casablanca essential viewing for young filmmakers - it should be mandatory. More young people should really turn on TCM...It's on almost 24/7 in our house; so much so that my 13 yr old daughter now has become a huge Bette Davis fan 🙂
One of my all time favorites!! This was an interesting upload. Thank you 😊
I love behind the scenes facts from movies.
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One of my favorite movies of all time for me!❤
Such great acting……Bogart’s facial expression, when Ilsa turns away, crying, after their confrontation.
Casablanca is a very good movie. I saw it 22 times already and I will see again and again.
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@@FactsVerse Humphrey Bogart was the superstar cast member. I mention in a comment once that when the Russian bartender was kissing Bogie on the cheek, viewers could hear the song "The very thought of you" playing au piano. Someone denied that. Please check that out.
@@FactsVerse Humphrey Bogart
MY favorite movie. I have seen it at least 75 times
WONDERFUL film! Incomparable!
Early in the film Captain Renault asks Rick why he came to Casablanca. Rick says "I came for the waters" Renault says "What waters we are in the desert" Rick answers "I was misinformed". However Casablanca is not in the desert but on the coast. Even has beaches. Conrad Veidt, who played Major Strasser only agreed to play the part if he was made really unlikeable.
The "waters" Bogie refers to does not mean the ocean, but instead springs of fresh water that contained minerals. Locations in Europe that had such springs capitalized on them by first, bottling and selling the water, and second, by building spas and hotels for tourists to visit "take the waters" (as the saying went) which were supposedly healthful and healing.
I've watched the film maybe a dozen times. It's among my top five. Some of these behind-the-scenes facts are interesting to hear.
I make it a point to watch it every New Years Eve. It is not a perfect film, and some of the scenes are dated, but it remains a great movie. I especially love when Major Strasser has his officers sing "Die Wacht am Rhein" and Victor Laszlo calls on the band to play "La Marseillaise". The patrons at Rick's, from all different nations, begin to chime in and drown out the Germans. It is truly cinematic magic, and I get choked up every time I see it. Look forward to having a couple of bourbons and watching again this New Years Eve.
Van Nuys Airport was only used as a filming location for the sequence when Major Strasser arrives in the city only a few minutes into the movie. The airport scene towards the conclusion was actually shot on a soundstage on the WB studio lot due to the necessitated blackouts during night hours as those restrictions were imposed just after the U.S. entry into the war, which thereby inhibited photography @ VNA in the eveningtime.
the departing plane was smaller scale as are the men around the plane
@@ub1953 The plane was a scaled down cutout, but to make it look more realistic, they used little people to act as crew preparing for take-off.
Casablanca was the best film ever made. I have seen this movie 6 times, and I probably see it again. Thank you for the behind the scenes comments!!!!
NEVER remake this movie. It is already perfect.
God, I'm STILL in love with
Ingrid Bergman. sigh.
Watched it many times, is still relevant today.
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I can't say who was my favorite cast member because they were all so good.
Casablanca is essential viewing for EVERYONE!
Although many films make big bucks, few reach the heights of Casablanca.
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Great movie I have watched Casablanca at least ten times
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It was Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa who said "Play it, Sam". Bogie's Rick Blaine said, "You know what I want to hear. You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can!"
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Great movie. Thanks for the unknown details.
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I have watched this movie at least 100 times. No joke.
I'd hope your users wouldn't be surprised that a Hollywood film wasn't filmed in Morocco in 1942, what with them having to get the cast and crew across an ocean where there was a war going on.
Do your users know that Claude Rains had very bad vision because of damage suffered from poison gas in the 1914-18 War? And he got the lines 'One should never underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered their way into Berlin in 1918' - i.e. a maimed British Great War veteran playing a French Great War veteran giving both countries/empires a supporting role in their own effing war (And Berlin didn't fall in 1918 to Americans or anyone; it wasn't like Washington in 1814 or Richmond in 1865)
I have watched many tines. And enjoy it every time I watch it.
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I once bought a circular mirror for a cousin and wrote on it (in soap) "Here's looking at Euclid".
I'll get my coat...........
The best part of the love triangleis that no one was in the wrong, everyone was in the right in their own sides, and you liked all three people and rooted for all three of them to win.
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I love Casablanca and have watched it at least a dozen times. What you skipped over about there song is that Elsa says "Play it once, Sam."
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It isn't essential today because today they can make any crap and it'll make a profit. Casablanca is art.
My favorite movie and the best movie made-my opinion. Saw it many many times.
"Play it again, Sam" is a line never spoken in Casablanca. It's the title of a Woody Allen movie.
I think 🤔 I've seen it 20 times and it is a classic movie 🎥 especially in this day and age
Watched it umpteen million times, trust me I've kept count!
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Casablanca is one of, if not my all time favorite movies. It's movies like this that make me wish we had a Hays Code now. Movies and TV are filled with nothing but filth and vulgarity. Movies like this were great, and you didn't have to worry about whether the kids walked into the room.
I think it's the greatest movie Hollywood ever made...and is my own personal all-time favorite.
One line Rick says "...those are the NEW (German) 77s" [artillery guns]; it was an 88 (An multi-purpose MOSTLY anti-aircraft flak gun sometimes used as an anti-tank gun). There was a FRENCH 75 mm field gun that was very popular back then and sometimes the German Wehrmacht used them: NOT 77s.
My being Black, I hated when Ilsa/Ingrid Bergman call Sam 'BOY' ("...Ask the boy at the piano to come here"); once I can get past this part, THEN (!) I can enjoy the rest of the movie!
P.S. MY FAVORITE (!!!) MOVIE. "Here's lookin' at you kid" My favorite MOVIE line!
Two good points Terry.! I THINK Rick treats
him as an equal though.? Black ( American ) jazz musicians who came to Europe at that time and in the 1950s managed to escape the situation at home. It's been a long journey and the End of the Road is
still uncertain .!!
true _ seems there is always a new little thing that comes to light with each viewing. Best in studio film ever made / script, direction, casting.
I cannot tell how many times I watched this movie, but it’s quite a lot.
May I correct a little mistake : Morocco was not a French colony, but was a « protectorat ».
Greetings from France 🇫🇷
My favorite all time Movie
Casablanca is the best movie of all times. Everything and everybody are perfect in this film. But I do not think that young generations have the same opinion as I on a movie made almost 100 years ago. I believe that the present movie world is completely different now.
I have never seen this film. I hope to view it now.
Referring to the release of Casa Blanca, Executives had not idea that allied forces would be invading Morocco around the release of the movie. This makes sense due to the fact that such an invasion would have been highly classified. Just wild luck as was so many things that went with this film. No matter the amount of luck involved it is still one of the best movies ever made.
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I've seen Casablanca countless times since the 1960s.
Woody Allen was well aware of the original quote, "Play it, Sam." His movie's title was a new question.
I must have seen it 35 times, had the book with the complete script.
"If you have seen it once or several times" - several? Better make than "many" or "dozens of". Who would stop watching it again and again after just "several" times?
The reason Rita Hayworth was first considered for the female lead and then dropped is that in the play Rick's lover is an American woman runaway from her husband. This was too scandalous at the time, and Rick's lady love was changed to a foreigner, leading to Bergman being hired. BTW, Casablanca was never "under Nazi control". Vichy France governed all of French Morocco and surrendered it to the Allies peacefully in 1943.
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@angel able: No one ever said: Casablanca was under German occupancy! Howerver, Vichy France was! If you study history you would know that! Captain Renault already referenced that throughout the film! I wish people would STOP referencing something as information!
@@jduwayne1 This video says "Casablanca was under Nazi rule". I corrected that in my reply.
@@angel4everable It DOESN’T! Captain Renault explained Morocco when explaining to Victor Casablanca was under French soil…Because Vichy was occupied by Germany there’s a cooperation between Germany & France which occupied part of Morocco…I didn’t need to watch the movie to know that! The messaging is throughout the movie…But you learn that in school!
@@jduwayne1 CASABLANCA takes place in December of 1941. Vichy France was not occupied by the Germans until after the Allied landings in North Africa in early 1943. That's why Renaut welcomes Major Strasser "to Unoccupied France" in 1941. Please listen to the video again: the narrator clearly states at 5:39, "The Nazis had captured Casablanca". Nope, it never was. Read any standard history of the North African campaign, e.g. AN ARMY AT DAWN or ask any Frenchman or US Army officer who served with the French in North Africa during World War II---I have.
5:35 Nazis had captured Casablanca?? From what I remember about history, German troops were never in Casablanca. The studio was in a rush to release the film simply because of Op. Torch. Torch took place on Nov. 10, '42, and the film was released about one month later. What an exciting time.
Bogie does NOT say "Play it Sam" Bergman did. Bogie said "Play it".
First off: Details IN Casablanca? More like: ABOUT Casablanca. Rushing the release of the film is a plot point I never picked up on. And, I'm shocked...SHOCKED...That there are so many quoteable lines in the film. That comes from the heart, my least vulnerable spot. Overall, I enjoyed your take on Casablanca trivia.
IMO Casablanca is still the greatest film ever made!
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@@FactsVerse They ALL were great! Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henried, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veit, Dooley Wilson, Madeleine LaBeau, etc…But Claud Reins held the picture together…They all were good! That’s what makes this picture a classic! IMO the best movie ever made…It’s hard to distinguish just one…
Clark Gable was under contract to MGM AND had joined the Army Air Corps following his wife Carole Lombards death. He was NEVER considered for the role of Rick.
Captain Reynaud was, apparently, not always so cynical. Note that he wears the WW1 service and victory medals, and the highest French award for courage...tge Legion of Honor.
I am 91 Korean War Vet - I Know War Best Movie Ever Made
"Play it again Sam" is not a line from Casablanca. Bogart never said that.
He actually said ... "If you played it for her you can play it for me, if she can stand so can I"
There was no love between Bogart and Bergman . . . Bogie was surly, curt and standoffish as soon as Curtiz yelled "cut" - mostly because he was pissed off about the script changing day by day, leading him believe this would be a bomb after coming off of The Maltese Falcon. Also worth noting, Conrad Veidt (Colonel Strasse) was the somnambulist in the classic silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari. He's also excellent in Korda's 1940 version of The Thief Of Bagdad - the character he portrayed there being the inspiration for a similar character in the Disney/Robin Williams animated version of Aladdin. As for Peter Lorre, due to a burst appendix at an early age, he became addicted to morphine and struggled with pain and addiction most of his life. Claude Rains came to Hollywood and was trying to break in. One day, while looking for the lead actor in the 1933 version of The Invisible Man (with a lead role that primarily relied on exceptional voice acting), the director James Whale overheard Claude Rains' voice during a screen test in an adjoining room. Whale immediately wanted Rains for the role. It was Rains first sound movie, having made only one silent film before. Lastly, many of the extras in the beginning scenes and throughout the film were real immigrants who had fled to the U.S. because of the war.
There are so many errors in this clip I don’t know where to start, so I won’t.
"No matter how many times you've seen 'Casablanca,' you probably didn't notice the love story!" Wtf?
I'm shocked, shocked there is any gambling going on here
The best movie ever!
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Casablanca is still one of the best movies ever made. The story is good and the characters are interesting. The quotable lines are amazing such as "Round up the usual suspects" and "I'm shocked that there is gambling here" followed by "Here is your winnings". Casablanca tells it's story in 102 minutes while the favorite for this year's best picture OSCAR, Oppenheimer runs for 180 minutes. I found Oppenheimer to be bloated and slow in parts and needed more editing. There are no slow parts in Casablanca and I am riveted to the screen for the whole time. That is why Casablanca is a classic and Oppenheimer will not be. I can watch Casablanca over and over again but can sit through Oppenheimer only once.
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Great film. So glad Bogart got the part. He was perfect for the role. Cool as a cucumber.
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It is so ironic that the narrator's name is Tim Blane. 😉
Have watched at least “22” times.
Check out the train station scene. It’s pouring rain! Rick and Sam are soaking wet. But, in an instant, Rick goes from wet to bone dry!
That's not how he said it though, he didn't say play it again Sam. Get it right.
Casablanca, Ben Hur.... I can't choose
Luckily, I don't have to, I have them both!
I think the way it went you played it for her you can play for me play it one of my favorite movies
You can add this to your list of mistakes, calling Ilsa and Rick, two adulterers is wrong. To be an adulterer, one must be married. The label could apply to Ilsa, as she is married to Laszlo, but not to Rick, as he is unmarried.
My favourite movie of all time, never remake it!
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Hundreds. Literally hundreds in 50 years.
Nothing new here I has seen the film many times and knew all this info.
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I love the part when bogart tells the piano man: play it again Sam That part makes me goosebumps & cry
but he never said it!
The Airport Light Tower is In Glendale That Was Used in Casablanca In The Day and Night Scene
The Light Tower Was
From The Old Glendale
Airport
The Airport is Gone and Disney Has Offices and Buildings There Yet
The Street AIRWAY is Now Where The Light Tower Is Still Standing
There is a Flag Pole In
Front of The Light Tower on AIRWAY in Glendale
The Address is
1310 Air Way
Glendale,Ca.
The Building is
The Original Entrance To
The Glendale
Airport Terminal
It should never be remade. That would be like updating a classic painting.
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There is a strange rumour that Jack Benny makes a brief, uncredited appearance in Casablanca. Could there be any truth to this? Does anyone know where he might appear? Well, just reporting something I've read...
he is a waiter in one scene, in the background. If true. that's all I know.
I think it a great film to interduce young people to the history of ww2. The love story holds their attention. as it hints on the atrocity's that the Nazis did against their enemies.
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Casablanca can be remade but adapted to World War III, which apparently won't be long in coming now.