"not formalised until 1910. Under the French rule, Muslim anti-Jewish riots occurred in 1908. The famous 1942 film ""Casablanca"" (starring Humphrey Bogart) underlined the city's colonial status at the time—depicting it as the scene of a power struggle between competing European powers. The film has a cosmopolitan cast of characters (American, French, German, Spaniard, Czech, Norwegian, Austrian, Bulgarian, Russian, and some other nationalities). Europeans formed almost half the population. During the 1940s and 1950s, Casablanca was a major centre of anti-French rioting. A bomb attack on 25 December 1953 (Christmas Day) caused 16 deaths. Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast)"
"""Casablanca"" went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, while Curtiz was selected as Best Director and the Epsteins and Koch were honored for writing the Best Adapted Screenplay—and gradually its reputation grew. Its lead characters, memorable lines, and pervasive theme song have all become iconic, and the film consistently ranks near the top of lists of the greatest films in history. In December 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine owns an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. ""Rick's Café Américain"" attracts a varied clientele, including Vichy French and German officials, refugees desperate to reach the still-neutral United"
"including and following the revisions. Because of the contributions from both Hemingway and Faulkner, the film represents the only film story on which two winners of the Nobel Prize of Literature worked. Filming began on February 29, 1944 as Faulkner worked on the script, ending on May 10. The film released nationally on October 11, 1944. Audience reception of the film was generally good, with most film critics claiming the film was a remake of ""Casablanca"" (1942). These reviews were mixed, either praising or condemning the film in comparison to ""Casablanca"". Critics specifically mentioned Lauren Bacall's performance or the chemistry"
"A Night in Casablanca A Night in Casablanca is a 1946 film starring the Marx Brothers: Groucho, Chico, and Harpo. The picture was directed by Archie Mayo, and written by Joseph Fields and Roland Kibbee. Set in Casablanca shortly after World War II, escaped Nazi war criminal Heinrich Stubel (Sig Ruman) has steadily murdered three different managers of the Hotel Casablanca. Disguised as a Count Pfferman, Stubel's goal is to reclaim the stolen art treasures that he has hidden in the hotel. However, the only way he can do this undetected is by murdering the hotel's managers and running the"
"Casablanca (novella) Casablanca is a novella written by Edgar Brau in Nevada, United States, in November–December 2002. In the story, set in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, a rich Argentine ranch owner builds a replica of Rick's Café Américain on his estate, with the idea of reproducing in it, by means of doubles, the most important scenes of the movie "" Casablanca"". ""Casablanca"" begins when the narrator, who is driving his car to Mar del Plata seaside resort, is caught by a big storm. While looking for some shelter he comes across a place similar to Rick's Café Américain. He gets"
"offer nothing but an account of what happened in that fantastic Casablanca, and introduce Rick and Ilsa, who are much older now (Rick is blind; Ilsa makes a brief appearance, dressed as Ingrid Bergman in one of the scenes of the movie). In a vase placed near the exit door, visitors leave a few coins. Meanwhile, the storm has subsided. Sam plays ""As time goes by"" once again, to say goodbye now. The narrator gets into his car and, with the feeling that he has witnessed a sequel to the movie that Hollywood never made, leaves the place. In 2002"
"Rick's Café Casablanca Rick’s Café Casablanca is a restaurant, bar and café located in the city of Casablanca, Morocco. Opened March 1, 2004, the place was designed to recreate the bar made famous by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the movie classic ""Casablanca"". Set in an old courtyard-style mansion built against the walls of the Old Medina of Casablanca, the restaurant – piano bar is filled with architectural and decorative details reminiscent of the film: curved arches, a sculpted bar, balconies, balustrades as well as beaded and stencilled brass lighting and plants that cast luminous shadows on white walls."
"Casablanca (1955 TV series) Casablanca is an hour-long American television series, in the genre of spying and intrigue during the Cold War, which was broadcast on ABC between September 27, 1955 and April 24, 1956 as part of the wheel series ""Warner Bros. Presents"". The third of twenty filmed shows produced for ABC, between 1955 and 1963, by Warner Bros. Television, under the supervision of executive producer William T. Orr, ""Casablanca"" is also the only one among those shows to be structured in the form of a non-U.S.-based Cold-War-intrigue storyline, rather than as a western or a detective/adventure series which"
"Victory"", ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"", ""The Maltese Falcon"", ""Sergeant York"", and ""Now, Voyager"". In March 1944, Wallis won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 16th Academy Awards. During the ceremony, when the award was announced for Casablanca, Wallis got up to accept, but studio head Jack L. Warner rushed up to the stage ""with a broad, flashing smile and a look of great self-satisfaction,"" Wallis later recalled. ""I couldn't believe it was happening. ""Casablanca"" had been my creation; Jack had absolutely nothing to do with it. As the audience gasped, I tried to get out of the"
"(1940), before emigrating to the United States around 1941, which led to him having the role of Major Strasser in ""Casablanca"" (1942). Veidt was born in a bourgeois district of Berlin, Germany, the son of Amalie Marie (née Gohtz) and Phillip Heinrich Veidt. (Some biographies wrongly state that he was born in Potsdam, probably on the basis of an early claim on his part.) His family was Lutheran. In 1914, Veidt met actress Lucie Mannheim, with whom he began a relationship. Later in the year Veidt was conscripted into the German Army during World War I. In 1915, he was"
"Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca Agent 077, sfida ai killers, internationally released as Bob Fleming: Mission Casablanca and The Killers Are Challenged, is a 1966 Italian/French international co-production eurospy film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Richard Harrison reprised his role as Bob Fleming from ""Secret Agent Fireball"" (1965). The film was shot in Casablanca and Geneva. After two scientists are murdered the CIA sends Agent Fleming to meet up with Coleman, a scientist who had worked on a new source of energy with the two murder victims. The CIA smuggles Coleman out of the country to Geneva with Fleming taking his place"
"ultimate winner turned out to be the British wartime naval saga, ""In Which We Serve""), but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences insisted that since ""Casablanca"" was not released nationally until early 1943, it would compete at the Award ceremony taking place in 1944. Sixteen months after its New York premiere, ""Casablanca"" won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. There were five additional nominations: Best Actor (Humphrey Bogart), Best Supporting Actor (Claude Rains), Best Cinematography, Black-and White (Arthur Edeson), Best Film Editing (Owen Marks) and Best"
"on December 19, 1944, in which Dooley Wilson reprised his role as Sam. Julius Epstein made two attempts to turn the film into a Broadway musical, in 1951 and 1967, but neither made it to the stage. The original play, ""Everybody Comes to Rick's"", was produced in Newport, Rhode Island, in August 1946, and again in London in April 1991, but met with no success. The film was adapted into a musical by the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female Japanese musical theater company, and ran from November 2009 through February 2010. ""Casablanca"" was part of the film colorization controversy of the"
"sometimes happens in real life. The translation of ""Casablanca"" by Andrea G. Labinger was finalist in 2007 Pen USA Literary Award in the category of Translation. Casablanca (novella) Casablanca is a novella written by Edgar Brau in Nevada, United States, in November–December 2002. In the story, set in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, a rich Argentine ranch owner builds a replica of Rick's Café Américain on his estate, with the idea of reproducing in it, by means of doubles, the most important scenes of the movie "" Casablanca"". ""Casablanca"" begins when the narrator, who is driving his car to Mar del"
"and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture. Casablanca became one of the most successful American labels of the 1970s, signing and releasing albums by such acts as Kiss, Donna Summer, Village People, Cher, Lipps Inc. (with lead vocalist Cynthia Johnson), and Parliament (featuring George Clinton). In 1976, the label merged with indie-film company Filmworks, Inc. headed by founder, Peter Guber to form Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc., which had hits with the movies ""The Deep"" and ""Midnight Express."" In 1977, PolyGram acquired a 50% stake of Casablanca for $15 million; in 1980, it purchased the remaining"
"(1942). It was originally written for the Broadway show ""Everybody's Welcome"" (1931), which ran for 139 performances. In 1931, the song was a modest hit, with versions issued on Victor, Columbia, Brunswick and the dime store labels. The song was featured in the unproduced play ""Everybody Comes To Rick's"", which was the basis for the ""Casablanca"" story and script. Against Max Steiner's wishes (he wrote the music for the film), it was decided to feature the 1931 song in the 1942 film. It has been well documented that the producers considered dropping the song in post-production, but since Ingrid Bergman"
"four decades younger Tina York (born 1941) in 1985. They remained together until 1998, when, at the age of 95, Kinskey died of complications of a stroke in Fountain Hills, Arizona. Leonid Kinskey Leonid Kinskey (c. 1894or 18 April 1903 – 8 September 1998) was a Russian-born film and television actor who enjoyed a long career. Kinskey is best known for his role as Sascha in the film ""Casablanca"" (1942). Kinskey was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He started his career as a mime in various imperial theatres in Russia in the mid 1910s. In 1921, he fled Russia for"
"in the works, and Groucho sent several open letters to Warner Bros. to get newspaper coverage. These letters were among those he donated to the Library of Congress, and he reprinted them in his book ""The Groucho Letters,"" which he published in 1967. In the end, the matter died without legal action, and the storyline of the film was changed to be a send-up of the genre rather than ""Casablanca"" specifically. Warner Bros. now owns the distribution rights to this film via Castle Hill Productions. A Night in Casablanca A Night in Casablanca is a 1946 film starring the Marx"
"up where the film leaves off, and also tells of Rick's mysterious past in America. The book met with little success. David Thomson provided an unofficial sequel in his 1985 novel ""Suspects"". There have been two short-lived television series based upon ""Casablanca"", both sharing the title. The first, which aired on ABC as part of the wheel series ""Warner Bros. Presents"" in hour-long episodes from 1955 to 1956, is a Cold War espionage program set contemporaneously with its production, and starred Charles McGraw as Rick and Marcel Dalio, who played Emil the croupier in the movie, as the police chief."
"1942 in film The year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, ""Casablanca"". Box office numbers were reported at the time as a percentage compared to 'normal' business at each theater. For example, Mrs. Miniver performed at 244% while Billy Wilder's directorial debut The Major and the Minor did a solid 155%. This is why exact dollar grosses for the period are unreliable at best. U.S.A unless stated U.S.A unless stated A B C-D E-F G-H I J-K L-M N-O P Q-R S"
"was survived by his wife, Estelle (née Williams), who died in 1971. Dooley Wilson Arthur ""Dooley"" Wilson (April 3, 1886 – May 30, 1953) was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered as Sam in the 1942 film, ""Casablanca""; in the film, he also performed its theme song, ""As Time Goes By"". Wilson was a drummer and singer who led his own band in the 1920s, touring nightclubs in London and Paris. In the 1930s he took up acting, playing supporting roles onstage on Broadway and in a series of modest films. His role in ""Casablanca"" was"
"2008 2011 It wasn't until 1987 that the Paramount returned to its true calling as a movie house, showing Buster Keaton's ""The General"" (1926), a silent film accompanied by the Wurlitzer. In 1988, ""Casablanca"" (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, launched the first movie series. The 2002 feature was Peter Sellers in ""Dr. Strangelove"" (1964). In 2002 it showed ""Wizard of Oz"" (1939), with Judy Garland, and in 2004 the Paramount showed several classic movies: ""Harvey"" (1950), starring James Stewart, ""Viva Las Vegas"" (1964) starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret, ""The Graduate"" (1967) with Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, and"
"thirty-eight rejected it outright, thirty-three generally recognized it (but only eight specifically as ""Casablanca""), three declared it commercially viable, and one suggested turning it into a novel. Many subsequent films have drawn on elements of ""Casablanca"". ""Passage to Marseille"" (1944) reunited actors Bogart, Rains, Greenstreet, Lorre and director Curtiz in 1944, and there are similarities between ""Casablanca"" and another later Bogart film, ""To Have and Have Not"" (also 1944). Parodies have included the Marx Brothers' ""A Night in Casablanca"" (1946), Neil Simon's ""The Cheap Detective"" (1978), and ""Out Cold"" (2001). Indirectly, it provided the title for the 1995 neo-noir film"
"PhD in German Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Isenberg's works include ""We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie"",""Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins"", ""Detour"", and, as editor, ""Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era"". His work on Casablanca was chosen as a Summer Book of 2017 in The Financial Times. He is a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities, and was the recipient of an inaugural National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award in 2015-16. Noah Isenberg Noah William Isenberg"
"to any explicit reference to Rick and Ilsa having slept together in Paris and to the film mentioning that Captain Renault extorted sexual favors from his supplicants; however, both remained strongly implied in the finished version. Adherence to the Code also ruled out any possibility of the film ending with Rick and Ilsa consummating their adulterous love, making inevitable the ending with Rick's noble renunciation, one of ""Casablanca""s most famous scenes. The first major instance of censorship under the Production Code involved the 1934 film ""Tarzan and His Mate"", in which brief nude scenes involving a body double for actress"
"film ""Casablanca"". Before he leaves, the piano player will tell him the story of this place and of the people who lived and worked there, representing the movie characters. Brau's first collection of works in English, entitled ""Casablanca and Other Stories"", was published in the US by the end of 2006. The Washington Post published a lengthy review by Michael Dirda (“For the first time in English the Argentine labyrinths of Edgar Brau”) in which he states that Brau's works are further explorations of Borges´geography of the imagination. Writer and professor John T. Irwin, from Johns Hopkins University (author of"
"the same name. ""Algiers"" was a sensation because it was the first Hollywood film starring Hedy Lamarr, whose beauty became the main attraction for film audiences. The film is notable as one of the sources of inspiration to the screenwriters of the 1942 Warner Bros. film ""Casablanca"" who wrote it with Hedy Lamarr in mind as the original female lead. Charles Boyer's depiction of the main character, Pepe Le Moko, inspired the Warner Bros. animated character, Pepé Le Pew. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration"
"spy films of the 2000s include ""The Bourne Identity"" (2002), """" (1996); ""Munich"" (2005), ""Syriana"" (2005), and ""The Constant Gardener"" (2005). Among the comedy films focusing on espionage are 1974's ""S*P*Y*S"" and 1985's ""Spies Like Us"". In March 2015, filming of Howard Kaplan's best selling ""The Damascus Cover"" as ""Damascus Cover"" wrapped in Casablanca starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, John Hurt, Jurgen Prochnow and Olivia Thirlby. It is set in Damascus and Jerusalem circa 1989 at the time of the Berlin Wall falling. The American adaptation of ""Casino Royale"" (1954) featured Jimmy Bond in an episode of the ""Climax!"" anthology series."
"Terowongan Casablanca Terowongan Casablanca (The Casablanca Tunnel) is a 2007 Indonesian horror film written by Faldhin Martha and directed by Nanang Istiabudi. The film is (loosely) based upon an Indonesian legend that the Casablanca Tunnel in Jakarta is haunted by a woman who went there in the 1970s to attempt an abortion, was unsuccessful, and died as a result. Refa and Astari have been a couple for a year, Astari becomes pregnant. An angry Refa lures her the Casablanca Tunnel to force an abortion, and in an attempt to flee, Astari is captured and buried alive with her unborn child."
"March 15, 1968 as ""Fünf gegen Casablanca"". Desert Commandos Desert Commandos (Italian: ""Attentato ai tre grandi"") is a 1967 war film set during World War II in Morocco where it was filmed. The Italian title (""Attack on the Big Three"") refers to a German commando group with a mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference. The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters with Tuareg nomads, and French and American soldiers. ""Desert Commaondos"" was released in Italy in 1967 where it was distributed by PEA."
"for Best Supporting Actress), and Daniel Day-Lewis (all three for Best Actor). Katharine Hepburn still holds the record, with four (all for Best Actress). Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. She is best remembered for her roles as Ilsa Lund in ""Casablanca"" (1942) and Alicia Huberman in ""Notorious"" (1946). Bergman was born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and a German"
"expansion plan. In 1999, the city managed to gain Cartoon Network Studios which took up residence in an old commercial bakery building located on North 3rd St. when it separated its production operations from Warner Bros. Animation in Sherman Oaks, CA. Burbank has a rich cinematic history. Hundreds of major feature films have filmed in Burbank over the years, but perhaps none more famous than ""Casablanca"" (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart. The movie began production a few months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Due to World War II, location shooting was restricted and filming near airports was banned. As"
"depths"" as a ""phenomenon worthy of awe."" ""Casablanca"" holds a 97% ""Fresh"" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 77 reviews, with the consensus: ""An undisputed masterpiece and perhaps Hollywood's quintessential statement on love and romance, ""Casablanca"" has only improved with age, boasting career-defining performances from Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman."" In the November/December 1982 issue of ""American Film"", Chuck Ross claimed that he retyped the screenplay to ""Casablanca"", changing the title back to ""Everybody Comes to Rick's"" and the name of the piano player to Dooley Wilson, and submitted it to 217 agencies. Eighty-five of them read it; of those,"