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Post by NJtoTX on Sept 29, 2023 21:53:10 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt Bois as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 30, 2023 12:59:27 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt Bois as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca
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Post by NJtoTX on Sept 30, 2023 13:11:51 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt Bois as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion."
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 30, 2023 13:54:12 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt Bois as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue
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Post by Pippen on Sept 30, 2023 14:24:10 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt Bois as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. Henried, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 1, 2023 9:23:30 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 1, 2023 13:34:29 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family
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Post by Pippen on Oct 2, 2023 0:41:43 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 3, 2023 16:39:37 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year L. LETTERS OF TRANSIT - Fictional documents, signed by French General deGaulle himself, possession of which was sufficient to allow the bearer to leave Casablanca. These “cannot be rescinded, not even questioned.” Thus an agreement must exist between the Nazis and France?
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Post by Pippen on Oct 3, 2023 17:17:51 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year L. LETTERS OF TRANSIT - Fictional documents, signed by French General deGaulle himself, possession of which was sufficient to allow the bearer to leave Casablanca. These “cannot be rescinded, not even questioned.” Thus an agreement must exist between the Nazis and France?M. M. MOROCCO ...the country in which most of the action of the film takes place
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 3, 2023 17:35:00 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year L. LETTERS OF TRANSIT - Fictional documents, signed by French General deGaulle himself, possession of which was sufficient to allow the bearer to leave Casablanca. These “cannot be rescinded, not even questioned.” Thus an agreement must exist between the Nazis and France?M. M. MOROCCO ...the country in which most of the action of the film takes place N. NAZIS - Removed for the West German release, in 1952, along with most references to World War II. Victor Laszlo's character was changed to a Norwegian atomic physicist being pursued by Interpol after he "broke out of jail."
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Post by Pippen on Oct 3, 2023 17:39:09 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942) A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year L. LETTERS OF TRANSIT - Fictional documents, signed by French General deGaulle himself, possession of which was sufficient to allow the bearer to leave Casablanca. These “cannot be rescinded, not even questioned.” Thus an agreement must exist between the Nazis and France?M. M. MOROCCO ...the country in which most of the action of the film takes place N. NAZIS - Removed for the West German release, in 1952, along with most references to World War II. Victor Laszlo's character was changed to a Norwegian atomic physicist being pursued by Interpol after he "broke out of jail." O. OSCARS - 8 noms with 3 wins Details Link
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 3, 2023 19:05:38 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year L. LETTERS OF TRANSIT - Fictional documents, signed by French General deGaulle himself, possession of which was sufficient to allow the bearer to leave Casablanca. These “cannot be rescinded, not even questioned.” Thus an agreement must exist between the Nazis and France?M. M. MOROCCO ...the country in which most of the action of the film takes place N. NAZIS - Removed for the West German release, in 1952, along with most references to World War II. Victor Laszlo's character was changed to a Norwegian atomic physicist being pursued by Interpol after he "broke out of jail." O. OSCARS - 8 noms with 3 wins Details Link P. PORTUGAL - Neutral thru WWII, it's where everyone wanted to go
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 3, 2023 20:16:06 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year L. LETTERS OF TRANSIT - Fictional documents, signed by French General deGaulle himself, possession of which was sufficient to allow the bearer to leave Casablanca. These “cannot be rescinded, not even questioned.” Thus an agreement must exist between the Nazis and France?M. M. MOROCCO ...the country in which most of the action of the film takes place N. NAZIS - Removed for the West German release, in 1952, along with most references to World War II. Victor Laszlo's character was changed to a Norwegian atomic physicist being pursued by Interpol after he "broke out of jail." O. OSCARS - 8 noms with 3 wins Details Link P. PORTUGAL - Neutral thru WWII, it's where everyone wanted to go Q. QUOTES - Casablanca has 6 on AFI's "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes" list; No other film has more than 3!
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Post by Pippen on Oct 7, 2023 1:41:59 GMT
CLASSIC FILMS, A-Z: CASABLANCA (1942)
A. AWARDED - the "Best Picture" Oscar by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences B. Curt BOIS as the pickpocket. Bois had a long career in movies, spanning over 80 years C. CLAUDE Rains - Visible in this film as Captain Louis Renault D. DUE to wartime restrictions on building supplies, Rick's Cafe was one of the few original sets built for the film. The rest were recycled from other Warner Bros. productions E. EVERYBODY Comes to Rick's. The play that was made into Casablanca F. FRENCH National Anthem, "La Marseillaise," tearfully and loudly sung to drown out the German officers who'd been proudly singing their patriotic "Die Wacht am Rhein," in which one verse translates to, "And if my heart breaks in death, You won't become a Frenchman yet, As abundant with water is your flood, So is Germany in heroes' blood." The two songs had been similarly juxtaposed 5 years earlier in Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion." G. GRAY. The color the Germans wore when they marched into Paris. Ilsa wore blue H. HENRIED, Paul was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He played Victor Lazlo in Casablanca I. INGRID Bergman - She did not think the film was anything special, couldn't stand Bogart during the filming, and hated being asked about “that film with Bogie” for years. J. JOHN Qualen - He was Berger, the Norwegian. One of my favorite character actors who must have had 10,000 credits, from Arrowsmith (1931) to The Partridge Family K. Howard KOCH was one of the three screenwriters who took home the Oscar for Best Screenplay that year L. LETTERS OF TRANSIT - Fictional documents, signed by French General deGaulle himself, possession of which was sufficient to allow the bearer to leave Casablanca. These “cannot be rescinded, not even questioned.” Thus an agreement must exist between the Nazis and France?M. M. MOROCCO ...the country in which most of the action of the film takes place N. NAZIS - Removed for the West German release, in 1952, along with most references to World War II. Victor Laszlo's character was changed to a Norwegian atomic physicist being pursued by Interpol after he "broke out of jail." O. OSCARS - 8 noms with 3 wins Details Link P. PORTUGAL - Neutral thru WWII, it's where everyone wanted to go Q. QUOTES - Casablanca has 6 on AFI's "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes" list; No other film has more than 3! R. REFUGEES - Many of the actors who played the Nazis were in fact German Jews who had escaped from Nazi Germany.
"During the scene in which the "La Marseillaise" is sung over the German song "Die Wacht am Rhein" ("The Watch on the Rhine"), many of the extras had real tears in their eyes as a large number were actual refugees from Nazi persecution in Germany and elsewhere in Europe and were overcome by the emotions the scene brought out. The scene was copied from Jean Renoir's The Grand Illusion (1937), in which French soldiers in a German POW camp sing the song as a similar gesture of defiance. In that film the song was led by a prisoner who was in drag for a show the prisoners were putting on. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" ("War Song for the Rhine Army")."
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