Casablanca at 75: fascinating facts about one of the most famous films of all time

www.cbc.ca ^ | November 30, 2017 | Jennifer Van Evra

[Red Badger]

A little old, but still very interesting..........................

[P.O.E.]

My all-time favorite movie.

[Doogle]

Watched it last week....

[DoodleDawg]

Ditto. Though I think Claude Rains steels the show from Humphrey Bogart.

[Jolla]

Great movie, watch it often, was getting a root canal once and they put it on the TV for me to watch - when the singing between the German soldiers and the French supporters singing the Marseillaise breaks out I tear up every time, the dentist stopped and asked if I needed more pain killer.

[Red Badger]

I’m 64.

I have NEVER SEEN ‘Casablanca’..................only outtakes...............

[cld51860]

Well, whaddya know. I didn’t know about a tv show based on it in the 80s...

[mc5cents]

My all-time favorite movie.

It's mine too.

[Lurker]

Great movie but The Big Sleep is better.

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[chrisser]

Watched Bogart in Sahara last night on Amazon Prime. Not exactly Casablanca, but a pretty decent WWII flick from 1943.

I have a soft spot for the WWII movies made prior to 1945 when nobody was sure yet how things were going to end.

[Fiji Hill]

The classic song "As Time Goes By" was included in the original play, but Steiner didn't like it and wanted it excluded from the film adaptation. But Bergman had already shot the scenes with the song and cut her hair for her next role, so they couldn't be re-shot, and the song stayed.

"As Time Goes By" is a great tune. It reminds the listener that although the 1930's may be a high-tech era, human nature remains unchanged despite scientific breakthroughs and technological advancements.

As Time Goes By--Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (1931)

[ArtDodger]

As far as remakes, Peter Falk did a spoof movie of the Bogart movies and had a few scenes that played on Casablanca. It was a pretty funny movie, maybe by Mel Brooks.

[wally_bert]

A great scene.

My dentist never seems to give me enough painkillers.

I has a broken tooth removed after Christmas. When I scheduled the visit, he told me the last person he did it for didn’t remember anything.

I heard every word and sound, felt pressures and stuff but no pain mostly. I guess I’m naturally tolerant.

[Mariner]

Almost universally women say this is their favorite Bogart film.

Mean almost always have a different film as their favorite...Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre, African Queen, To have and have not, The Big Sleep.

There are so many.

[Mariner]

MEN almost always have a different film as their favorite

[mc5cents]

So many great lines in Casablanca it's hard to pick a favorite but I've always liked this one

“What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?” “…My health, I came to Casablanca for the waters.” “The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.” “...I was misinformed.”

[gunnyg]

Rhere’s an interesting poic online .........showing TRUMP.45! as Bogart/CasaBlanca...”The Beginning of a beautiful Friendship”
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[Mouton]

Buddy just returned from Morocco and I asked him yesterday if he had a drink at Rick’s in Casablanca. He said he asked but there is no Rick’s in Casablanca, and never was!

[Liz]

Two very interesting facts are not included.

Madeleine LeBeau, who played Yvonne, Rick's edgy girlfriend was in real life married to Marcel Dalio,
the croupier. Dalio sued her for divorce (alienation of affection) after the movie was finished.

The plane in the final tarmac scene was hastily thrown together on a limited budget.....it as not a full-size plane.
So they hired midgets to act as on-screen airplane personnel to make the plane seem larger than it really was.

[Red Badger]

Of course not!
It’s Mohammad’s Place!.....................