CASABLANCA was released 82 years ago this week. One of the biggest and most iconic films to ever come out of Hollywood, the story behind the scenes is like the beginning of a beautiful friendship… 1/53 - ThreadSky

alltherightmovies.com • 128 days ago

CASABLANCA was released 82 years ago this week. One of the biggest and most iconic films to ever come out of Hollywood, the story behind the scenes is like the beginning of a beautiful friendship…

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alltherightmovies.com•128 days ago

In 1938, playwright Murray Burnett and his wife visited Nazi-controlled Europe. In a small French town they went to a nightclub overlooking the Mediterranean. A black pianist played jazz for a mix of French, Nazis, and refugees. It was an image Burnett never forgot.

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alltherightmovies.com•128 days ago

Returning to the US, Burnett and writing partner Joan Alison wrote a script and called it Everybody Comes To Rick’s. They wrote it as a Broadway play, but found producers hard to come by - many were reportedly put off by what they saw of the low morals of the female lead.

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alltherightmovies.com•128 days ago

In 1941 (reportedly the day after the Pearl Harbour attack), talent scout Irene Diamond read the manuscript. Calling it “sophisticated hokum”, she recommended it to Warner Bros producer Hal B. Wallis and he bought the rights for $20k - a record then for an unproduced play.

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alltherightmovies.com•128 days ago

In 1938, UA had released a thematically-similar movie called Algiers. That had been a huge hit, so Wallis followed suit and changed the title of Burnett and Alison’s script to Casablanca.

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alltherightmovies.com•128 days ago

The first writers brought in to adapt the manuscript to a screenplay were Aeneas MacKenzie and Wally Kline. Their work went unused when they left the project after 6 weeks and were replaced with identical twin screenwriting duo Julius and Philip Epstein.

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alltherightmovies.com•128 days ago

In early 1942, the Epsteins were headhunted by Hollywood director Frank Capra who wanted them to help out on his series of World War II US propaganda films, Why We Fight. They left Casablanca and were replaced by Howard Koch, given the task of finishing the script.

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panchovertigen.bsky.social•126 days ago

'As Time Goes By' is a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became famous when it was sung by Sam (Dooley Wilson). The piano accompaniment was played by a studio pianist, Jean Vincent Plummer. The melody is heard throughout the film as a leitmotif.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAPDxn13A30

cobe1020.bsky.social•128 days ago

Here's looking at you kid! I still love watching old B&W ...

alexthekid.bsky.social•126 days ago

Watched this movie when I was art school and have loved it ever since.

herca-52.bsky.social•127 days ago

My favourite film ever. Bogart and Rains worked so well together.

bibble235.bsky.social•126 days ago

Love old movies,but could not bring myself to watch until 3 years ago. Wasn't looking forward to it, Hitchcock, Kitchen Sink dramas were more my thing but after forcing myself, having just forced watched The Great. Dictator, I went for it. Brilliant. Now I use others opinions when picking

dachfi.bsky.social•128 days ago

As always a fascinating behind the scenes peak of how it cam to be.
Thank you really appreciated this one.

dachfi.bsky.social•128 days ago

My favourite film of all time.
Watched it recently & it still holds up just as relevant today as it wasn82 years ago.

feveronthefreeway.bsky.social•120 days ago

Amazing how this movie holds up

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