During production of Casablanca in 1942, screenwriter Howard Koch and the Epstein twins were still rewriting pages the night before filming, with no resolution to the Rick-Ilsa-Laszlo love triangle in ...
In 1601, Shakespeare’s Hamlet asked, “To be or not to be?” In 1942, Hollywood filmmakers asked, “To breen or not to breen?” Just as the immortal bard’s hero decided to endure this “mortal coil” ...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of “Casablanca,” and although we are a long way from 1942, watching the film’s romantic leads, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, sacrifice their wartime love ...
A new biography of Ingrid Bergman casts fresh light on the making of the 1942 classic "Casablanca," in which none of its three stars wanted to appear. They never suspected that their roles would ...
Some film titles are so famous that almost anyone can recognize them. These classic films have gained such immortality that they have taken on a life outside of themselves. The lines, characters, and ...
The 1942 classic Casablanca has been named the greatest romantic movie of all time, ranking No. 1 on Variety’s list of the 50 Greatest Romantic Movies of All Time. The Michael Curtiz film took the top ...
Michael Curtiz's wartime melodrama might be the most unexpected hit in cinema history. As it turns 80, here's why you should play it again Matthew Sweet co-writes the TV drama Bookish with Mark Gatiss ...
Seven decades after the premiere of the film classic “Casablanca,” the Moroccan port city remains firmly associated in many people’s minds with the movie, even though Rick’s Cafe Americain, where much ...