BMalion and I watched Casablanca tonight, listened closely, and both think that it was “DeGaulle.” Which makes no sense, obviously, as he was a foe of and had no standing with the Vichy regime.
It is Weygand. But it sure sounds like DeGaulle.
A move that came together perfectly and has held up.
We find out why Blaine is cynical. It is because he is a romantic and a very decent man at heart and the world disappoints him.
“Philistines. I mean how can you re-make Casablanca? The one starring Myra Dinglebat and Peter Beardsley was definitive.”
– Lister
In the sense that Bill Gates has some money.
I watch both of them once a year or so, but I guess I like Casablanca better.
But I really like the episode of Cheyenne where they did a 50-minute remake of To Have and Have Not.
Count me among those who put Casablanca near the very top of the list! Sentimental love story; outstanding dialog; no wasted effort for special effects or “action.” – Love it!
My regret is that I’ve seen it about 20 times already. :smack: To fully enjoy viewing it again, I’ll need to get a senility that affects long-term memory. 
Yes. I’m confused by those who complain about the silly “letters of transit.” Some movies have plot inconsistencies that make the movie severely flawed, but Casablanca isn’t one of them. It would be interesting to have a thread discussing what sorts of disbelief suspensions are troublesome and which not.
Originally Posted by Wee Bairn
100 posts, and I’m the only one who prefers To Have and Have Not, mainly becasue I think Bogart and Bacall had better chemistry than Bogart & Bergman.
THAHN seems to have a lot more potential than Casablanca but the writing is nowhere near as good. It is also one of those rare films or television shows where Walter Brennan was more of an irritant than a positive part of the movie. “Was you ever bit by a dead bee?” is like chalk on a blackboard and “you just put your lips together and blow” is almost as bad.
To StrangerOnATrain: Another vote for “The Third Man” one of the few perfect movies.
Just noting: until Elendil’s Heir revived this in post #141, this thread is from 2007.
I just realized something.
If a child was born when this thread was started, s/he would probably be in kindergarden right now.
:eek:
TonySinclair, I disagree. My point (in so far as I remember it from almost six years ago) was that in 1940 Humphrey Bogart was not an immensely popular actor. He was not even as popular as any of the five I listed:
- Mickey Rooney
- Spencer Tracy
- Clark Gable
- Gene Autry
- Tyrone Power
I don’t think any of them today would be considered in the same league as Bogart, not even Tracy.
Or Gable?
Andall the doors have signs in english!
Well, it *was *Rick’s Cafe Americain.
I beg to differ. She was neither an expatriate nor, as it turned out, an ex-patriot.
In the movie, Capt. Renault descibes himself as a “poor corrupt official”. How much would Rick have to pay a guy like Renault to operate a bar? Or was Renault’s take from the crooked roulette games enough for him?
Heh. I think BMalion meant that even the French police HQ and the German Commission of Armistice (Strasser’s office) have signs in English.
I disagree about Tracy. He is head and shoulders above Bogart.
One example, The Big Sleep, the scene in which Bogart pretends to be looking for a rare book in the phoney rare book store. Bogart is completely over the top. The dialogue is clever but the scene is ruined by Bogart’s homophobic excess. I can’t think of any scene in Tracy’s career where the scenery was chewed to such a degree.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He chews it twice.
But Casablanca is immortal.
There are several Bogart films I like better than to Have or Have Not. But I’d have been delighted to get whisting lessons from Lauren Bacall.
Very clever and if true I am glad I missed it.