If so, here is a documentary about how it was made at Warner Bros. Studio. I've been a fan since I saw it "big screen" as a kid. I met Paul Henreid once, years ago at Warner Bros. He was a gracious and pleasant man.
Enjoy.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
Absolutely. I brought my daughters and a friend of theirs to a big screen release of it.
Sadly, it was a bit too complex for them. I am hoping that it sinks in over time and that they will understand the value of sacrifice of one's own pleasures for the sake of the greater good.
I still sing La Marseillaise with Victor Lazlo and the gang everytime it comes on.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
It is totally propaganda, and yet still my favorite movie of all time.
Most of the WW2 era movies were, but it was still a very good flick. It's about the only movie in which I liked Bogart. Claude Rains was excellent in it, as usual.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Dad was in North Africa with the 82nd AB in WW2. When they were in the area of Casablanca, Morocco, they actually went looking for "Rick's Place". They all had seen the movie before they went into the Army, and just knew it was a real bar. He said they were told to never under any circumstances enter the Casablanca area, but when they did always go in groups of no less than 6.
Leanwolf: Enjoy it immensely - watch it every couple of years. "Play it once, Sam. For old times sake". Classic. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy P.S.: Looked up some trivia regarding the movie and it cost $875,000.00 to make and the initial box office was $7,000,000.00! It has probably made 50 times that in TV re-run income. The piano that Sam played in the movie sold for $3,400,000.00 (three million four hundred thousand dollars!) in 2,014.
