This is definitely one of America's beloved film starring one of the greatest American actors in Humphrey Bogart (The Maltese Falcon) as Rick Blaine, an American expatriate who owns a saloon in French occupied Morocco. Casablanca is significant because it's the port to freedom in the days of WWII. It was the one point to get to Lisbon, Portugal if you wanted to escape the Third Reich. It becomes all about fate in this movie when Rick runs into an old flame from Paris under some extreme circumstances. Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) failed to tell Rick back in Paris that she was married to Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) and that she thought he was dead and that's why she get mixed up with Rick. Ilsa and Victor came to Casablanca to get visa's to be able to come to America because Victor is a freedom fighter on the run from Major Strasser (The Man Who Laughs himself Conrad Veidt) who is also in Casablanca looking for Victor. Rick holds the key to their freedom and must decide to free Victor from Strasser and letting Ilsa go at the same time. Claude Rains (The Greatest Story Ever Told) does an excellent job in this movie as sort of a guy playing it close to the fences when it comes to his compassion for people and playing the role of helper for the Third Reich. He is serious about his role as Captain, but loves to mingle with the people and having swagger. The movie also stars Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon) as Signor Ferrari, Peter Lorre (The Maltese Falcon) as Ugarte, Dooley Wilson (Night In New Orleans) as Sam, and Joy Page (Tonka) as Annina Brandel. I give this movie an A+
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Casablanca (1942)
This is definitely one of America's beloved film starring one of the greatest American actors in Humphrey Bogart (The Maltese Falcon) as Rick Blaine, an American expatriate who owns a saloon in French occupied Morocco. Casablanca is significant because it's the port to freedom in the days of WWII. It was the one point to get to Lisbon, Portugal if you wanted to escape the Third Reich. It becomes all about fate in this movie when Rick runs into an old flame from Paris under some extreme circumstances. Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) failed to tell Rick back in Paris that she was married to Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) and that she thought he was dead and that's why she get mixed up with Rick. Ilsa and Victor came to Casablanca to get visa's to be able to come to America because Victor is a freedom fighter on the run from Major Strasser (The Man Who Laughs himself Conrad Veidt) who is also in Casablanca looking for Victor. Rick holds the key to their freedom and must decide to free Victor from Strasser and letting Ilsa go at the same time. Claude Rains (The Greatest Story Ever Told) does an excellent job in this movie as sort of a guy playing it close to the fences when it comes to his compassion for people and playing the role of helper for the Third Reich. He is serious about his role as Captain, but loves to mingle with the people and having swagger. The movie also stars Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon) as Signor Ferrari, Peter Lorre (The Maltese Falcon) as Ugarte, Dooley Wilson (Night In New Orleans) as Sam, and Joy Page (Tonka) as Annina Brandel. I give this movie an A+
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