***A splendid piece by Paul Batters of Silver Screen Classics — essential reading!
by Paul Batters
Annina: Oh, monsieur, you are a man. If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her?
Rick: Nobody ever loved me that much.
One of the most enduring films in the Hollywood pantheon of classic films turns 75 this year on November 26th. It is usually on most people’s list of favourite classic films, not least of all because of one Humphrey Bogart and the beautiful Ingrid Bergman star in it. Not to mention a wonderful supporting cast (Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson) and a delightful soundtrack (who doesn’t swoon a little at ‘As Time Goes By’).
It also endures because it’s a love story – one that does not have a fairy…
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Thanks for pointing me to this post. My husband and I have shared a love of Casablanca since we met nearly 40 years ago.
There’s another good article on the movie that I linked to a while back: http://wondersinthedark.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/1-casablanca-1942
Glad you enjoyed this one!