Devil Doc
When Death smiles, Corpsmen smile back
On this day in 1942, the movie Casablanca had its premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City. Casablanca is the story of Rick Blaine, an American nightclub owner in North Africa during World War II. One night, he is approached by a French Resistance fighter named Victor and his wife, Ilsa, who are trying to get papers to escape to America. Ilsa happens to be Rick's true love, who deserted him when the Nazis invaded Paris. Meeting once more, they fall in love again, and they have to decide whether their love is more important than the fight against fascism.
The movie took 10 weeks to shoot. The script was constantly rewritten throughout the shooting, and not even the writers knew whether Ilsa would end up with Rick or Victor at the end. But it was a box office hit, and it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1943.
Casablanca is now one of the best-loved and most quoted movies of all time. It contains lines such as, "We'll always have Paris," "Here's looking at you, kid," "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," and "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she had to walk into mine."
Doc.
The movie took 10 weeks to shoot. The script was constantly rewritten throughout the shooting, and not even the writers knew whether Ilsa would end up with Rick or Victor at the end. But it was a box office hit, and it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1943.
Casablanca is now one of the best-loved and most quoted movies of all time. It contains lines such as, "We'll always have Paris," "Here's looking at you, kid," "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," and "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she had to walk into mine."
Doc.
