Before it started "It's black and white, I'll try to have an open mind". Five minutes into it they are both totally caught up in it. It's my belief that if you don't watch B/W movies you're missing half or more of the best movies ever made. These people didn't have digital effects to save them. They used good writing and acting. They didn't use that much color back then so they had to know their stuff like the use of light and shadow to set a mood.
Absolutely. They couldn't rely on CGI or cheap gore to catch the audience, so they used stuff like you know... quality dialogue and actors to deliver it, meaningful and interesting plot, stuff like that.
BTW Rick doesn’t just let Ilsa go to keep her safe, but because Laszlo needs her and what Laszlo is doing is more important than Rick’s happiness. He’s sacrificing his happiness for a bigger cause (defeating the Nazis).
You grasped the point. Don't forget when the movie was released the Nazis were on top of things and has the Allies on the run. The singing of the Marseilles in the bar by all the patrons in that context make it one of the single most moving scenes in film. Those actors were all refugees from the carnage of WW2. Best studio movie ever
@@007ndc It's an incredible story, and you can only imagine how those people felt. They knew what the Nazis were, and what they were capable of (the Nazis annihilated entire villages in occupied France in counter-insurgency operations). They knew what their friends and family who couldn't get out were facing. They didn't know if they'd ever be able to go home again, or if there'd even be a home to return to. The rage, the pain, the fear; it's all up on the screen. The story goes that Humphrey Bogart was awakened from a drunken stupor one night and brought to set for a quick shot in which he nods to his band leader, Bogart having no idea of the context at the time. That scene ultimately ended up being the crux of the whole film, because that's the moment Rick begins to crack his cocoon of self-protective cynicism and return to the fight.
@@007ndc "Those actors were all refugees from the carnage of WW2." Indeed. Perhaps those actors weren't acting in the usual sense, but instead were playing themselves from actual experience. The realism behind those individuals makes this movie especially moving and meaningful.
I agree, and I have seen it so many times. I have to say though, that the best viewing of it I had is when they brought it back to the big screen in 1992 its the 50 year anniversary. I saw things in it that are not really noticeable on the small screen, eg. when Rick and Inspector Renault make the bet.
@@coleparker I've seen it n the big screen too, and I agree, but what, specifically, did you see in that scene that is not apparent on TV? Of course, nowadays, TV screens are nearly as big as movie screens anyway.
Three of the most iconic lines in cinema history: "Here's looking at you kid", "We'll always have Paris" and " I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship".
"The problems of three little people in this crazy world don't amount to a hill of beans" and "I'm shocked, SHOCKED..." I mean of the AFI's top 100 movie quotes of all time, seven (edit: actually 6) are from this movie, which is more than double what any other film had.
The fact that Casablanca is *eighty years old* and still pulls us in fully, all the characters rich and relatable, and the style and craft so artful, is why I consider it, objectively, the best film ever made in the 130 years or so since cinema was invented. The anthem scene always gets me - and that one young woman that Rick rejects, who goes to dating a Nazi, is representative of many French women who "fraternized with the enemy" during the occupation who then after liberation had their heads shaven to shame them; it's why the one soldier berates her and gets in a slap fight with the Nazi she's with; so then during the Anthem scene, when Victor stirs everyone up in singing the (free) French Anthem, we see her weeping and singing along and shouting "vive la France!" - representing her redemption as she returns to standing up for her own country. Every character, from her, to the Romanian girl debating whether to have sex with Captain Renault in exchange for exist visas for her and her husband, to even those only on screen for a few moments, is a dimensional, relatable human being. Modern scripts are shamefully lazy and artless by comparison.
A lot of those actors had fled Europe because of German occupation of their countries. This was made during the war. The emotions and tears during the French anthem scene are real.
Mark C. check out the origins of the actors in the scene where they are singing the Free French anthem. Almost everyone of them had come from France or it's colonies...during the war.
The actress playing Yvonne actually escaped France and her tears were very real. All time classic! Our symphony played the soundtrack while the movie played on a big screen.Thank you so much.❤❤❤❤ for this reaction
and the actor playing the Nazi major had been a famous actor in Germany. He escaped when Hitler came to power, likely would have been murdered if he stayed. He got to play an evil Nazi in this movie,
Introduced this movie to a younger friend who had never seen it. At a certain point during the movie, he asked if there were any lines in the movie that WEREN'T famous. Gotta feeling this one gets a great reaction!
Your young friend had the same reaction I did when I saw this for the first time at age 12 or 13. Couldn't believe all the famous lines that came from one movie!
@@adamplace1414 Best dialog in the history of film IMHO. You have all the quoted material but then you have snappy lines brimming with wit which are not as well known. This movie is a complete treasure.
The great fiction writer Elizabeth Bear once told me that Casablanca is a perfect example of a character in conflict with himself: Rick initially thinks that he wants to be left alone, and then he thinks that he wants Ilsa. But what Rick really wants, and what he doesn’t discover until the last scene, is that he wants to be part of something bigger than himself. Victor already knows this about Rick, but Rick doesn’t.
Not bad for a movie where no one (not even the cast) knew what the ending was going to be until two days before it was filmed. The writers didn't even know--they had to come up with an ending in 48 hours.
Wow, it’s amazing that Bogart is just an obscure name to the younger viewers. Growing up in the 60s and 70s these classic stars of the 30s and 40s were our parents contemporaries. But without cable tv and the internet , and only three network stations and maybe a couple of UHF stations, these classic films were the steady diet on broadcast tv. Also, the talk shows and variety shows were all about classic film actors. I spent many an hour watching guys like Orson Welles storytelling about the old Hollywood on talk shows. It was a real education. I never had to be introduced to classic movies it was in the blood.
Totally. I grew up in the 80/90s. part of my cultural foundation goes back to the 30s if not longer in some cases. It really amazes me that people under 35 don'[t have some of those connections. I really think there was a change some were around 2000, to 2015 that caused a general disconnect.
@@dirus3142 They used to run black-and-white movies on TV all the time in the 80s, so I saw lots of them growing up. It's so weird just how younger people now seem to think films didn't start getting good until ten years ago or something.
I was born in 91 and I'm very familiar with them. Most people my age just have the same attitude they did at the beginning about old films and black and white. So frustrating
This movie is famous for having lots of lines that become catch-phrases. "Here's looking at you, kid.", "Play it, Sam.", "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she steps into mine.", "We'll always have Paris.", "Round up the usual suspects.", "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Etc. Etc.
When Lazlo leads the bar in singing against the Germans, the scene is all the more powerful when you find out in real life that most of the extras in that scene, including the staff of Rick's place, were refugees from Nazi occupied Europe. Conrad Veidt, who played Major Strasser had a Jewish wife and they had to escape from Germany as well.
@@Cbcw76 One of those actors, like Bela Lugosi, who is oft-imitated even by people who've never heard of him... But when I finally saw M I began to view his ability with the proper respect.
One of the things that gives this movies some of the lighting in that bottle is that even the bit parts are wonderfully played. Part of that is because many of the bit part actors were accomplished performers who had fled Nazi occupation in Europe.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Shipping from relationship. Some fans have been so intense about making their own characters have relationships that they have gone after actors/actresses. Examples would be Kylo/Rey shippers about the latest Star Wars movie.
Casablanca, one of the best movies ever made with a heck of a history regarding its production. For what it's worth, the American Film Institute's list of the 50 Best Actors/Actresses of the Twentieth Century rates Humphrey DeForest Bogart as #1. Just a few suggestions: "The Maltese Falcon" with Bogart , Sidney Greenstreet (the Fat Man in Casablanca) and Peter Lore (the guy who killed the courier and got the letters of transit). "The African Queen" with Bogart and Katherine Hepburn; Bogart won the Best Actor Oscar. and "For Whom The Bells Tolls" with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Great movies.
Not to mention, the ORIGINAL, "The Man Who Knew Too Much", with Peter Lorre and Leslie Banks (1935). Watch the original, THEN watch the remake with James (Jimmy) Stewart (1956). Yes, it's the same story, but remade by the original director (Alfred Hitchcock) who commented on his original production as being the work of a "talented amateur". Both are worth watching, but watch them in that order to truly enjoy the greatest experience.
This somehow just hit my recommendations and decided to watch. I’m 70-years old and over the years I have introduced a number of younger generations to this masterpiece. I’ve probably seen it 30 times and to this day still notice subtleties for the first time! I really enjoyed your reactions. I recommend you watch it a second time… I promise you’ll love it even more. Cheers! 👍👍👍
Many have argued that Casablanca was the greatest film ever made. It came from the golden era of Hollywood, full of glamour, romance, and intrigue. Ingrid Bergman was one of the most beautiful and glamorous stars ever to grace the silver screen.
This also indicates to me, that the US is in total decline. Especially the men. From fit, confident, articulate, courageous in the 1940's.. to obese, unsecure, dumbed-downed and meek in the 2020's. My oh my, what change a century makes..
The man selling a ring opens it to reveal a "Cross of Loraine" - the symbol of the Free French fighting for France under De Gaul. Now you'll have to watch "To Have and Have Not."
We’ll always have Paris. Here’s looking at you. The famous quotes just keep coming! My favorite was Yvonne with the German and Rick says “in her own way she might constitute an entire second front”.
"We'll always have Paris" a line that tells us so much about their love story, but also about great memories to sooth a broken heart. Besst Fucking Movie Ever, IMHO.
That was so funny when both of you just sat there with your mouths dropped open. I am also always amazed at the way classic movies with classic lines are so distant from younger folks experience. The lines from this film were etched in my generation.. And I'm not that old. It's like everything from 1980 backwards was erased or something and I find myself asking," How can you not know about that?"
I've often thought about this and I believe that Gen-X is the last generation to really know about all the classic old stars. We (especially those of us oldest Gen-Xers) grew up with 3 networks and most of us grew up with independent stations that had a massive selection of old movies. Cable wasn't widespread until we were teenagers or young adults and so we didn't have that many choices. I remember our local independent station would play Shirley Temple movies, Abbot and Costello movies, Bowery Boys movies, and the old Universal monster movies along with all the cheesy science-fiction and horror films of the 40s and 50s. All over TV we were given healthy doses of 1960s reruns and all the talk shows of the day (Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Mike Douglas, et al) had classic stars talking about their careers. We couldn't help but know who a lot of those stars were. Those who grew up in the 1980s and each decade later have gained more and more choices but also lost all that knowledge of the classics that we grew up with. It's great to see younger people discovering the classics just like we did.
@@ryansoprovich2258 That is amazing. Marilyn died before I was born but decades later she was still iconic. I imagine if you showed him a picture of her he would at least recognize the image even if he didn't know the name. Her image is still to this day being used in many commercial uses, not to mention all the parodies. She is probably still the all-time number one Hollywood sex symbol.
@@bradparnell614 I am Generation Z and I know the old stars and movies, Capra and Chaplin are among my favourite directors of all time and I also watch foreign stuff like Bergman, Clouzot etc, I have a friend the same age who is into old Westerns, he loves Winchester '73 so they do live on among some of us just diminished.
@@Mr.Goodkat That's good to know. I can't help but think most in my generation wouldn't really care much for the old classics except that we had such little choice. The fact that you have more choices than ever and like a lot of the old stuff says a lot about how good that it really was. RU-vid is of course full of reaction videos from people checking out all kinds of older music, movies, and TV shows. I do like a lot of modern entertainment but in a lot of ways they just don't make 'em like they used to.
Loved watching two 21st century movie-loving sisters totally absorbed in this classic 80-year-old film. A well-written and directed movie is timeless - and speaks across the decades straight into our hearts. Keep watching the classic old films - don't deny yourselves these treasures.
His character is in no way a villain, or portrayed as one. He is a politician. He tries to please both sides, which sometimes means that he must do things he doesn't believe in or care for. But they are necessary. Is he a sleaze? sure. Is he a villain? no. Hell, he's not even an antagonist in this film. He's the part of Rick that Rick can't fully be, just like Rick is the part of Louis that Louis can't fully be. Until they get together. It's a beautiful friendship.
Saw Casablanca twice in packed theater houses in the 1990s. Both times the audiences gave a tremendous roar and applause at "round up the usual suspects." Two of the most thrilling movie experiences I've ever had.
"I'm shocked! Shocked; to find that gambling is going on here!" "Your winnings, sir." "Oh. thank you, very much!" Gets me every time. Claude Rains was nominated for an Oscar for this role. I recommend him (& Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman) in the Hitchcock spy thriller 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 (1946)
Loved this reaction. Now you know why this movie is widely considered one of, if not the best of all time. And a master class in writing a script. I've watched this movie at least 60 times and it never gets old. A true timeless classic.
Karl in the movie was played by a character actor named S. K. Sakall and in real life he was just as lovable as Karl appears in the movie. Other actors loved him so much they nicknamed him "Cuddles," and it fit.
You’re right, you two sisters with your sibling chemistry reacting to a film is epic! Your individual movie reactions are great too but as an audience member this felt like one was more included in the experience. Great reaction! Thanks.
And since they loved Ingrid Bergman's outfits so much; Grace Kelly's outfits in Rear Window are incredible. I first saw this movie in a big old theater, and that first shot of Grace Kelly literally made me gasp. She was that beautiful.
@@rbash : Yes, indeed! Cassie really needs to watch Rear Window, IMHO. I wonder what Cassie will think when she learns that Grace Kelly later became Princess Grace of Monaco? 🙂
A fantastic movie. As a young person who loves 'old' movies, trust me, you'll have so much joy watching a lot of those classics. IMO, They are mostly better than what we have nowadays.
There is nothing, nothing like a Bogart movie. He was the absolute best. Meanwhile the only thing more beautiful than Ilsa”s outfits was Ingrid Bergman.
Every time I watch one of these reactions to Casablanca, I'm always surprised when, when Ilsa enters the cafe for the first time, the reactors don't immediately blurt, "Oh my god, she's beautiful!" I've seen this movie countless times, and I *still* want to say it.
I'm so glad the two of you could get into this classic film! The world of black-and-white films is full of so many gems that cannot be lost to future generations.
They do so good with Louis' character, he's a little crooked and womanizing but also sentimental, charming and funny, so you really don't know until the very end if he's going to do the right thing or not, "Round up the usual suspects"
According to the writers of the movie, they divulged in an interview that while they were filming the movie, they were confused and stressed beyond reason as to how to finish it. Then, on the morning of the final shoot, as they were driving to the studio they both looked to each other and said, "Round up the usual suspects!", and that's how they knew to finish the picture.
He's a great character, and very emblematic of the Vichy France officials of the time. They hated the Nazis, but also knew that if they resisted too openly the Nazis would occupy all of France and subject her to their tender mercies. This was also before Hitler made the twin monumental mistakes of declaring war on America in solidarity with Japan and invading the sleeping giant of the USSR, who ultimately choked the Nazi war machine with the blood and bone of more than 25 million Soviets. Britain was the last domino standing in Europe, and she'd been chased back to her islands with her tail between her legs and all her war materiel stranded on the beaches at Dunkirk, and was enduring the at-the-time unprecedented brutality of the Blitz. It seemed inevitable that the Third Reich would indeed last a thousand years, with all the horrific cruelty that implied. And now fascism on the march around the globe again. Here's hoping the courage of Rick, Ilsa, and Laszlo isn't a thing of the past; it seems we'll need it sooner rather than later.
You definitely need to watch "Rear Window" which is the movie that "Disturbia" was a remake of. "Rear Window" is an absolute classic with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, two iconic movie stars from the 50's. It is another amazing classic movie that is filled with suspense, romance and great humor. It is an absolute must watch. Suspenseful but not so scary that you will regret watching it.
I especially appreciate that the line carries real impact due to what we see in the movie previously. Both of those guys, for different reasons, are living very cynical lives. They are doing their best to suppress who they really are and you can see them struggle with it. Then, at the end, both make choices to regain their self respect and leave the cynicism behind. That last line is earned.
Some of your comments were hilarious. The "well, he's officially gross now," line describing Captain Renault had me dying. Since Casablanca is my all-time favorite movie I had to watch this when this was suggested by the RU-vid algorithms. Bravo ladies, bravo.
Most people say that Casablanca is the greatest romance film ever made, but my choice has always been Roman Holiday. The ending is one of the most brilliant pieces of filmmaking ever recorded.
@@dorailroad4285 Agree. Gregory Peck standing with the assembled press while she looks at him, with both realizing they can't go forward makes me bawl like a four year old who didn't have a nap.
Bogie was such a great actor. Ingrid Bergman also. She was nominated for 7 Oscars in her career and won 3 of them. (No noms for this one for her though). Two of the ones that she didn't win, I think were 2 of her best performancees. If you get a chance watch her in Joan of Arc and also in Bells of St. Mary's. There also was another fine actress named Isabella Rossalini who was Ingrid's daughter. Don't be scared of B & W movies. So many great stories and performances. You two are so much fun together. Oh by the way, the guy who played the police chief is the guy who played Prince John in the 1938 Robin Hood Claude Raines.
Two notes for you: 1. They were still writing the script while filming and had not definitively settled on how to end it and who Ilsa would end up with...so one day they would tell Ingrid Bergman "It's Rick." The next day they would reverse themselves and say "It's Victor", which meant she had to play the way she did because she honestly didn't know who she would end up with. 2. During the flashback to Paris and their confessions the song in the background is "Perfidia " signalling that one of them is lying. Thanks for the reactions, both as a solo and a duo.
This movie has never left my top 5 favorites for over 30 years. It still amazes me how well a 80 yr old movie still holds up in todays society. Classic tales always do.
Maltese Falcon should be on your list sometime. Along with Bogie, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre play much bigger characters. Bogart set the bar for the hard boiled private detective and of course there is an intriguing romance.
Both versions of the Maltese falcon. The original was precode and had Ricardo Cortez and is even with the newly invented unmovable sound cameras is very good. The 1940 is one of the best ever.
Bogart plays two characters from classic noir literature, Sam Spade, and Philip Marlow. I was surprised at how mercenary, and harsh Spade was. Marlow is more the hard boiled PI with a heart of gold.
@@dirus3142 hammet was far more cynical than was Raymond chandler. Hammett and chandler formed a mutual admiration society but they did disagree on the philosophy. Bogart played both characters and perfectly captured the differing points of view of the two writers.
Glad you enjoyed this great film! You mentioned how much older than Ilsa Rick and Laslo were. Casablanca was filmed in 1942. America was at war in Europe and Japan. All the young male Hollywood leads enlisted. If you watch the movies from that time, they mostly featured older male leads because all the younger men were away at war.
Congratulations! You and your sister can now say that you have seen one of the greatest love stories in cinema history. Casablanca never gets old; a timeless classic to be seen over and over again.Looking forward to your next reaction. I'd like to throw in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" as a classic comedy featuring my two favorite characters from the era of vaudeville.
I'm impressed with how you worked out and grasped all the meanings, plot twists and subtleties of this great movie. I really wish I was clever enough to read these things as well as you guys. Really enjoyed this reaction. Thanks.
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish gem. I'd highly recommend watching Hitchcock's 'Notorious'. Bogie could act like he was ten feet tall. His other must see movies are The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen and The Caine Mutiny.
I watched the RU-vid video of Roger Ebert's commentary on "Casablanca" and learned that Bergman was 5' 9" tall and Bogart was 5' 7". Clearly there was quite a bit of legerdemain at work in the movie to keep the audience from noticing the difference.
Indeed. It was so "of the times" that the release was bumped-up to take advantage of the publicity around the Allied invasion of North Africa, which was the first step on a long road to cracking Hitler's formidable Fortress Europe.
It really is "a period piece". Filmed in the spring of 1942, released in November, 1942, it is made just after Pearl Harbour, but is talking about a time prior to that where the U.S. was, in fact, neutral, although the President and other Democrats wanted the U.S. in the war. It's probably an effort to make ambivalent Americans see why their ambivalence is wrong and that the war mongers are right!
In 1942 nobody knew who would win the war, and objectively, it wasn't looking good for the Allies. This makes the various layers and messages of this film all the more compelling. Imagine an audience watching it in 1942 having only read newspapers or watched newsreels about the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Europe. We watch it from the safe perspective of knowing the outcome, but as you said, it was current events for them, and no doubt a deeply moving experience.
It is great watching these two women react to seeing Casablanca for the first time and getting totally engrossed in the story. I loved their comments on how they thought the plot would progress; sometimes wrong other times spot on. It is a timeless love story and, in my opinion, the best movie ever made. BTW: I read that they did not tell Ingrid Bergman who she would be getting on the plane with so she would look genuinely surprised when Rick said to fill out the names of Mr & Mrs Laslow.
Truly one of the greatest movies ever made. No extreme violence, no bad language, no sex scenes, just brilliant writing all around. Claude Rains is awesome as Capt. Renault, delivering his lines flawlessly. If you want to see him in a scary-but-not-too-scary movie, watch The Wolf Man (1941). He plays the father, and he's awesome in that, too. He's also great in Phantom of the Opera (1943).
I think it's good you are venturing out and watching the classics of cinema rather than focusing on the past 40 or so years, like other similar channels. As a lover of cinema it warns my heart knowing films like Casablanca still entice new viewers after nearly 8 decades.
I’ve been watching this film since the early 60s and I am amazed just how good it is. When it was made it captured wartime audiences’ imaginations. So many of the lines became imprinted in the language of that generation. You can still see echos in today’s films. ‘’Usual Suspects. We will always have Burbank. Beautiful friendship. Etc. “Acting and writing taking place on sound stages with some terrible hanging airplane in front of painted screens and it’s arguably the best movie ever made.
This is maybe my favorite of these videos I've seen so far. Watching the two of you totally get into this timeless Hollywood classic takes me back to my early days as a film buff when I discovered great Cinema from so many different eras. Keep up the good work.
I want to thank you and Carly for watching my favorite movie with two of my favorite actors. To a 74 year old fogy like me, Bogie was a man's man and Ingrid was a very classy lady. Bogie was equally as good in "The Big Sleep", although that movie is very complicated with some very sensitive areas. It also stars his real world life Lauren (Betty) Bacall. Anything with Bogart such as "The Maltese Falcon" or "To have and have not" is worth your time. Please keep posting. You bring joy to all of us.
I keep seeing so many of my favorite old movies on this channel. I didn't see this movie until about five years ago and was so impressed with the story. Rick was such a complex character. You just don't see that kind of writing these days. BTW, one of the reasons the "Marseilles scene" was so meaningful to me is that the song the Germans were singing was "die Wacht am Rhein" which is about defending the Rhineland against French raids going back to the 18th century.
Realizing 'black and white films are good!' is the best thing that can happen to someone interested in exploring. You are in for so much fun. I know you tend toward 'light' but 'dark' in the '50s will be no problem and that's where you'll find real treasures. I'm recommending one of my favorites: "The Asphalt Jungle" 1951 - an excellent crime caper (marilyn monroe's first significant small part...if everyone still knows who she is...) If you would like to see Ingrid Bergman in color one of my favorite films with her in it is 1943 "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
'The African Queen' is an excellent movie with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is another great movie with Humphrey Bogart.' Sorry Wrong Number' and 'Dial M for Murder' are great suspense movies. I also recommend "The Haunting' from 1963. No gore but very unnerving. 'Rope' with Jimmy Stewart is a great Hitchcock film. Hope you or some of your viewers try my suggestions :-)
Having seen Casablanca a number of times, this was so enjoyable to see you two together reacting to this awesome movie. Watching you try to figure out the characters and their motivations and histories just demonstrated what a great movie this is.
YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS.. In school, the script was dissected in every way until the only conclusion remained that this was one of the best scripts ever written. AS TIME GOES BY.
Fun Fact: Seeing as Casablanca was Warner Bros. most beloved movie for so long, they use "As Time Goes By" as there theme song for the intro to most of their movie. It's basically like their version of Disney's "When You Wish Upon A Star."
You don't need to be "jumping out of your pants" to have a good reaction. This is one of the great movies of all time.Your reaction was just fine. I've seen this reaction and your reaction to 12 Angry Men. I wouldn't complain if you did more black & white movies. Try It Happened One Night. - Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert - 5 Oscars.
I love It Happened One Night. Also, suggest the black and white movie, The Apartment from 1960. Nominated for 10 Oscars, won 5 including Best Picture and Best Director.
I absolutely agree, Halcro. More Popcorn Classics please :). I am old enough so that I used to see a lot of the old B&W movies on the TV when I was young and, because the Classics endure and the less good falls away, it always seems as if that era deserves its title of the Golden Age of Hollywood. There was a lot of poor films made, just like today, but the cream of the 'output' was exquisite - as others have said, with no effects to speak of, not even colour to work with, writing, setting and acting *had* to carry the day and that gives us this glorious canon of truly great stories.
This has some of the best writing and acting you could ask for, q true classic. Do you want more of the stars? Bogart (Rick) - Maltese Falcon or The Big Sleep Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa) - Spellbound or Notorious (both thrillers by Hitchcock) Claude Rains (Casablanca police captain) - Now, Voyager or Notorious Paul Henreid (Laszlo) - Now, Voyager or Between Two Worlds Other actors worth looking for Sydney Greenstreet (Signor Ferrari}, Peter Lorre (Ugarte "Help me Rick"), S. Z. Sakall (Carl the waiter).
Now you have to see The Maltese Falcon. Bogart is in that. So is Sidney Greenstreet, the guy who played Senor Ferrari. So is Peter Lorre who played Ugarte. OK, now you will love this one. Audiences first met Jabba the Hutt in 1983. He was not in a New Hope until Lucas did the digital upgrades in the 1990s. Well, in the Times Magazine review of Return of the Jedi, they described Jabba as a cross between Humpty Dumpty and Sidney Greenstreet. This will make more sense when you see The Maltese Falcon, which you will also love since you loved this.
Nice tidbit of info. And more than one author has written that when Lucas, Spielberg, and Kasdan were deciding on the character of Indiana Jones, they pictured an adventurer with a huge dose of Humphrey Bogart.
I'm so glad you're watching more classic movies because many of them have some of the greatest acting performances in history because the movies rely on heavy dialogue instead of CGI/explosions. This movie, 12 Angry Men, Citizen Kane, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's A Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, The Grapes of Wrath, etc. And that's just black and white movies. Classics are classics for a reason after all.
@@dggydddy59 Those we're just a few off the top of my head. There are tons of others that are amazing movies as well. Pretty much any movie with Humphrey Bogart too it seems haha.
