FIRST TIME WATCHING *CASABLANCA* (1943)| MOVIE REACTION 

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you an American classic, Casablanca. I absolutely loved this movie and the manners of the main characters. I hope you find it as interesting as I did! Have a great day, and thanks for your likes! 😘

The actress who played Yvonne, Madeleine Lebeau, had, in real life, recently escaped with her husband from nazi-occupied Europe a few months before this movie began filming... the tears while singing "La Marseilles" were real...

The scene where they all sing "La Marseilles” always moves me to tears. I’m 67 years old and as a young boy, a close friend of my parents was a French woman who lived through the occupation of Paris with her mother and brother, while her father led a group of French underground partisans in the mountains. I grew up hearing about the war and I met many people, Dutch, Danish, and others, some Jewish, who had lived through it. Through my parents and people like Liliane, I came to see many movies such as this growing up. Of course, I didn’t really understand why Rick made Ilse get on the plane with Victor. I thought a lot like you actually; that if she and Rick loved each other, they should be together, but now, as an older (and hopefully wiser) man, I can see that Rick knew that what he had with Ilse wouldn’t last, because the memory of Victor and her guilt at deserting him would end up making her resent Rick, so he did the only thing he could to avoid that. In way, I suppose it was a bit of a cop out, but he knew she would never resent him if he made her leave with Victor and I believe he had decided to sell himself dearly in his own fight against the Nazis. A noble sacrifice, I believe it might be called. Bit then, I’m a bit of a romantic sentimentalist too. This is one of my favourite movies, for all the same reasons that you liked it, but especially the dialogue, which is superb.

30:05..... What she's getting at, Emma, in a VERY subtle way, is that in order to get their visas, she has to spend the night with Captain Renault. This is my favorite scene in the whole movie. Rick helps her husband win enough money to pay for their visas so she doesn't have to prostitute herself, proving he still has a heart.

I was in a bar in Budapest called The Casablanca bar which had an appropriate decor. I asked the waiter if the letters of transit were still hidden in the piano. He just looked bewildered and didn't get the joke. 2 guys came in with a violin and a guitar. They said what do you want to hear? I looked around, shrugged, and said As Time Goes By; they got the joke and laughed but played it anyway. Somehow they knew I played and asked what stuff I did? I racked my brains for the right song, borrowed the guitar, played an intro and the violinist picked it up and we both played Dream A Little Dream Of Me. A treasured memory. By the way I was also in Casablanca and there is a bar called Rick's place, and there is a guy with a piano who must be sick of playing that song.

11:38 "Are my eyes really brown?" That is such a funny line in a black and white movie.

Everything about this movie is perfect. Script, sets, costumes, music, casting, acting, cinematography...EVERYTHING.

When Rick gave the nod to play the true French National Anthem he was back in the fight for the first time since Paris.

The “Crazy Russian” was played by Leonid Kinskey. A native of St. Petersburg, he played countless supporting roles in movies and television through the 1930’s until the early 1970’s.

Ugarte is cashing in his chip as he is arrested. He knows he will run but is also sure he will be shot and killed in the attempt. So "cashing in his chips" has a double meaning.

The bottle of water was made by the Vishy, and him dropping it in the trash was symbolic.

The guy approaching Lazlo to sell him his ring, that symbol on the ring is the "Loraine Cross" the symbol of free France and resistance. And keep in mind that movie was made during the second world war!

Just the ending of this movie has SOOO many iconic scenes, lines, and gestures . . . no wonder it's a classic . . .

The worg/name "Vichy", for collaborative France, became and still is a pejorative epithet. He was throwing the Vichy Water in the trash.

'Occupation?' 'Drunkard.' **Bogie is timeless cool, baby**

Something most reactions never notice or mention and is important to the story. At the beginning of the movie and even before you see his face, Rick is asked to write a check to cover some of the winnings. Check out the date on the check. It's December 2, 1941! The U.S. is officially neutral, but only 5 days later the Japanese strike Pearl Harbor and the U.S. enters the war against the Axis Powers. That's why Rick says, they are all asleep across the United States, because at that time they were.

Everyone loves their own national anthem but La Marseillaise is the only one that can give non-French people the shivers.

I watched this movie for the first time with a young woman (both in our mid/young 20's) I was falling in love with, and her family. The only catch was that she was engaged to someone else, which is something she didn't tell me! Her mother was the one to phone me later that week, to let me know. When I asked the girl, she said she was unsure whether she was going to marry him. We ended up falling hard for one another, and I thought we were headed for something very meaningful. Then while she was visiting friends on a camping trip to the desert, she phoned, told me that her fiance was also there, and that she decided she would marry him after all! I reacted almost exactly as Rick did at the train station! That is the background to my first Casablanca viewing!

3:15....The gentleman playing the Nazi officer is Conrad Veidt, Emma. He was born in Germany and appeared in several successful German silent films in the 1920s. He fled Germany when Hitler came to power and went to Britain, where he became a British citizen. He specialized in movie villains, and donated quite a bit of his income from the movies to the British war relief in the 40s. Unfortunately, he died fairly young from a heart attack.

Casablanca may be a perfect film. Repeated viewings reveal more and more details. I have counted at least six languages being spoken in Rick's, probably because there were so many refugees from the Nazis in the cast. The emotion during the La Marseillaise is real, which is why it gives goosebumps, even to those unacquainted with the historical context. I have seen this film many times, but never tire of it.

The fact that this film was adapted from a stage play ( Everybody comes to Rick's) explains why the dialog was so well written.

As big a fan as I am of sci-fi & fantasy, Casablanca is my #1 all-time favorite movie. It's just... perfect.

6:15....The shorter man with Bogart is Peter Lorre, Emma, one of the greatest character actors in film history. He started in Germany, too. Then came to America in 1935. His career spanned over 30 years. His most famous role was in THE MALTESE FALCON, in 1941, also starring Humphrey Bogart.

The man who was shot at the beginning was underground resistance. The man with the ring is underground resistance.

I just love Claude Rains in Casablanca. He steals every scene he is in. His dialogue with Rick about the waters, or that "shocked" is the best. I've seen this movie over 105 times it's my all time favorite.

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" Thanks Emma 🎉🎉🇨🇦

Your confusion about America's stance is right, but while the movie was made 1942, the story takes place in mid-to-late 1941, so shortly before the US entered the war. Rick can be seen as an embodiment of the American sentiments at the time: Though he wants to stay out of it, he realizes that he cannot stand by any longer and must act on his moral convictions.

6:52..... This gentleman is Sydney Greenstreet, Emma, another great character actor. He's excellent as the villain in THE MALTESE FALCON.

'I came to Casablanca for the waters ' 'But there is nothing but baren desert for miles on end as far as the eye can see.' 'I was misinformed.'

Rick is symbolic of the US isolationist policy regarding WWII. They wouldn't have joined in but were forced to when Japan bombed them and Germany declared war on them.

As a child i watched a lot of old films from the 1930´and 1940´s. Humphrey Bogart was one of my favourite actors from that era along with Spencer Tracy who is probably less well known these days. Bogart, Tracy and their wives Lauren Bacall and Katherine Heburn were close friends as couples.

There're so many classic lines in this film. I hope that you do more of these older films, Emma! I could tell that you really felt this one and identified with the characters. My Grandfather had a great story about Humphrey Bogart doing a USO show in North Africa during WWII. Lovely reaction, Miss Emma! ❤❤

My neighbor in Woodstock, NY was the Author of the Screenplay Howard Koch. He wrote 2 ending to the movie. In one, IIsa goes of with Victor (the one they used) and another one where Ilsa went off with Rick. The Studio preferred the "Victor" ending and that was the only one they filmed.

B & W movies are classic and show true movie magic in the writing and directing.

The man who is playing the'"poor corrupt official" is Claude Rains. In his latter years he lived outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA. My Mother in Law meet Claude Rains outside the Philadelphia Cricket Club. She said he was quite charmimg.

A contender for Best Movie ever. Watching once is not enough.

Another great reaction video Emma. With every viewing the viewer picks up more of the dialog. This movie is so well written, it moves along so well paced. I first saw this movie on the big screen at a revival movie theater back in the 60's. Immediately fell in love with the film. Thanks again Emma, keep these great movies coming .

Casablanca won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 16th Academy Awards for 1943. Bogart was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, but lost to Paul Lukas for his performance in Watch on the Rhine. The film vaulted Bogart from fourth place to first in the studio's roster, however, finally overtaking James Cagney. He more than doubled his annual salary to over $460,000 by 1946, making him the world's highest-paid actor.[107]

Another black and white movie with wonderful dialogue you'd enjoy - "The Apartment" (1960).

The point of throwing away the water is that it was "Vichy Water" (see the label), so he was ending his collaboration with the Germans as a member of the Vichy Government. The script is wven more amazing when you consider it was written day by day. Even THEY didn't know how it would wnd until they shot that last scene. It sa great irritation to the actors because they went sure how to "play" their characters, but i think that's part of why it works so well. They had an alternative ending, but after they saw this one, they knew they had the right ending. BTW, many of the extras were actually recent refugees.

Appreciated your comment that the actors also act with their eyes. You can also see that in High Noon [1952].

Ingrid Bergman ( Ilsa ) was the mother of Isabella Rossellini who also got into acting.

44.15 it's Vichy water. Vichy was where the french government which was sympathetic to Germany during WWII was based. That's why he threw the bottle in the bin.

The bottle says Vichy water. The name of the French Occupation government was Vichy. It is Louie's symbolism he is throwing his allegiance away to it.

"Are my eyes really brown?" Thank you! Most reactors either cut that part out, or they don't get it. I'm glad you got it! This is one of my all time favorite movies!

A fun fact - even the cast didn’t know how the movie would end until the last minute. They were still writing the screenplay while they were filming, and even the writers weren’t sure what was going to happen!

There are so many stories that come together in this movie. Concentration camps were mentioned, but few people knew the camps were becoming industrial scale death factories. America was just joining the war after years of hesitancy. Rick represents that change that was happening in America. He too was trying to stay in his own little isolated bubble, but in the end he learned he had to choose a side and join the fight.

Another Humphrey Bogart movie you might watch, one in which he plays a very different character, is "The African Queen". I refer to it as a romance for ordinary people.

Ilsa loves Victor in a more abstract way and understands it's her support that is what allows him to keep going fighting the good fight but she's IN love with Rick. Of all the characters hers is the biggest struggle. Everyone in the film is great but I had to choose I'd say Ingrid Bergman is my favorite.

The shot about 3 minutes in shows the obviously model airplane coming in for a landing...then it switches to a real aircraft landing. That scene was shot at the airport then existing in Van Nuys, California. After that arrival scene is done, there are no more actual location shots in the movie. The rest of the scenes were totally shot on sound stages or on backlot stages. Ironically, only one of the named actors in this movie actually ever went to Casablanca in real life...that was Dooley Wilson, the piano player. He later appeared in the city in a musical tour shortly prior to his death.

I love this film and I too get chills when Victor sings "La Marseillaise"! Even with my father's German-American blood coursing through my veins. 😅 (My other half is Chilean btw!)

Wow. Thank you for watching this one. Not enough reactors do this right. Watch the classics before the newest movies and shows. Most of the younger generations don't get any references.

Personally my choice as the greatest film ever made. It's about love. Not just Rick's. There are soooo many examples of love throughout the film! In any case I loved your reaction to the film. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. EVERYONE!!!

If you may be interested in more Bogart. The African Queen, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Big Sleep, and The Maltese Falcon. So good to see the young catching the classics.

Rick and Victor were great guys and they loved Ilsa. Ilsa greatly admired Victor or said another way, she loved him with her mind. Ilsa loved Rick with her heart. Both Rick and Victor wanted Ilsa to be safe.

Emma, this movie was a lot more than a love story. It was about people overcoming their differences and their cynicism to fight a great enemy of freedom. Rich represented America, with its isolationist feelings and reluctance to get involved in another European war. It was, in a sense, a war propaganda film, telling Americans it was time to step up. Rick even tells you that the troubles of three little people are nothing compared to the problems of the world!

The most famous line in the movie. Is "Play it again Sam." However, it was never said in the movie. That's how grand this movie is.

This movie is just as awesome as it was the day it came out. A classic up there with the Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.

For another fantastic film Noir, I highly recommend, THE THIRD MAN.

Great reaction. Thank you for sharing. One of the best actors in this movie was Conrad Veidt, who played Strasser. He was a well known and greatly awarded actor in Germany until Hitler started coming into power. He then left for England with his Jewish wife. When Britain went to war, Veidt (an anti-Nazi and British citizen) gave most of his estate to the war effort. He also donated a large portion of the salary from each of his movies to the British war relief, as well. Thank you again for a lovely video. edit: Just remembered he was the highest paid actor.

It was great watching the movie with you. Rick loved her but loved his freedom more,♥

There were alternative endings considered, but when they Try this one. They knew it was the right one.

As you observed, Captain Renault's "weakness" is attractive young women. And, as with the young wife from Bulgaria, he will take the money for an exit visa, but that's definitely not all he wants. She understands that and wants Rick's reassurance that Renault will keep his word if she complies. Fortunately for her, for the plot - and for the censors - Rick helps her find a way around it.

When the Germans invaded France some corrupt French leaders set up a new government in the city of Vichy and agreed to collaborate with the Nazis. The "Vichy government" was a free French government on paper, but their policies were whatever the Nazis dictated. Captain Renault was a corrupt local representative of Vichy for much of the film, but in the end is inspired by Rick's sacrifice to reject collaboration and join him by volunteering to join French resistance fighters to try and save Europe from the Nazis. Tossing the bottle of Vichy Water is symbolic of rejecting collaboration. A majority of the film's cast were actors who came to America from Europe, many having fled Germany and the occupied countries in the few years before the movie was made. Even the smaller roles and extras were 75% immigrants. In the La Marsielles scene, the tears you see in the actors eyes were real -- everyone said that this was a very emotional scene to film. Warner Brothers at the time was the Hollywood studio most willing to make films casting the Nazis as the absolute villains. Most studios shied away from "taking a side" in the conflict in Europe, because the American public opinion was dominated by isolationist sentiment. This movie was made to pump up anti-Nazi feelings in the US, with Colonel Strasser openly talking early on about a German invasion of the US. Note that, while the movie was filmed in 1942, after the US had entered the war, Rick signs off on a bar tab early in the film that is dated December 2, 1941, five days before Pearl Harbor was bombed. And the rest of the action takes place over a few days, so Rick's decision to reject isolationism and join the fight occurs before the US was attacked -- making his decision about the good of the world and not about just the good of the USA.

This is my favorite reaction of yours. You were right on point at every turn.

What's great about this movie is that it takes place from 2 December 1941 to either 5 or 6 December. The US wouldn't be involved until 7 December. It is without doubt one of the greatest movies ever made. A interesting note is that Warner Bros. wanted to shoot it in color, but Michael Curtiz the director insisted on black and white because it would fit the mood of the times better, and he could make a bigger impact with shadows and lighting.

My favorite joke for sure is: - I close this place for gambling! - Your winnings, sir! -Thank you! May be I forgot some words, but sense is this. My favorite characters for sure are Rick and captain Reno. I hope you will once react "The Leopard", "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Lawrence of Arabia".

Humprey Bogart was one of the biggest star's of Hollywood s so called golden age .

In wartime there are sacrifices each must make.

Favorite quotes: Rick: “Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now. Here's looking at you, kid." Also: Ilsa : I wasn't sure you were the same. Let's see, the last time we met... Rick : Was La Belle Aurore. Ilsa : How nice, you remembered. But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris. Rick : Not an easy day to forget. Ilsa : No. Rick : I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.

Stunning cast. Bogart was one of the superstars of his day. Bergman's natural beauty was enhanced by brilliant cinematography. Claude Rains (who played the French Inspector) was always a favorite of mine and his roguish character in this film was enhanced by his own urbane personality. Peter Lorre (Ugarte) had one of the most interesting faces in Hollywood. If you've never seen the classic "M" where he plays a child murderer, you ought to, just for your own enlightenment. Last but not least was Dooley Wilson who played Sam, typecast as a musician. Wilson was one of the great jazz drummers of the 1930's and 40s. Enjoyed your reaction although some of the film cuts were a bit jarring.

Has been my favorite movie since first seeing it 30yrs ago. It's so tight and dense, and such a time capsule. Of Hollywood at the time, of the popculture of the time, and of world events at the time. On its 75th anniversary I got to see it in a theater, along with a short, a newsreel and a cartoon! It was a blast.

You're going to love Singing in the Rain

From accounts I heard in an old tv interview with Ingrid Bergmann (Elsa) from the 60s, tensions were quite high between the main characters building right up to the final day of filming as the Director had not decided who was going to end up with the girl and the circumstances of the ending! Frankly I’m really glad that was the case, they had no idea and so we certainly couldn’t glean any information from their performances along the way. Viva La Liberty!

One of my favorite movies. Incredible to think it’s going on 100 years old. Much of it is dated, of course, but filmmakers now would do well to study the pacing, dialogue, and the amazing lighting and cinematography. It seems like a movie you would appreciate.

Thank you Emma, for reminding me once again of how bravery and fudelity reigns. Gid bless you.

nice reaction Emma. So many one liners in this film. Well written film.

Most of the extras playing the customers in "Ricks" were refugees, most were on the Warner Studio Books as "Extras". Several of them had been major stars back in Europe. The Croupier, the guy running the Roulette wheel, Marcel Dalio is the husband of the Actress playing Yvonne. He had starred in "The Rules of the Game" and "Grand Illusion" (which also has a Marseilles versus "Wach en Rhine" singoff scene). Bogart, Peter Lorre (Ugarte, another guy who left Europe a step ahead of the Nazi's), and Sydney Greenstreet ("the fat gent at the table") had all worked together in "The Maltese Falcon". Claude Raines (Renault) and Bergman (Ilsa) also starred together in Hitchcock's "Notorious". In fact, there's a famous essay (by Uberto Eco of "The Name of the Rose") about how all the actors bring in memories of other movies they played in so the cliches/arc types are having a conversation. This is probably the single most-quoted American Movie. "Round up the Usual Suspects", "I am shocked, SHOCKED!!". The film is Set in December 1941 (right before Pearl Harbor) it was released in Late November 1942 (Not long after the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa).

Yes ... Emma does Ingrid Bergman ... she was considered one of the most beautiful women of her day! Great Movie ... lots of great lines. Claude Rains (Capt Louis Renault) steals this movie!

Now that you've seen this, you should see The Cheap Detective 1978 starring Peter Faulk, its an excellent spoof of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon!

Please react to some movie with Cary Grant. I love this actor. :)

I've just noticed something: Louis smokes, but when he's stressed, he chain-smokes, lighting his next cigarette from the previous. He starts doing this when Rick comes to his office to negotiate how Laszlo is to be arrested, and Ilsa and Rick are to use the letters of transit to escape. Louis starts to get worried, but manages to trust Rick anyway. He manages to 'manage' the situation so that either the German or Rick gets shot. Then he decides to come down on Rick's side: dropping the bottle of Vichy Water in the bin is the signal for that. - and finally Louis starts to relax...

44:16 The bottle was Vichy, which was pro-Germany during WWII.

Still gets me when they sing La Marseillaise

Another excellent, and quite suspenseful movie starring Ingrid Bergman was the 1946 film “Notorious” directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Fact is, nearly all of Hitch’s iconic movies (Vertigo, North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief, Rear Window, Psycho, Dial M for Murder, etc.) would be excellent choices for you to review if you have a particular fondness for the mid-20th century classical film era atmosphere.

You ended before one of the memorable lines about the start of a beautiful friendship.

A tear comes to my eye every time Victor leads them in singing La Marseillaise. Keep in mind that many of the actors in this movie had been force to flee the Nazis and the war was still going on. So it had real meaning for them.

This Maka's " ... muy Classico " piece that was brought through grandmother living through this era.

Fantastic film .. she belonged with Victor .. Bergman so so beautiful .. love this film The water bottle he threw in the bin at the end was Vichy water .. that says it all

If you liked casablanca you'll love All about Eve. Such a powerful yet underrated film.

I hope you'll consider 1941's MALTESE FALCON with Bogart, too.

The brilliant performance by Claude Rains as Capt Louis Renault's, I go with whomever has the upper hand attitude represents Vichy France. It's not just water, it's, Vichy Water. He's cleaning his hands of Vichy France.

Since you like this era and you have already seen Jimmy Stewart in "Wonderful Life" you might watch him in one of his favorite roles in the movie "Harvey". Its a sweet, offbeat comedy. I think you would enjoy it. It's important to pay attention to his philosophy of life. Good read and reaction to this classic.

0:09: You shouldn't be reacting to movies, you should be starring in them! 🥰

Yes. This IS one of THE American Classics. Humphrey Bogart... Bogie... at the height of his career. Ingrid Bergman... just getting going in Hollywood. The story... timeless. The costuming is Still a marvel (does Ilsa not look Awesome, even today ???). And then there are the inconic lines throughout, not to mention the final Rick/Ilsa monologue. "Here's looking at you, Kid..."

I always have to think of this movie when I hear the song Year of the Cat by Al Stewart, the actor Peter Lorre (contemplating a crime) is mentioned in the lyrics.

You missed that the bottle was Vichy water....Vichy was where the French Government moved to after Paris fell!!

Enjoyed this reaction so much, Emma! •••• Another ‘Casablanca’ reaction video commenter, had the generosity to reveal this, some time back: Yvonne is something of an opportunist. Once it's over between she and Rick, she takes up with one of the Germans. As a Frenchwoman, this marks her as a collaborator, the absolute worst of the worst. Everyone would detest her. Indeed, it's what causes the minor fight that Rick breaks up. In French, the policeman angrily tells Yvonne that she's not French for taking up with the German. The German understands French and takes offense. At the end, the French officer spits out (in French): "Dirty Boche. Someday we'll have our revenge!" "Boche" is a pejorative, about the same as "Kraut." Yvonne is aware that he's probably talking about her as much as the German. When the Germans begin singing together, there's a shot where Yvonne can be seen starting to feel bad about her situation. When Lazlo gets the band to play "La Marseilles," Yvonne flips. In fact, the camera focuses on her at a very specific moment in the song. The lyric she's singing translates to "They're coming right into our arms" (referring to the enemy). It's at that point that Yvonne realizes that bringing the enemy right into her arms is precisely what she's doing, and she begins to weep in shame. At the end, there's a shot of her shouting, "Vive la France!" indicating her change of heart, returning to a French loyalist. It's a small character arc for a near-background character. However, it's a detail that shows just how much care was taken with Casablanca . It didn't need to be in the film at all, but they took the time to include it. And a bit of trivia: the actress who played Yvonne, Madeleine Lebeau, was the last cast member of Casablanca to transition to Valhalla. •••• Two other excellent films that have strong tie-ins to ‘Casablanca’ - - ‘Play it again, Sam’ - the 1971 Comedy by Woody Allen. Written by and starring him, in his first of many collaborations with Diane Keaton. - ‘Brazil’ - the 1985 dystopian extravaganza by Terry Gilliam. The characters in this film are routinely shown watching ‘Casablanca’ in the background as they go about their lives. Their momentary relief from the soul-crushing bureaucracy, is the most romantic-heroic movie that we have.

Cool hat Emma!! My favorite movie as an adult. I'm 68 now, a former school music teacher. But I am through with all the endless action, violence and sensationalism movies for profit and too many endless special effects...only movies that touch my heart with real people portrayed. This is real quality script writing and acting...they did not know the outcome of WWII at the time the movie was made. Sounds as if you have seen it before, but many miss the classic quotes and some jokes.[they go right over your head if you are young and have never seen this]. They missed an opportunity to use the old Joke "Call me a Cab." "Okay...you're a cab." I actually am more in love with the French lady, Yvonne, than Ilsa lol. Played by Madeleine Lebeau, who died in 2016 at age 92,she was the last living cast member of Casablanca. Another great movie from WWII is a more recent one, Churchill [1917] about the famous the British Prime Minister, will knock your socks off! My favorite joke in Casablanca is "Your winnings sir." "Oh, thank you very much." But my favorite scene that always brings me to tears is the singing of La Marseillaise", drowning out a group of German soldiers singing "Die Wacht am Rhein". And yes Claude Rains steals every scene he is in, his Captain Renault is so shifty and funny. Another great movie I just watched for the first time is "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," 1945, from a well known book. the little girl was brilliant in it, the REAL star of the story. A heartbreaker.

I liked your reactions. But, dear Emma, you left out the final line... as Rick and Renault walk into the mist, "Louis, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship." One of the most famous lines in Hollywood history! Any chance you could add it?