The Best Picture of 1943 is…..”Casablanca.” This romantic drama tells the story of the owner of a nightclub in 1941 French Morocco who discovers that an old girl friend is in town with her husband, a Czechoslovak resistance leader who is on the run from the Nazi’s. He can help them escape, but is under pressure due to German agents swarming around the area. The very heavy drama proceeds from there under excellent direction by Michael Curtiz (“Yankee Doodle Dandy” 1942).
He instilled outstanding production values into the film, with superior performances by a top-rate cast, a well written screenplay, memorable movie lines, marvelous cinematography, and a ubiquitous theme song making “Casablanca” one of the highest rated films of all time. The cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, S. Z. Sakall, Curt Bois, Joy Page, Dooley Wilson, Leonid Kinskey, Madeleine Lebeau, and John Qualen as Berger.
The very watchable black-and-white movie “Casablanca” was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning three: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch). “Casablanca” was also the seventh highest-grossing film of 1943 for producer Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. Pictures. The theme song of the film, “As Time Goes By,” was written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931, becoming famous in 1943 when performed by Dooley Wilson as Sam in this picture.
Casablanca (1943)
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The Best Picture of 1943 is…..”Casablanca.” This romantic drama tells the story of the owner of a nightclub in 1941 French Morocco who discovers that an old girl friend is in town with her husband, a Czechoslovak resistance leader who is on the run from the Nazi’s. He can help them escape, but is under pressure due to German agents swarming around the area. The very heavy drama proceeds from there under excellent direction by Michael Curtiz (“Yankee Doodle Dandy” 1942).
He instilled outstanding production values into the film, with superior performances by a top-rate cast, a well written screenplay, memorable movie lines, marvelous cinematography, and a ubiquitous theme song making “Casablanca” one of the highest rated films of all time. The cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, S. Z. Sakall, Curt Bois, Joy Page, Dooley Wilson, Leonid Kinskey, Madeleine Lebeau, and John Qualen as Berger.
The very watchable black-and-white movie “Casablanca” was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning three: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch). “Casablanca” was also the seventh highest-grossing film of 1943 for producer Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. Pictures. The theme song of the film, “As Time Goes By,” was written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931, becoming famous in 1943 when performed by Dooley Wilson as Sam in this picture.