Casablanca: Best Picture 1943

CASABLANCA (Drama - NR) PRODUCER: Hal B. Wallis ABOUT THE FILM During WW2 Rick's old girlfriend, enters his "Gin Joint" and tries to get his visas so she and her freedom figher husband can escape the Nazi's. DIRECTED BY: Michael Curtiz (who also won the Oscar for direction).

THE CAST INCLUDES Humphrey Bogart / Nominated Actor (THE ROARING TWENTIES, HIGH SIERRA, THE MALTESE FALCON, SAHARA, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, THE BIG SLEEP, THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE, KEY LARGO, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE CAINE MUTINY) Ingrid Bergman (INTERMEZZO, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, GASLIGHT, THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S, SPELLBOUND, NOTORIOUS, JOAN OF ARC, ANASTASIA, INDISCREET, CACTUS FLOWER, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS) Claude Rains / Nominated Supporting Actor (THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, KING'S ROW, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, MR. SKEFFINGTON, NOTORIOUS, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD) With Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, S.Z. Sakall, and Dooley Wilson. ABOUT THE PRODUCER Producer Hal Wallis (1898 - 1986) started working in 1922. His other works include: THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR, JEZEBEL, KINGS ROW, BECKET, TRUE GRIT, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS, and ROOSTER COGBURN. NOTES & TRIVA Julius J. Epstein, Phillip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch received the Screenplay Oscar. The song: "As Time Goes By" is memorable classic. CASABLANCA is considered one of the screen's greatest romance films and could have the most quoted dialog of any film. OTHER "BEST PICTURE" NOMINATIONS FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS HEAVEN CAN WAIT THE HUMAN COMEDY IN WHICH WE SERVE MADAME CURIE THE MORE, THE MERRIER THE OX-BOW INCIDENT THE SONG OF BERNADETTE WATCH ON THE RHINE OTHER NOMINATIONS Direction (*) Writing (*) Actor Supporting Actor Cinematography Editing Music GO TO: Next Year

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