http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/15/entertainment/madeleine-lebeau-casablanca-actress-dies/index.html
Madeleine Lebau dies May1 in Spain. She was 92.
RIP Madeleine.
MO
Madeleine Lebau dies May1 in Spain. She was 92.
RIP Madeleine.
MO
T: Actress from Casablanca Dies
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No, Monk....HELLO!
I truthfully don't remember her in the movie either.....just felt that someone connected to such an iconic movie from 73+ years ago
deserved a thread.
MO
PS Can you call me at 5 pm today....got some personal news?
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Very sad
Best movie ever made
So many lines have become ingrained in our culture
"Round up the usual suspects"
"I am shocked, shocked , , ,there is gambling going on here"
"We will always have Paris"
"Here's looking at you, kid"
"You played it for her, you can play it for me"
Best movie ever made
So many lines have become ingrained in our culture
"Round up the usual suspects"
"I am shocked, shocked , , ,there is gambling going on here"
"We will always have Paris"
"Here's looking at you, kid"
"You played it for her, you can play it for me"
I watched a recent documentary about all of the European movie actors,writers and directors who escaped Nazi Germany and other European countries threatened or occupied by the Nazis and came to the U.S. . She and her husband left France. He played the roulette croupier in the movie. At least 6 other such refugees ended up with roles in Casablanca.,
Conrad Veidt who played Major Strasser was an anti- Nazi German. He was not Jewish but was married to a Jewish woman. Many of the other lesser roles in the movie were played by Jewish refugees.
Ironically, "Play it again Sam", which is attributed to the movie, was never said in it.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/15/entertainment/madeleine-lebeau-casablanca-actress-dies/index.html
Madeleine Lebau dies May1 in Spain. She was 92.
RIP Madeleine.
MO
Sorry to hear your contemporary has passed away.
To me, the movie, as great as it is, has two important flaws.
First, "Ilsa" refers to Bogie's piano player "Sam" as "That boy". it was not meant as a slur but reflective, sadly, of the insensitive racist parlance of the time.
Second, in the opening scene where peter Lorre's character describes the "letters of transit" that he took from the "German couriers". he said they were issued by "General DeGaulle". Of course, Morocco was part of Vichy France and DeGaulle at the time was the enemy of Vichy France. The line should have been that they were signed by "Marshall" or "President" Petain.
First, "Ilsa" refers to Bogie's piano player "Sam" as "That boy". it was not meant as a slur but reflective, sadly, of the insensitive racist parlance of the time.
Second, in the opening scene where peter Lorre's character describes the "letters of transit" that he took from the "German couriers". he said they were issued by "General DeGaulle". Of course, Morocco was part of Vichy France and DeGaulle at the time was the enemy of Vichy France. The line should have been that they were signed by "Marshall" or "President" Petain.
Dooley Wilson, who played Sam, couldn't play piano (he was a drummer). Someone else played for him off screen while he faked it on screen. Watch his hands next time you see the movie
One of the screenwriters (Howard Koch) for Casablanca lived in my area. One night in the 1990s a local 1929 movie theater (1200 seats) ran Casablanca and Koch came to see it. He spoke for an hour before the film. There were only about 50 people there. That was pretty cool.
A few years earlier I took Robert McKee's screenwriting workshop. We went through Casablanca scene by scene. I've probably seen it 20 times.
The piano just sold for 3.4 million
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/nyregion/casablanca-piano-to-be-auctioned-at-bonhams.html?_r=0
A few years earlier I took Robert McKee's screenwriting workshop. We went through Casablanca scene by scene. I've probably seen it 20 times.
The piano just sold for 3.4 million
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/nyregion/casablanca-piano-to-be-auctioned-at-bonhams.html?_r=0
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Interestingly, during the red scare/McCarthy period Koch was later blacklisted by Hollywood as a communist and he too became a refugee- this time in reverse. He left the US and went to Europe for a few years until the hysteria subsided before returning to the US.
Even as a white kid in the sixties that whole "boy" thing disturbed me. You'd see it all the time. And you know what you see now? White people saying "man" all the time.. way too often.. when addressing blacks. "Boy!" used to a a shortening of "Oh Boy!".. but that largely became "Oh Man.." or just "Man...".
I walked in one someone talking on the phone to a landscaper about something.. I heard her happily sign off with. "Okay, my man, I'll see you Wednesday". This was not common parlance for this person. I had to ask and, yes, the person on the other end was black and not a friend. I have no idea what to call this.. this over-use of "man".. but it definitely exists and it irks me... but I'll get over it.
The screenwriter I mentioned (Howard Koch) said they were writing and rewriting the script on the fly as the movie was being made. He said it was a chaotic process that was stressing everyone. The "letters of transit" never existed and were made up. They weren't aiming for accuracy under the circumstances. I think that the chaos actually helped the film - considering the talent they had to work with who could handle the chaos. The film was improvisational in its making.
"Boy" would be preferable to what I hear the kids calling each other as they get out of school each day. "Yo my boys" would sound better than the current standard.
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