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- Bogart’s performances in “The Maltese Falcon” and “The Big Sleep” established him as the template for hard-boiled detectives in film noir. It was Bogart’s role in “Casablanca” that cemented his legacy as one of Hollywood’s finest actors and showcased a more sensitive side to his acting abilities.
2. Everyone associates Ingrid Bergman’s rise to international fame with “Casablanca” (pictured), but she was already a star in Sweden long before that.
3. Paul Henreid made two films that were to define his career forever, “Now Voyager” and “Casablanca.”
4. Having found limited success as a stage actor in his native England and New York, Claude Rains made a sensational film debut in “The Invisible Man” (1933).
5. One of the premiere actors of the German stage and silent screen, Conrad Veidt went on to become a prominent film star in Great Britain prior to his exodus to Hollywood during World War II, where, ironically, he was most often cast as a Nazi.
6.Greenstreet had a great theatrical career before making his film debut in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
7. Peter Lorre was already a well-established actor before being cast in Casablanca, as he starred in M, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much, and The Maltese Falcon.
8. S.K Sakall became a star of the Hungarian stage and screen in the 1910s and 1920s. At the beginning of the 1920s he moved to Vienna, where he appeared in Hermann Leopoldi‘s Kabarett Leopoldi-Wiesenthal.
9. French actress Madeleine LeBeau was best known for her small but high-impact role in Casablanca as Rick’s pushed-aside girlfriend Yvonne.
10. Working in the U.S. again during the Great Depression, Wilson starred in Conjur’ Man Dies (1936) and other plays for the Federal Theatre Project’s Negro Theatre Unit, then under the direction of John Houseman. His breakthrough role came in 1940, with his portrayal of Little Joe in the Broadway musical Cabin in the Sky.
11. She is best known for her first role in 1942 as the Bulgarian refugee Annina Brandel in Casablanca (1942).
12. Eventually reaching Broadway, John Qualen gained his big break there in 1929, when he was cast as the Swedish janitor Carl Olsen in Elmer Rice‘s play Street Scene. His movie career began when he re-created the role two years later in the film adaptation of the stage production.
editing in Casablanca
editing style- Casablanca uses continuity editing in the film. so the audience can understand the conversation in their point of view.
here is an example of a shot reverse shot. this happened at about a quarter way through the film where the two characters are having a conversation about something serious, so you can see the point of view.
the shot here is a reaction shot where you can see the two characters having an upset conversation and you can see how Ilsa reacted to Rick telling her no towards leaving with another man. they used a reaction shot so they can really see how what Rick said effected her deeply, and you can really see the sadness in her eyes.
Casablanca editing
Casablanca uses continuity editing to give a steady flow to the narrative an example being this plane scene.
1.establishing shot of plane landing to set the scene and further display the setting
2.XLS shot showing the large army giving importance to whoever’s landed.
3.LS shot shows the man walking out the plane into the frame.
4.MS shot to show man up close as ell as establishing a second character he will talk to.
5.MCU shot to give an up close reaction of the man.
6.MCU reverse angle shot to show how the other man is reacting.
Editing in Casablanca
The style of edit for this sequence and entire film is continuity editing which produces a logical and straightforward narrative. Casablanca does not bring attention to and purposely hides its editing in unique ways that reaffirm the Hollywood film style.
The use of editing in this shot sequence has a moving and dramatic effect in the spectator, Casablanca uses straight cuts or fades when changing a scene. The first scene at Ricks Café, where the audience is subdued to how many foreigners want to leave Casablanca, we as spectators understand that the conversations are taking place at the same time.
The cut used to depict Ricks hand signing a check then informs the audience that the Café belongs to him, and that he is the most prominent character in the movie.
The numerous medium long shots also convey the popularity of Ricks Café, and the success of his business amongst the panic and desperation of war.
Casablanca editing is so seamless that is doesn’t bring attention to when the scene changes- this allows the spectator to become immersed, and engaged, in the movie.
Editing in Casablanca – George Blake
Editing style –
Casablanca uses continuity editing to provide an easy flow across the narrative, so the audiences can easily progress through the film without questioning the storyline.
Example –
For example In this scene, a master shot is used to establish the presence of Ricks bouncer at the door. Looking towards Rick to check weather they may enter the gambling room. Turning into a medium shot, the desired guests enter and one is held back, checking with rick, the undesired guest is in the same position of ricks eye in the next scene, This shows an eyeline trace as ricks eyeline matches the angle he is facing.
