Reviewing Movies

This is an old 1942 B&W chestnut I just finished watching once again on VHS. I'd forgotten that this anniversary edition Digitally Remastered contains 40 minutes of extras tacked on the end in colour, though colour and make-up do nothing to make the ageing stars and studio moguls look any better.

As a studio executive declared this happened to be only one of 50 movies pumped out that year by Warner Brothers in Hollywood though this one just happened to capture an Oscar. Based on a never-produced play the name change to Casablanca captured the public's attention when the Nazis captured Casablanca just as the movie was being released.

This movie is famous for the number of catch-phrases it engendered:

Here's lookin' at you.

Round up the usual suspects.

This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

But the words: "Play it again Sam" never get spoken in the movie.