Recommended reading - The Scene-by-Scene Casablanca Film Guidebook

 

The Scene-by-Scene Casablanca Film Guidebook
A Detailed Look at the Hollywood Film Classic

by Michael Willian.

 
Published by Kerpluggo Books.
Published 2020.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0976242915
ISBN-13: 978-0976242918
 
Description:
 

It’s the ideal way to enjoy this American film classic – a comprehensive guidebook that walks you through Casablanca scene by scene. Breathing new life into the film, the guidebook is packed with intriguing insights, cool cast and film anecdotes, and countless closer looks at scene details, curiosities, historical tie-ins, gaffes and more. And it’s all presented in a smart, page turning format. Casablanca fans will be thrilled to have this humorous and insightful companion guiding them through this cinematic gem with fresh eyes.

 

Inside the guidebook you'll find: first-of-their kind illustrations showing the layouts of Rick's Cafe, the Casablanca Airport and the Paris street and bistro Rick and Ilsa visit, and where your favorite scenes take place in relation to one another; a complete chronology of key film scenes; a handy summary of World War II events leading up to the film's setting; the stories behind the countless World War II-era references that have lost their context over time; translations for the film's foreign language references, and the fascinating insights they unlock; a breakdown of songs in the film; film bookmarks for easy access to key details; And here is just a sampling of the things you'll discover: what popular chess strategy Rick invokes while playing both sides of the table, and the host of curiosities and gaffes involving the match; where Ilsa gets the gun she pulls on Rick; the incredible real-life story of how two Casablanca actors, then married, made their own World War II escape from France to America; Carl's profession before he waited tables at Rick's; the good luck symbol Ferrari displays outside the Blue Parrot; how to recreate Rick and Ilsa's Paris boat ride scene; what real-life plane was used for Strasser's arrival, and what became of it; whether Captain Renault's champagne recommendation to Strasser really was a good one.

Recommended reading - Casablanca: As Time Goes By

 

Casablanca: As Time Goes By:
50th Anniversary Commemorative

by Frank Miller.
 
Published by‎ Andrews McMeel Pub.
Published 1992.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1878685147
ISBN-13: 978-1878685148
 
Description:
 

The leading lady was the producer's second choice. The leading man avoided his co-star between love scenes for fear of his wife's jealousy. Two of the stars didn't want to be in the movie in the first place. And nobody knew how the picture would end until the day they shot the final scene. Yet, out of this chaos came one of the enduring film favorites of all time – Casablanca.

 

For the First time, here is the whole story of Warner Bros. Production No. 410, from the original play that laid its foundation, through casting, writing, shooting, and post-production, to the series of lucky breaks that created one of the most everlastingly popular films of the last fifty years.

 

At every step along the road to Casablanca, the picture's creators had to make choices that later meant the difference between triumph and flop. Ronald Regan was initially announced to play one of the male leads. Producer Hal Wallis considered casting Ella Fitzgerald as Sam the piano player. Composer Max Steiner tried to cut "As Time Goes By." And sometimes the participants managed to make the right choices in spite of themselves.

 

Lavishly illustrated with a collection of photos, memos, blueprints and posters never before assembled in one book 'Casablanca: As Time Goes By...' paints the most complete picture ever of a movie that has mesmerized film-lovers and romantics for half a century.

 

Born on this day – Ford Beebe:

Ford Beebe

Writer

Director

November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978

Credits:

The Green Hornet Movie Edition (2011); The Green Hornet (1990); King of the Wild Stallions (1959); The Adventures of Champion (1955); Lord of the Jungle (1955); Killer Leopard (1954); The Golden Idol (1954); Safari Drums (1953); Dogs 'n Ducks (1953); Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952); African Treasure (1952); Wagons West (1952); Curley Bradley: The Singing Marshal (1951); Elephant Stampede (1951); The Lion Hunters (1951); The Lost Volcano (1950); The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950); Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950); Bomba on Panther Island (1949); Red Desert (1949); The Dalton Gang (1949); Shep Comes Home (1948); Courtin' Trouble (1948); My Dog Shep (1946); Riders of Pasco Basin (1940); The Stranger from Texas (1939); Oklahoma Frontier (1939); Riders of Black River (1939); Trouble at Midnight (1937); West Bound Limited (1937); Stampede (1936); Code of the Range (1936); The Mysterious Avenger (1936); Gallant Defender (1935); Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935); The Man from Guntown (1935); Riding Wild (1935); The Outlaw Deputy (1935); Death Flies East (1935); Fighting Shadows (1935); The Revenge Rider (1935); Law Beyond the Range (1935); The Prescott Kid (1934); Law of the Wild (1934); Laughing at Life (1933); The Pride of the Legion (1932); The Last of the Mohicans (1932); The Shadow of the Eagle (1932); The Lightning Warrior (1931); The Galloping Ghost (1931); Alias the Bad Man (1931); The Vanishing Legion (1931); King of the Wild (1931); The Phantom of the West (1930); The Lightning Express (1930); Tarzan the Tiger (1929); Overland Bound (1929); Come Across (1929); Brothers (1929); .45 Calibre War (1929); Yellow Contraband (1928); The Black Ace (1928); The Code of the Scarlet (1928); The Upland Rider (1928); The Canyon of Adventure (1928); The Bronc Stomper (1928); The Wagon Show (1928); The Apache Raider (1928); The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928); The Devil's Twin (1927); Border Blackbirds (1927); Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed (1927); Don Desperado (1927); The Man from Hard Pan (1927); The Long Loop on the Pecos (1927); The Outlaw Express (1926); The High Hand (1926); Without Orders (1926); The Blind Trail (1926); Luck and Sand (1925); Win, Lose or Draw (1925); The Blood Bond (1925); Flash o' Lightning (1925); Across the Deadline (1925); The Shield of Silence (1925); The Trouble Buster (1925); Headin' Through (1924); Battling Bunyan (1924); The Loser's End (1924); Not Built for Runnin' (1924); The Perfect Alibi (1924); Riding Double (1924); The Law Forbids (1924); Payable on Demand (1924); Huntin' Trouble (1924); King's Creek Law (1923); Warned in Advance (1923); In Wrong Right (1923); Yellow Gold and Men (1923); Steel-Shod Evidence (1923); Tom, Dick and Harry (1923); Hyde and Zeke (1923); The Unsuspecting Stranger (1923); Wings of the Storm (1923); 100% Nerve (1923); When Fighting's Necessary (1923); The Extra Seven (1923); Partners Three (1923); Double Cinched (1923); Lost, Strayed or Stolen (1923); Smoked Out (1923); Border Law (1923); Under Suspicion (1923); Here's Your Man (1922); One Jump Ahead (1922); His Enemy's Friend (1922); The Drifter (1922); The Bar Cross War (1922); Deputized (1922); Come and Get Me (1922); His Own Law (1922); Too Much Business (1922); Nine Points of the Law (1922); Winners of the West (1921); The White Horseman (1921); No Man's Woman (1921); The Grip of the Law (1921); Kickaroo (1921); Sweet Revenge (1921); The Driftin' Kid (1921); The Saddle King (1921); The Trail of the Hound (1920); Fight It Out (1920); Superstition (1920); Tipped Off (1920); The Two-Fisted Lover (1920); Double Danger (1920); 'in Wrong' Wright (1920); One Law for All (1920); The Grinning Granger (1920); A Gamblin' Fool (1920); The Big Catch (1920); The Railroad Raiders (1917); A Lass of the Lumberlands (1916); A Youth of Fortune (1916); The Girl and the Game (1916).

Born on this day – Norah Baring:

Norah Baring

Actress

November 26, 1905 – February 8, 1985

Credits:

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Escape from Dartmoor (1930); Little Stranger (1934); Murder! (1930); Mystery at the Villa Rose (1930); Should a Doctor Tell? (1930); Strange Evidence (1933); The Celestial City (1929); The Doctors' Women (1928); The House of Trent (1933); The Lyons Mail (1931); The Runaway Princess (1929); Two Worlds (1930); Underground (1928).

Born on this day – Rhodie Cogan:

Rhodie Cogan

Actress

November 26, 1906 – April 24, 2000

Credits:

Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Days of Our Lives (1974); Gunsmoke (1974); Stand by Your Man (1981); Star Trek (1967); The Andromeda Strain (1971); The Vendors (1970); Watermelon Man (1970); Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973).

Born on this day – Frances Dee:

Frances Dee

Actress

November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004

Born on this day – Cyril Cusack:

Cyril Cusack

Actor

November 26, 1910 – October 7, 1993