We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie

Isenberg, Noah

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9781541459205: We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie

ISBN 10: 1541459202 ISBN 13: 9781541459205

Publisher: Tantor Media Inc, 2017

Casablanca was first released in 1942, just two weeks after the city of Casablanca itself surrendered to American troops led by General Patton. Featuring a pitch-perfect screenplay, a classic soundtrack, and unforgettable performances by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and a deep supporting cast, Casablanca was hailed in the New York Times as "a picture that makes the spine tingle and the heart take a leap."We'll Always Have Casablanca is celebrated film historian Noah Isenberg's rich account of this most beloved movie's origins. Through extensive research and interviews with filmmakers, film critics, family members of the cast and crew, and diehard fans, Isenberg reveals the myths and realities behind Casablanca's production, exploring the transformation of the unproduced stage play into the classic screenplay, the controversial casting decisions, the battles with Production Code censors, and the effect of the war's progress on the movie's reception.Finally, Isenberg turns to Casablanca's long afterlife and the reasons it remains so revered. From the Marx Brothers' 1946 spoof hit, A Night in Casablanca, to loving parodies in New Yorker cartoons, Saturday Night Live skits, and Simpsons episodes, Isenberg delves into the ways the movie has lodged itself in the American psyche.

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Review:

Noah Isenberg's insightful analysis of the success of [Casablanca] fully justifies the book's subtitle 'The Life, Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie'... [a] fascinating study. (DVD Choice)

[An] affectionate compendium of Casablanca lore... a highbrow fan scrapbook stuffed with facts and gossip, weighty critical opinions tucked alongside exuberant movie-mag trivia... It is, however, Casablanca's political urgency that ultimately fuels Isenberg's admiration. After all, it premiered just two weeks after its namesake city surrendered to general George Patton's US troops. "Perhaps the reason why Casablanca is now a classic, a cult and a legend," Bergman wrote, "is because it was concerned with our war."... [A] heartfelt book. (The Sunday Times)

[An] exuberant study of the phenomenon that is Casablanca. (The Times)

'The fascinating of how Casablanca came to be made.' (Jewish Chronicle)

Book Description:

The story of how Casablanca was made and how it became the most beloved of Hollywood movies.

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