On 26 November 1942, Casablanca premiered.
The story revolves around Rick Blaine, a cynical, self-interested American expatriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca - a city under Nazi control - during World War II. When he encounters his former lover, Ilsa, and her husband, Victor Laszlo, a Czech resistance leader, he is faced with a moral conundrum. Does he help them escape or persue his personal desires?
When Warner Brothers assigned twin brothers and writers Julius and Philip Epstein to adapt a stage play for the big screen, no one guessed the impact it was going to have.
Casablanca has become one of the most recognisable, most quotable movies of all time, firmly placed in Hollywood history with three Academy Awards. The acting, scripting, music and camerawork came together effortlessly on screen but this was far from the case during production.
Leslie Epstein, the son and nephew of Julius and Philip, tells Louis Harnett O'Meara about the twins' hijinx and the challenges involved in the making of an all-time classic.
With movie excerpts from the 1942 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc film, directed by Michael Curtiz.
(Photo: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. Credit: Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)
The story revolves around Rick Blaine, a cynical, self-interested American expatriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca - a city under Nazi control - during World War II. When he encounters his former lover, Ilsa, and her husband, Victor Laszlo, a Czech resistance leader, he is faced with a moral conundrum. Does he help them escape or persue his personal desires?
When Warner Brothers assigned twin brothers and writers Julius and Philip Epstein to adapt a stage play for the big screen, no one guessed the impact it was going to have.
Casablanca has become one of the most recognisable, most quotable movies of all time, firmly placed in Hollywood history with three Academy Awards. The acting, scripting, music and camerawork came together effortlessly on screen but this was far from the case during production.
Leslie Epstein, the son and nephew of Julius and Philip, tells Louis Harnett O'Meara about the twins' hijinx and the challenges involved in the making of an all-time classic.
With movie excerpts from the 1942 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc film, directed by Michael Curtiz.
(Photo: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. Credit: Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)