CASABLANCA (1943) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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- CASABLANCA (1943) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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“The Maltese Falcon” needs to be high on your list. Humphrey Bogart (Rick here) plays Private Eye Sam Spade. You’ll also recognize Sydney Greenstreet (Ferrari) and Peter Lorre (Ugarte) in key roles in one of the best mystery films ever. Great story, dialogue and acting!
Absolutely!!!!
Absolutely - Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Naked City, Touch of Evil - some of the best Film Noir out there.
Don’t forget Key Largo, Treasure of the Sierra Madre and To Have and Have Not! “You know how to whistle don’t ya Steve? You just put your lips together and blow”.
Here's another vote for "The Maltese Falcon," the original hard-boiled private eye movie.
Then, look for 1979's "The Cheap Detective," a really funny parody of both "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca."
@@bobbuethe1477 And since we're on detective movies, I might as well bring up Harry Angel, L.A. Confidential, and, a bit out of left field - Cast a Deadly Spell.
35:40 Amber’s reaction to “We’ll always have Paris” is absolutely PERFECT. Millions of women (and men) have swooned just the same way when they hear that line! Rick’s sacrifice is one of the most romantic things ever.
Elsa did love Rick but she also loved her husband and he needed her!
It's 2023 and yet that line still gets me! And the affectionate follow up "Here's looking at you kid!"
Jay swooned pretty hard there too
Exactly this! “We‘ll always have Paris” is heart melting.
Amber wanted the romance, she GOT the romance!
Love seeing the younger crowd discovering the old masterpieces. Casablanca is packed full of great shots, great acting, memorable lines.
So many things came together just right in this movie.
The funny thing is that it was just another movie at the time. There was no real inkling that it would be such a classic. The studio was making something like a movie a week, and this was just another movie out of the studio sausage grinder.
I so glad you chose “Casablanca”. At the end, Claude Raines picks up a bottle of Vichy water. Vichy is a French spring water from the town of Vichy. The Germans defeated the French Army very quickly and divided the country into two zones. The first one had the north, Paris, and the Atlantic coast. The second was ruled by a puppet French government in the town of Vichy. By throwing the bottle in the rubbish, Capt. Renault chose the Free French fighting against the Germans.
The Vichy government was led by Marshal Philippe Pétain. There’s a mural of him behind where they shoot the man with the expired papers right at the start of the movie.
In all my viewings, I never noticed that detail. Thanks for pointing it out!
Captain Renault finally chose a side. The good side.
Thanks for explaining that I never knew
I did know that but apparently it needed to be explained. It’s the same reason the Germans can’t arrest Victor Lazlo. Technically they are not in charge.
WW2 was still in progress when Casablanca was filmed. Many of the supporting cast were French exiles. When they start singing the French national anthem you really feel the emotion. These are citizens who fled their homes singing for a homeland they may never see again. I get choked up every time.
Thank you for mentioning that!
But America had not yet joined the war.
Not just French exiles. Conrad Veidt, who played Strasser, was from Berlin and fled Germany in 1933 because his wife was Jewish. Peter Lorre (Ugarte) was a German Jew. Paul Henreid (Victor Laszlo) was Austrian and had left in 1935. S. Z. Sakall (Carl) was Hungarian and had only gotten out in 1940. Helmut Dantine (the Bulgarian whom Rick lets win at roulette) was another Austrian.
This film wasn’t just another job to any of them.
@@bengilbert7655 by the time filming the movie had begun in Spring 1942 the US was at war with Germany and Japan...WWII was truly a world war and very much up in the air as to who would win in Spring 1942...makes the emotions of this film all the more urgent
@@genshenhaiku404 Germany and Nazis never had any influence in Morocco during WWII.
omg, you guys.
This is considered by many as THE BEST FILM OF ALL TIME. The screenplay has been studied in screenwriting classes for decades. It has some of the most classic lines in movie history.
Thank goodness you finally saw it--and loved it.
Amber, it’s a called a score 😊…a little different than a soundtrack. Y’all are becoming legit cinephiles, paying attention to the cinematography and directing, love it ❤️. If you’re going to do another Hitchcock film, please do “Vertigo”. You’ll see more of Humphrey Bogart (Rick) if you continue watching movies from that time…”Maltese Falcon” a film noir and “Sabrina” a romance with Audrey Hepburn. Other suggestions you might enjoy “Double Indemnity” “On The Waterfront” “Sunset Boulevard” “Some Like It Hot”.
They'd *love* Rear Window if they haven't seen it yet!
Amazing Recommendations, All Absolute Classics!!! Also, African Queen with Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn
Some like it hot!!!
Definitely, Sabrina, it's an Amber movie 🎬
I have to 2nd Maltese Falcon! It's another classic that you have, have, have to add to your watch list.
"It's A Wonderful Life" with James Stewart is one of the best films ever made.
"Citizen Kane" with Orson Welles is up there too.
Two giant classic films you should add to your watch list.
Citizen Kane is pretty much the beginning of contemporary film, as much a shift as sound was
"My Man Godfrey," "Shop Around the Corner," "Lilies of the Field," "The Bishops Wife," and "It Happened on Fifth Avenue" should all be added to your list of films (all black and white classics that I can recall at the moment)
Gotta throw a Carey Grant movie in there somewhere. They might not be his "greatest" films, but the ones we always enjoyed the best were the lighthearted ones like "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" and "Father Goose".
@@btgiv6009 And Arsenic and Old Lace is hysterical.
@@Verlopil can’t believe I forgot arsenic and old lace. It also has Peter Lorre who was in Casablanca.
Many people consider this one of the BEST movies of all time. Enough said.
One of the greatest movies of all time. Every word spoken goes toward forwarding the plot. The people crying during singing the French anthem were genuinely crying. They were French refugees and this film was made during the early years of WW II. People didn't know how the war would end. There are many, many great old classic films. Sometimes black and white enhances the drama. Old isn't bad. But there are bad films in every decade. There are also great films in every decade.
exact.
According to the history, they really didn't know how the movie would end either.
Two things of note: 1. The French in the cafe singing their national anthem were refugees from the war, as were the German actors. 2. When Rick says "I'll bet they are sleeping all over America." The date is December 6, 1941.
Also, it's my belief that if you don't watch black and white films, you're missing half or more of the best films ever made. These people didn't have digital effects to save them. They used good writing and acting. They didn't use that much color back then so they had to know their stuff like the use of light and shadow to set a mood.
The Marceillaise scene never fails to move me. So many true refugees who fled from the their homelands were involved in that scene. And it also demonstrated just how important a man like Laszlo would be to the freedom fight.
It's Dec 2 when Rick signs the dated check at the beginning while he's playing chess. The end of the film is Dec 6.
I love your theory that it's December 6th. Is there something I missed that confirms that?
Rick is symbolic of America during WWII: early on America was practicing isolationism and Rick didn’t stick his neck out for anyone. Then, after Dec. 7, both America and Rick chose their side. Also, casa blanca is Spanish for White House…🤔
@Cadinho93 would these 2 know what happened on the morning of the 7th
these 2 are ignorant of a lot
Casablanca is one of THE great movies of all time. And almost certainly the most quoted film. What a script?! What a cast?!
Simply one of the greatest movies of all time! Still holds up 80 years later! Absolute 🔥🤙
12 Angry Men is another black and white film that really still holds up over 60 years later.
The original 1957 version is one of the best movies ever made.
Yes, please. Tense taught drama.
Do not watch the colorized version. The computer added colors distract from the excellent plot and character acting.
Yes
Awesome film! Especially the acting! 💯💯💯
Everything about this movie is dead solid perfect. The cast, the script, the cinematography, the sets, costumes, music, everything!
and every moment within.
There are no weak moments in the film, all the supporting cast have a purpose AND good lines. It’s a perfect piece of cinema
@@saintndacity4814 Oh, the good lines! I can't count the number of quotable lines from this film!
Ya know what else I really appreciate about this movie? That it's a A-List execution on a B-Movie budget. The cinematography and art direction really takes advantage of it being in black and white to do all kinds of trickery to make it look like it had a much bigger budget than it had.
Probably the best movie ever made.
You two should really check out “To Kill a Mockingbird” with Gregory Peck. This is a fantastic movie with an incredibly tough subject matter during the Great Depression. The book was written by Harper Lee and Gregory Peck won Best Actor for this role.
Totally agree. Such a great adaptation of one America’s classic novels. Great storytelling. Great acting. A truly timeless film.
To Kill a Mockingbird is such an awesome movie
OMG!!! They will so Love To Kill aMockingbird.
Atticus Finch is the best hero in American literature/movie. You HAVE to see that movie
Yes, yes, yes. " Casablanca", "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Grapes of Wrath" are 3 of my top 10 all-time movies. All of them black and white. Great movies. You should also check out Humphry Bogart in "African Queen" with Kate Hepburn, and "The Maltese Falcon" With Sidney Greenstreet (Sinor Ferrer) and Peter Lorie (Ugarte).
Hard to believe this movie is over 80 years old! Timeless!!
My favorite movie ever, with my favorite actor =)
Humphrey Bogart is regarded by many as the greatest actor in Hollywood history. He is an icon and legend whose films have lasted from the 1940's to the present day. Ingrid Bergman was a beautiful and talented actress who starred in many movie classics. Next watch the movie The African Queen-Bogart won an Oscar for his role in this movie. There are many claasic movies that are black and white and I hopr you will continue to check them out.
Yes, the African Queen is a great movie. 👍
I must second the African Queen. Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. Great movie!
The African Queen was actually filmed in color.
Yes! I'm so glad you both liked this so much! This film really drew you in, just like it does for everybody else. Crazy to think that it was made DURING World War II, when Paris was still under control of the Germans. The film was meant to be as topical to its own period as you can possibly get, and yet it ended up becoming one of the most timeless films ever.
Fun fact: Rick's Cafe was the inspiration for the Tatooine cantina in Star Wars.
And the actor who played Ferrari - Sidney Greenstreet - was the inspiration for Jabba the Hutt.
@@Emalythe Okay, wow -- didn't know that part of the story!
"Casablanca" was released in 1943. D-Day was June 6, 1944. Paris was under Nazi occupation during the making of this movie.
@@btgiv6009 Thanks, I was wondering if it was. My nephews were young when it came out & 1 of them really loved the movie. I used to buy him all the action figures & vehicles & ships & creatures. So even as an old lady; I remember a lot of them.
The other nephew just wanted hot wheels. A lot cheaper. Haha.
One of the best things about great black and white films is the cinematographers artful use of light and shadow to create a mood or feeling. True masters of their craft.
Absolutely 👍🏼
The interior of Rick's is extremely theatrical in its effects of dark and light and artful shadows, which our two viewer friends immediately picked up on. It's very artificial and unrealistic, but it's wonderful, and it only could work in black & white instead of color.
So awesome that you watched this! Such an epic flick! FYI, Rick is played by Humphrey Bogart, aka Bogie. You just can't go wrong with a Bogie flick! If you want to not only meet the love of his life and in addition watch them fall in love, watch To Have and Have Not from 1944. His costar is Lauren Bacall. Another movie that stars the two of them is Key Largo from 1948. If you want an amazing Film Noir staring Bogart, the legendary The Maltese Falcon from 1941. The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca sealed Bogie's leading man status!
I adore Key Largo! It's one of my favorite films ever and also stars a distant cousin of mine Edward G. Robinson! He and my great uncle Nathan were 2nd cousins.
Let me add to those excellent suggestions a few other films of different genres: "His Girl Friday" (1940), "Goodbye Mr Chips" (1939), and "The Human Comedy (1943). You will laugh but please have Kleenex available.
I agree they would enjoy "To Have and Have Not". Like Casablanca it is a romance where Bogie as an American reluctantly gets dragged into helping the French resistance during WW2.
"To Have And Have Not" is a must see great film.
Key Largo is amazing.
One of the best movies ever made. If you ever get a chance, catch it in a movie theater. It hits really different on the big screen. If you want another great movie with Ingrid Bergman (one of the best actresses of all time) and Claude Raines, check out Alfred Hitchock's Notorious with both of them and Cary Grant. Also a phenominal movie with perfect screenwriting. Casablanca. An absolute masterpiece.
Notorious! The best movie Alfred Hitchcock ever made ❤
And Gaslight, the movie from whence the term came.
I was able to see it on the big screen in an old vintage movie theater. In the 80s, a local theater would show classic movies once in a while. I saw this, and Lawrence of Arabia there in all their big screen glory.
It wasn't Casablanca, but I remember my mom taking me to one of the classic movie theaters in my hometown for my birthday one year; we watched The Maltese Falcon that day.
YAAAASSSSS Notorious is the best
One of the greatest screenplays in the history of the movies. Every single line of dialogue is PERFECT. Add in amazing actors, Max Steiner's score, and you have one of the best movies of all-time. There is a reason these "old" films are still considered classics. You compare the writing and direction to so much of what's being produced today -- there's just no comparison.
This is one of the best films ever made. There are NO wasted scenes. If you watch it again, you'll see that young couple in one of the first scenes. Every line of dialogue contributes to a plot point. This is one of my top 5 movies. I can watch it over and over and over. I'm so pleased you loved it. I'm so happy you finally got to see it. Your next black/white film: Some Like It Hot. :)
I was watching along on the edge of my seat - even tho I’ve probably seen it at least 10x!
Casablanca is one of the most beloved movies in the English language. It's a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Script, cast and director were all considered "pretty good" going in to production, but I don't think anybody expected what they finally created. The last scene at the airport was being pretty much thought up on the day of shooting. In the end, everyone brought their A game and delivered what became a classic, one that gets better every time you watch it,
One of, if not the, greatest movie ever made.
I've played it again, and again, and again....!
"Script, cast and director were all considered 'pretty good' going in to production..." Exsqueezme! I take a whole lot of exception to that!!!🤨
Either way, ...a classic. A long time ago ...when story was King👑.🤔
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I love seeing younger people discover how great the old classics are! Amber was surprised at how great the writing for the movie was, but in those days they didn't rely on CGI and huge stunts, they relied on strong stories and great acting! In so many ways the older movies are far superior to the modern ones. Now that you've delved into a couple of the old black and whites and really enjoyed both of them, hopefully you will continue your journey, because hundreds of absolutely amazing movies await you!
"Here's looking at you, kid."
On your other channel you reacted to the song "Year of the Cat". That song was partially influenced by this movie. The opening lines : "In a morning from a Bogart movie, In a country where they turn back time. You go strolling through the crowds like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime". Humphrey Bogart is the star of this movie and Peter Lorre played Ugarte.
"Help Me Rick! You've Got to Hide Me! " ....
Love that song.
Give Roxy Music "2 H.B." a listen some great Casablanca references as well.
If you watch it again, pay attention to when Ilsa is talking about meeting, falling for, and marrying Victor and you will note that she admired him and fell for how he inspired her. With Rick she actually fell truly in love, the "real" kind of love. That is what makes that last scene even more painful for Rick and Ilsa, even though how it ended up was really the only right thing to do, especially in that time period.
Truly one of the best movies ever made. Humphrey Bogart is/was a giant in the film industry and you might want to check out more of his movies that I love "The Maltese Falcon", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", or "The Big Sleep". Of course you couldn't go wrong with almost any film of his like "Sabrina", "Key Largo", "The African Queen",...
Put on your black and white movie list, ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird’. I believe it’s an Academy award winning movie.
Casablanca still stands up 80 years after its initial release because it tells a fundamentally human story. The struggle of the people trying to make it out resonates with many and then the complicated triangle between Rick, Lazlo and Elsa, with so many possible outcomes, excites both the male and female audience. We still recognize all of the characters in our own lives and the film will still be relevant another 80 years from now. ✌️
Greatest movie of all-time. For me, that’s just indisputable. It’s so perfectly written and acted. Just absolute perfection.
I liked this movie the first time I saw it, but it has only gotten better with time. Now I think it's a perfect movie. A masterpiece.
I totally agree. I see more in Casablanca every time I see it.
The scene where Rick says to Ilsa "Nobody knows how this is going to end" was truer than you think. At the time of filming that scene, the writers were still writing the script and hadn't completed the end of the film yet.
...and the war was not over...
A couple more movies I think you guys might enjoy are "Notorious" and "Gaslight"! They both star Ingrid Bergman, who plays Ilsa in this. "Notorious" is a Hitchcock film that's like a combo of espionage thriller and love story. And "Gaslight" is an iconic psychological thriller that is, literally, where the term "gaslighting" comes from! I think you'd like either one of them.
Exactly. Although people are starting to distort the term "gaslighting" now, thinking it just means lying to someone.
Love Gaslight
Notorious for sure!
Gaslight!
I’m not sure if they would know the term.
Casablanca is known as the best dialogue driven film ever made. The most enduring quotes.
Fabulous film with an amazing romance, lots of humor and drama. Bogart and Bergman shine, along with Claude Rains! I've always loved Ingrid Bergman as an actress - her reaction as she listens to "As Time Goes By" is so moving. SO much emotion, memories, feelings running over her face and in her eyes. She was such a great actress!
I am so proud of you two taking on Casablanca, always in the top five classic movie list. The whole story of love triangle and a history lesson interwoven perfectly together. The characters in this movie are unforgettable. Young people often say "Oh no, it's in black and white," then they get involved in the story and characters and completely forget about that. There are so many classic quotes from this story and one misquote, Rick NEVER said "Play it again Sam." This was made DURING world war two, but takes place in 1941 about the time Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941and we finally got into the war. There are a lot of lines alluding to no commitment on the United States holding back getting involved. Like "I stick my neck out for no one." At the end Laslo says to Rick "Welcome back to the fight...this time I know our side will win." That's Europe and others really saying it about the USA finally realizing they have t get involved. Remember, no one knew the outcome of the War when this movie was made. And the love story intertwined with choices and sacrifices that have to be made. It's about the quality script, not excessive special effects and computer tricks of today. The cast didn't even know what was going to happen next each day, they kept changing and rewriting, they didn't even know the ending. Here's Looking at you kids. And I love Sam, he was a gas.
At the end when Rick was telling Victor that he let her think she'd convinced him she still loved him but it was over, he was lying for Victor's sake. Rick wanted to make sure Victor wouldn't have cause to doubt his wife's love for him or to think she still had feelings for anyone else, even though she really did still love Rick.
Rick's story really is a story of sacrifice in the service of something greater than yourself. "Welcome back to the fight."
I have a suspicion that actually Rick decided after he got her back that he didn't really want her that much anymore.
@@MichaelMacrossan no, that's not it. Rick realized that he couldn't pretend to be content at sitting on the sidelines in Casablanca. He had been turning his back on his values by not actively taking part in the Resistance. Remember the gun-running to Ethiopia (when they fought against Mussolini's Italy) and fighting in Spain on the loyalist side (against Franco who was supported by the Germans). He hated himself for betraying his own convictions.
Ilsa's arrival together with Victor Laszlo reminded him not only of his love for Ilsa but also of the kind of man he had been back in Paris. She held a mirror to his face and he didn't like what he had become. He realized he had to join the fight to be able to respect himself again. That's why Rick said to Ilsa: "But I have a job to do too and where I have to go, you cannot follow." Either he would get arrested for helping Ilsa and Victor or he would leave Casablanca to join the war efforts in some way. Even if he got arrested, he'd have his peace of mind because he helped Laszlo to continue his work as a Resistance leader and he had helped Ilsa to safety. He could die with his head held up high. If somehow he'd be able to avoid an arrest and death, it would be a bonus and he could do even more good for the world.
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To me, "Casablanca" is the greatest movie ever made. I feel it gets better with every rewatching. Thanks for the reaction.
Agree
Great reaction as always. As for black and white movies,'12 Angry Men' and 'On The Waterfront' are two great movies from the 1950's. For more Humphry Bogart I highly recommend 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' and for a classic black and white Christmas time movie starring the great Jimmy Stewart I recommend 'It's a Wonderful Life '
definitely recommend 12 Angry Men especially as much as they loved A Few Good Men. Amd Wonderful Life is a must for the holidays.
Haven't they seen it's a wonderful life already?
Must see that one in BLACK AND WHITE. please do NOT see the "colorized" version of it's a wonderful life!!!
You can save IAWL for Christmas but really you can watch it any time of year.
12 angry men is a great film and as well is It's A Wonderful Life> I would think everyone has seen it, but I could be wrong.
‘Shocked, shocked ………….”, one of the many famous and iconic one liners from this movie that remain in the language.
The best part about the movie is that none of the actors, the directors, the crew, the audience, nobody knew how the war was going to end The fighting was still going on. You see it in the passion of the singing. Everybody was still fighting for their lives. We watch it in real time.
The movie was rushed into release right after the Operation Torch (Nov-Dec '42) which was the Anglo-American invasion of North Africa which included the American landing and capture of ... Casablanca.
bogart mentions dec first before pearl. everyone's asleep in usa. of course he meant morally.
And that's what makes "Casablanca" so riveting to watch, not only for the piece of perfect art that it is, but where it happened to emerge in history. And, as a writer and actress myself, it's a comforting film because it reminds us that, even in times when the world is tearing itself apart, it's still somehow spinning and artists go on creating their craft.
So absolutely happy you guys liked this. Film noir is amazing, Bogart is amazing, every actor in this is at their peak. Please watch more film noir. The Big Sleep or To Have and Have Not would be my suggestions.
they should check out The Maltese Falcon with Bogart, the first real film noir IMO
@@BGNOLA definitely a great movie. Key Largo too. I guess I'm just a Bogie fan lol
@@BGNOLAThe, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
@@BGNOLAalso John Houston's directorial debut.
Do you think Chinatown would qualify in that genre? Great movie, but not quite sure if it's film noir.
Bogart and Hepburn in "The African Queen" is another classic you have to see.
At first, I didn't want to see it, but I needed to see why Bogie won. And it was well worth it!
The Gin Joints line and the Play it Again Sam and song "As Time Goes By" and "here's looking at you kid" are all icons of the cinema and have been repeated millions of times by the people that have seen this movie and in several other movies. It is a touchstone event.
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Sorry but: He never said Play it Again Sam. That was totally made up by the public. He said Play it...if you can play it for her, you can play it for me, play it. that Play it again thing has been a rumor going around forever, probably starting with Woody Allen's old comedy Play it Again Sam....or even before that.
@@thomastimlin1724 That is so true. We have heard said so many times that we started to believe it. A trivia question here; what was Rick's last name?
@@thomastimlin1724 just like many quotes from movies, song lyrics, historical statements etc...
@@thomastimlin1724 The fact is that quotations often do not sound as good out of context and are therefore often altered. Play it again. Sam was not so much made up and distilled from both Ilsa's and Rick's lines. Another famous altered quote from that time period is Churchill's famous "blood, toil, tears, and sweat." which is almost always shortened to "blood, sweat, and tears." A lot of this has to do with cadence and rhythm.
You watched at least 6 iconic actors in this film. Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Thanks for introducing this film to new audience.
Legends, every one of them!!!
You two now know why this movie is considered one of the greatest love stories ever made 😊
I agree with many others, if you skip out on B&W films you're missing out. "It's a Wonderful Life" is perfect when Christmas season roll around. One of the best films ever made. I would also suggest "Arsenic and Old Lace" is great for halloween. It's not a horror just seasonal and a fantastic movie. Almost anything with Carry Grant is great. Can't wait to re-enjoy some great films with you guys. Keep up the great work.
A great bit of trivia about Its a Wonderful Life - initially they used cornflakes painted white as “snow,” but they crunched so loudly it wasn’t feasible - so they replaced the cornflakes with soap flakes.
If you look at the scene where Clarence and George are in the river, there are soap bubbles around them. 😁❤️
Two great recommendations.
I hate It's A Wonderful Life. It's the longest 2 hour movie of all time. It feels like 4 hours
Arsenic and Old Lace. Underrated classic for sure!! For Christmas I would add Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Also made during the war, but fun musical. Singing/dancing. 🎶🎉
@@chrisandersen5635 Might need to make sure it's the cut version so you don't get the blackface number
So glad you liked this! You also have to understand the context of World War II for the movie. Rick changes his mind about giving of himself for a larger cause as well. He lets Ilsa go with Laszlo bc Laszlo was a leader in the resistance against the Nazis. He knew Laszlo needed her, and the resistance needed him. Rick gave her up because the war depended on it. The quote where he says the problems of 3 little people mean nothing in the whole scope of things is referring to this.
So we'll put! I think hearing what the young woman would have to do for 2 exit visas, really got to him, and was influential in his change of heart.
And, of course, when the movie was made, no one knew how the war would turn out; they were still in the middle of it.
Some of the most famous lines in cinema history, including one that is never spoken - "Play it again, Sam."
As others have suggested, I think you'd really like "To Kill a Mockingbird" from 1962. Great acting and directing, based on a classic book about childhood in Depression-era Alabama.
I agree. It’s my favorite film.
"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" - a classic and a movie that promotes reflection and discussion.
This MUST be your next b&w film!
Yes! It’s essential viewing. I really hope they will watch it soon.
Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet were also in The Maltese Falcon in 1941. It’s one of the best detective movies ever made.
The stuff that dreams are made of.
The greatest source of one liners in movie history.
Casablanca is one of those films where everything just came together perfectly. It is a timeless classic.
I interpret the love triangle a little differently than you did. The way I see it, Ilsa absolutely loves Rick and wants to be with him. She is with Victor because she admires him and knows he would lose his drive without her, but she never once tells him that she loves him. Even when he directly tells her, she doesn't say it back.
When Ilsa breaks down at Rick's place, it's genuine. Rick knows he has finally been given the chance to live the rest of his life with her as he has always wanted.
However, he also realizes what Ilsa means to Victor, and what Victor means to the free world... so he gives up true love for a greater cause. He lies to Victor saying, "that was all over long ago." Louis notices this, and that's when he has his own epiphany.
Totally agree!
Absolutely correct! While she respects and admires Victor, she will never love him with the passion she feels for Rick.
Supposedly, the actress asked the writers who she was supposed to be in love with, and *they* didn’t know.
And you’re right about everything just coming together. It was supposed to be a middle-line, ordinary movie of the week. But the writers and the actors and the director all just hit the spot perfectly.
I'm glad you both loved this so much! Casablanca is one of the greatest movies ever. I love it more every time I see it.
Yep. Me and the hubs watch it frequently and say all the lines along with them. I know. Sad, right?!
Here's looking at you kid
Listening to You two, talk back-and-forth during the movie and trying to analyze it is why this movie has held up for 80 years.Even till the almost the end you didn't know how it would end😮 proves its a masterpiece of cinema. Excellent Reaction!
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The director didn't know how it was going to end, until it did.
When Rick is drinking and waiting for Ilsa to come back, he starts rambling about "If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?" After Sam answers, "Uh, my watch stopped," Rick continues on, "I bet they're asleep in New York. I bet they're asleep all over America." That refers to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 that got the US involved in the war, which is something that everybody in 1943, when the movie came out, would still have very fresh in their minds.
Our Jay and Amber are starting down the rabbit hole of classic films!!! You are some of my favorite reactors, and I'm so happy to see you branch into other eras like this. There are tons of other great suggestions in other comments so I will just say that come Christmas, you MUST watch It's a Wonderful Life! It's up there with Casablanca as one of the greatest films of all time.
Fully agree. Put that on the Christmas list.
Couldn't agree with this more. Glad they loved Casablanca so much, it will ensure we get more black and white files. 😂
So happy you loved this film! Another Humphrey Bogart movie is Key Largo.
Another great movie, that I don't recall seeing anyone suggest, is Driving Miss Daisy. It stars Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, and Dan Aykroyd. You will love this one too.
Key LARGO is a great movie. I watch this movie a dozen times at least.
Key Largo was fantastic!! Edward G Robinson is the perfect gangster as far as I'm concerned!
Absolutely love Key Largo!
Once you watch Key Largo film. You all should listen to the song by Bernie Higgin called "Key Largo"
I'm a Dark Passage girl, personally.
From the cinematography to the script to the acting....this is the BEST American film of all time. Period.
Omigosh, can’t describe how pleased I am y’all watched this absolute classic! Hands down the best reaction to this film out there. So many miss out because they shy away from black and white movies, which is a shame because there are a ton that are fantastic! In my opinion the classic black and whites add a texture that color takes away. The suspense is enhanced with the lighting & the shadowing. A great script, excellent A-list casting & marvelous set design makes this a true classic. (Y’all asked for more b&w movies so here’s a few that are top tier; “The Best Years of Our Lives”, “12 Angry Men”, “The Longest Day”, “Imitation of Life”, “The Grapes of Wrath”, “Citizen Kane”, “Metropolis”, “Paths of Glory”, “The Manchurian Candidate”, “To Kill A Mockingbird”, “One Foot in Heaven”….okay, think I got carried away lol! These are just SO good, hope you watch them all eventually & we can share the enjoyment with you. God bless from GA.
Black & white values can make a story even more transcendent , being some sort of 'other world' .
Black and white movies are my favorite. It seems like colors take away from the story, you have too much information to process with color movies.
Thanks for the quote marks
“The Manchurian Candidate” is a real twister.
I love "Imitation of Life"! I love that movie!!! And "To Kill a Mockingbird", a classic for a reason! Those are two of my very favorite movies of all time. You must watch them!!!!
Hey guys great choice and even greater reaction. You had me going along for the ride big time! Kudos for your observant appreciation of all the wonderful things there are to love about this classic. If you want to continue the ride and see something as good as this it's a pretty tough to find its equal. There's a small handful, and at the top of your list should probably be 'It Happened One Night". Lots of twists, great acting, a love triangle and the dreaded surprise ending. It was so good it actually won the Oscar for best picture of 1934. I think I’m starting to get a good feel for what you guys like. Trust me, it might not be on the radar for a lot of subscribers, but this one absolutely rocks from start to finish! You can't do much better than this one.
I love It Happened One Night.
Great suggestion! I love that film ❤
Yesssssssss ❤ It Happened One Night is sooo good! 🤩
Great suggestion. It Happened One Night is the RomCom that set the blueprint for most RomComs to follow. Not only did it win the Oscar for Best Picture. It was the first movie to win the so-called 'Big Five' - Picture/Director/Actor/Actress/Screenplay. And most people involved in it thought it would be a flop.
It Happened One Night is maybe the first ever “screwball comedy” too, a genre that came to be defined as a staple of 1930s classic Hollywood, a romantic comedy with hilarious antics and screwball elements. My Man Godfrey is another great example, as is Holiday, Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, The Awful Truth (all with Cary Grant). Highly recommend any of those.
Ooooh if they watch The Awful Truth or His Girl Friday they’ll also get to see Ralph Bellamy when he’s young. He was the one of the old guys, Randolph Duke, in Trading Places and the cameo in Coming To America, along with Don Ameche who also starred in musicals comedies and dramas from the classic era.
Victor is the most mature, intelligent, and perceptive person in the whole movie. He knows a lot more than he lets on, and saw right through Rick's act immediately. The only thing that had him fooled was that he didn't anticipate what Rick had planned at the end of the movie, but that all happened so fast.
Beautiful movie. A truly touching moment when they sing the French anthem, once you realize that the people singing are actual refugees from occupied France, wishing they could go home.
My all-time favorite movie!!!! So glad you guys finally got to this one. Key Largo and The Maltese Falcon are other great Bogart movies to check out. Back when this movie hit 50 years old, Warner Bros. released a documentary about the making of the film. It is narrated by Lauren Bacall, Bogart's wife and his co-star in Key Largo. It is really worth checking out.
"The leading banker in Amsterdam is now pastry chef in our kitchen". And he's probably happier.
You two made me smile with your reaction to Casablanca! I loved how invested you both got into this movie. If you'd like another black and white romance with Paul Henreid (who played Ilsa's husband) Try "Now, Voyager" about a woman (Bette Davis) who escapes her abusive family to fall in love on a cruise ship sailing to South America.
Little Foxes or Jezebel, also. I think they would love Pocketful Of Miracles.
Love that movie.
Now Voyager is one of my very favorites and another movie with Claude Raines.
My high school theatre teacher used to say "The world is divided into two groups. Those who have seen Casablanca, and *GASP!* those who haven't". We watched it every year.
Thank you for reacting to such a classic film! There is just something about these old movies - they take a person back to a different time. For awhile you can almost feel as if you are back in 1943, and all the craziness of the modern world is forgotten. Another fantastic film is "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" starring the beautiful Gene Tierney and the always amazing Rex Harrison. Be well. 🙏
Love that one!
Oh, that's a good one. Gene Tierney is so beautiful in it.
If you're doing oldies, then please check out The Graduate. It's from 1967, most iconic movie of the sixties, starring Dustin Hoffman, Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack. It's brilliant.
I had a crush on Anne Bancroft for years because of that movie.
This movie is a definite classic. It was filmed while WW2 was still going on.
There are two other Bogart movies that are my favorites. "The African Queen" (He won the Academy Award for that) and "Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
But he has a ton of others worth checking out.
The song is As Time goes by . One of the richest movies of all time . A true classic.
Yay! I'm so happy you both enjoyed this so much! Classic black & white gets such a bad rap with younger people, but they truly are classic for a reason! I'm an 80's baby, but grew up in a family that loved watching movies from any era, so I have a bunch of favorites from the 1930s to the 1960s. With some, you do have to remember they were made in a different time, so some things wouldn't fly by today's standards. But there's a ton of great movies to enjoy! A few of my favorites (not all black & white) are Some Like It Hot (1959), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Dial "M" For Murder (1954, and another Hitchcock film!), My Man Godfrey (1936), The Thin Man (1934, but there's a whole series of them!), All About Eve (1950), An Affair to Remember (1957), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Roman Holiday (1953), How to Steal a Million (1966), Rear Window (1954, another Hitchcock!), and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).
Great list of recomedations!
Agreed, those are classics for a reason!
Excellent list.
The Philadelphia Story is my favorite
An excellent list! I might add Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) for another classic screwball comedy.
If we’re doing old movies, “12 angry men” and “rear window” are both masterpieces. The latter is one of Hitchcock’s best.
One small correction. This move came out LONG before green screens and cgi was invented. What was in the background while they were in the car in the flashback was a projection on a screen behind the actors.
Loved the reaction as usual guys! This is one of the greatest films ever made
They put a lot into movies back then-the acting, sets, costumes, great plotlines, background music, music in the plotlines-musicians, singers, keep in mind that movies, theater & radio were the only forms of entertainment so things were made as quality projects, even their B-list films seem high quality now & love stories never go out of style
Exactly!
We don't get to see, or remember the bad films they also made.
Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, to name a few, all had very unique voices. You didn't have to see who was speaking, to know who was on Television. Although this movie was 17 years before I was born, I still grew up watching these classics. The acting was first rate, as people back then seemed to be perfectionist! Glad you guys enjoyed it.
All the colors, clothing , furniture, decor, makeup, in a black and white film are chosen for how they appear in black and white. There are often unexpected colors that look perfect in black and white. It’s all about light and shadow. Casablanca is a masterpiece of light and shadow. It’s almost a perfect film.
For its time, it was perfect...
for the 1940s this was such a diverse cast because many of them were actual refugees from the nazis, the woman in the bar singing the French national anthem in tears was an actual refugee, she fled Paris from the Nazis
Yes, most of the actors (including Lazlo) had left Europe to get away from the Nazis. It adds a layer of realism to the movie
Humphrey Bogart is recognized as one of the best, if not the best actor who has ever graced the silver screen. He played so many iconic characters, and I hope you get to more of his movies! Great reaction as always guys!!! Love the classics!!! I hope you are able to discover and appreciate more of them!
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Agreed. They should watch The African Queen next.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep are all absolutely excellent classic Humphrey Bogart movies
sorry not true hes legendary but not considered 1 of greatest actors that goes to brando
@@cameronpickard7456 You are entitled to your opinion. Look up the American Film Institute rankings, but I will go ahead and tell you. Bogart is 1st, Brando is 4th.
@@markallen2984 don't forget the Caine Mutiny! His performance as Queeg is legendary! The Strawberrys!
The fact that it was filmed in black and white (which was usual for the 1940's) gave it the added bonus of the use of shadows and lighting in every shot.
I loved this reaction, and I love you guys! You're so much fun to watch!
If you're looking for a few more classics to get under your belt, you should definitely watch "It's a Wonderful Life," "12 Angry Men," "Rear Window," and "The Great Escape." I'm so excited for you guys... so many great movies to still see for the first time!
This is my favorite movie of all time. So many characters in impossible situations, all navigate with their heart to the best possible outcome. Timeless.
What exotic locations. Would you believe, it was filmed entirely in Hollywood studios and backlots, sometimes with forced perspective to create a deeper sense of depth. This is a masterclass in world building and visual storytelling. It's one of the greats.
Literally just watched this for the first time today. Just finished it. Decided to watch it when I saw y’all’s email lol HBO Max coming in clutch!!! It was soooo good.
well now, I can't tell you how happy we are that you decided to watch this movie. We're huge into classical movies, and this is one of our favorites. The trifecta of Bogart that we would always recommend, is Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, and Sabrina. I really hope you decide to try those, since you liked this one so much. Thanks so much for watching and sharing this with us. Until next time.
Yes, Sabrina and To have and have not are very good recomendations. The Maltese Falcon would be too!
African Queen
@@patbrewer4205 Treasure of the Sierra Madras.
All of these plus We’re No Angels as a special view at Christmas
@@kevinviklen3611 , of course! Thats a very good one!
"Rear Window"... perfect, classic, Hitchcock!
As a musician with a music degree, ironically I am reading a biography about Max Steiner, the man who did all the music for this film. He was the first one to write music to fit in with the movie story and moods and set the standard for many to come including John Williams of Star Wars fame. He was a refugee from Austria
Steiner's Score for "King Kong" was groundbreaking! But Eric Wolfgang Korngold wrote fantastiic scores for films that integrated with the Film, "Captain Blood", "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "The Sea Hawk", "Elizabeth and Essex" and "Kings Row" ( which John Williams pilfered quite a bit from ).Of course Steiner did GWTW!
I understand that the people doing Adventures of Robin Hood wanted Korngold to do the score. He didn't think he was right for it, but they convinced him. And it turned out he got the last train out of Austria before the Germans took over. If he hadn't been on that train, he would have been sent to a concentration camp. Years later, he said Robin Hood saved his life.
(I heard this on TCM some time ago; I didn't re-check, so I hope this is right)
@@jamesalexander5623 Yes! The Steiner Book mentions Korngold extensively and the cordial relationship between them. And often they were assigned a movie the other thought they were going to do, or were too busy etc.
This was filmed early during the war (1942). Many of the European actors in the film had actually fled Nazi controlled Europe including the actor that plays Major Strasser.
A parallel story is Werner Klemperer who played Colonel Klick on the old TV show Hogan's Heroes....he was a Jewish refugee, and took the part because he couldn't wait to Lampoon the Nazis. Like "Let's see how stupid I can make them look next week...."
Here are some more old films you may want to consider:
It Happened One Night: 1934 Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. it swept the Oscars in the big categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Original Adapted Screenplay. It is a GREAT romantic comedy that still holds up!!! It made Clark Gable a star.
Other Clark Gable films you may want to consider, of course he had many more!
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 B&W
Saratoga 1937 B&W
San Francisco 1936 also with Spencer Tracy and Jeanette Mac Donald, what a voice!!!! B&W
Test Pilot 1938 B&W
Spencer Tracy had many wonderful films here are just two of them
Woman of the Year 1942 a romantic comedy with Katharine Hepburn, they did several films together. B&W
Northwest Passage 1940
Then there is James Cagney
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 B&W
White Heat 1949 B&W
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 B&W Cagney’s personal favorite of all the films he did, and he did a lot of singing and dancing in this one. It is the story about George M Cohan, not 100% true as they show Cohan as having only one wife.
James Steward or also known as Jimmy Steward had many great movies too numerous to name here but here are a few:
Destry Rides Again 1939 a western B&W
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 B&W
The Philadelphia Story 1940 Wonderful cast romantic comedy. B&W
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 Super GREAT cast!!!!! There was a song done by Gene Pitney of the same name you may want to check out. It was supposed to be for the movie, but they got it done too late. If you happen to hear the song first it mentions two shots rang out one shot made Liberty fall and after you see the film, you will understand.
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Gettysburg 1993 features some of those from the movie Tombstone. GREAT film! In my view overall accurate but I would nitpick a few things, such as the placement of Chamberlains troops on the third day.
The Magnificent Seven 1960 This is the original version of a lot of great stars one of the greatest theme songs of all time!!!! It was based on the Japanese film the Seven Samurai.
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Very historically accurate movie about Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941.
Midway 1976 Very accurate as well. Except the character played by Charlton Heston, Capt. Matt Garth he and the story of his son with the Japanese girlfriend are fictional but are composite characters and certainly represent real people and real situations. Virtually everybody else is a real historic person and they have them say what was actually said. The 2019 version is also accurate but has a different emphasis. Both are great.
Ben-Hur 1959 Fantastic story GREAT film!!!! Charlton Heston is the main star. Not completely historically accurate as the Romans did not have galley slaves rowing on warships or merchant ships for that matter. But it is well done!!! The chariot race is not to be missed!!!! I Won 11 Oscars!!!!
The Longest Day 1962 B&W The story of the D-day invasion on June 6, 1944. Very accurate. Packed with stars!!!!
Bridge Over the River Kwai 1957 Won 7 Oscars, among them best picture, director actor etc. WWII drama not based on a specific true story but a GREAT movie!!!!
Robert Mitchum who was the narrator for Tombstone (and I saw your reaction to that great film!)had many wonderful films. Here are just a few for your consideration:
Out of the Past 1947 B&W Great story
The Night of the Hunter 1957 Very intense! B&W
Thunder Road 1957 B&W
I have gone on too long and only scratched the surface of so many great movies and so many stars from the past!!!!! And of the stars I mentioned they have so many more movies!!!
Out of the Past, and the original Cape Fear ,Mitchum is great in both. You have named so many great films , I had a younger person say to me "I don't do b/w movies" I told her that she should as she was missing out on some of the best films ever made , hope she gave it go.
@@barblessable Thank you and indeed between the two of us we could list many more!!! As I said this is just scratching the surface. Yes, the original Cape Fear is great. And like you I had a younger person tell me the same thing she didn't watch b/w movies and I told her the same thing you did that she was missing some of the greatest movies of all time.
It doesn't get more classic than this one.
The next time you're in the mood for old/Black & white films try 'The Hustler' with Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason (my personal favorite) or 'Citizen Kane' starring Orrson Wells, regarded by many to be the greatest film of all time.
I always appreciated the return to nobility of Rick's character. At the end he gave up Ilsa for her future and the importance of Victor's work. But more than that he made sure Victor had no reason to question his relationship with Ilsa in the future. He knew Ilsa was still in love with him but for her future happiness with Victor created a story where Ilsa pretended to be in love with him to protect Victor and then made himself the bad guy that "let her pretend".
Black and white films set a mood with the use of light and shadows. In many ways they are more impactful than colour films.
So glad you reacted to this. If your want the very definition of Film Noir, this is it. I suggest watching "The African Queen" for your next dose of Bogie. Cheers....
So glad you enjoyed this so much. These were the films of my grandparents' generation. I fell in love with these old b&w movies as a kid and absolutely got hooked on them. Hope you do another one soon!
This is my favorite film of all time.
It's widely considered one of the three best English-language films ever made, and frequently comes in second only to Citizen Kane.
If you'd like to see the film that earned Bogart this role, watch the classic film noir, "The Maltese Falcon."
You'll recognize a lot of the cast, and it has a fabulously twisty plot and great, great dialogue, as well.
"The Maltese Falcon" also had a profound impact on American popular culture, and gets referenced in all sorts of ways in all sorts of surprising contexts.
It's not quite as legendary as this film, but it's up there. 😎
The scene of them driving was not green screen-it was a technique called rear projection where they literally projected a moving background behind the actors that gives the illusion of movement. It was very common at the time and used for all sorts of things (not just driving scenes). Rear projection was especially well utilized in black and white films where imo it often blended in better than in later color films.
There was no such thing as “green screen” back then.
@@beckygrant2258it was invented in the 80s.
@@visaman though blue screen predated green screen and was used in some earlier films in the 1970s-notably the first Star Wars film.
@@nicholasbielik7156 yes. I was debating about including Chroma key in
the discussion.
This is one of the best movies of all time. Just brilliant writing, performances, directing, a great noir style…there’s a whole world of excellent older films like this that y’all would enjoy. Off the top of my head, Roman Holiday (1954) with Audrey Hepburn is a great one.
Sabrina is a favorite of mine! Audrey Hepburn with Humphry Bogart!
@@pfcampos7041 Oh yes! How could I forget that one - also a favorite of mine :)
It's important to remember that a number of the actors in the film were themselves refugees from Europe and the Nazis. The young husband who Rick allows to win at roulette was an Austrian refugee and leader of an anti-Nazi youth group. Conrad Veidt (who plays Major Strasser) and Peter Lorre (who plays Ugarte) were former stars in the German film industry. S.Z. Sakall (who plays the waiter Carl) was on the Hungarian stage and was forced to leave the German film studios too by the Nazis. Much of his family died in the camps during the war. The roulette croupier, Emil, was Jewish and fled Paris when France fell to the Germans accompanied by his wife, the actress who played Yvonne (the woman who is featured singing the Marseillaise. All of them had an intimate experience of the roles they were playing.
It actually started filming about 6 months after Pearl Harbor and premiered at the end of 1942 with general release in 1943. It adds a lot to the story to me when I try to imagine sitting in a theater watching it when the outcome of the war is still far from certain. Another good film which won best picture in 1946 is "The Best Years of our Lives" about veterans coming home. Again, it was released right as vets were really coming home....
"The Best Years of our Lives" should definitely get a reaction. Great movie and rings true after any war, any time period.