![]() ![]() Rick is seen signing off on a bill dated a few days prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. His club offers a refuge for citizens from all countries and all walks of life who are desperate to escape the Nazis and leave for the United States, which has not yet joined the war effort. Rick Blaine is an American who operates a nightclub, Rick’s Café Américain (aka “Rick’s”). One of the most famous love triangles in cinema history: Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), and Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)Ĭasablanca takes place in the city of the same name in Morocco. Ingrid was kept in the dark as to who her character, Ilsa Lund, would end up with–Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine or Paul Henreid’s Victor Laszlo. ![]() The crux of the climactic scene at the airport involves the resolution of the film’s classic love triangle. The script was constantly being re-written to the point where the stars didn’t even know how the film was going to end. However, during the time of production, nobody involved thought much of the film–especially its star, Ingrid Bergman. It also ranks on the top of many lists as one of the most (if not *the* most) romantic films ever made. Today, Casablanca is regarded as one of the best films ever made. Despite winning awards for Classic Hollywood films such as Gaslight (1944), Anastasia (1956), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Ingrid is best known for her role in Casablanca (1942). She appeared in more than 40 films (including films in the US, Italy, and her native Sweden), a half a dozen made-for-TV movies, and dozens of theatre and radio performances. Throughout her life, Ingrid won 3 Oscars, was condemned for her affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini on the floor of the US Congress, and came out on the other side of the scandal stronger than ever. Her life came full circle with her passing 41 years ago on her 67th birthday in 1982. ![]() Ingrid Bergman was born 108 years ago today, August 29th, in 1915. ![]()
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