Humphrey Bogart

Based on Rick’s Café Americain in the city of Casablanca, Morocco in Northern Africa during the 1940’s, Humphrey Bogart plays Rick Blain, owner of the café. An American expatriate owner of a black market nightclub watches his old flame, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) from Paris walk into his café with her Czech fugitive alongside. The stirring up of emotions between the two was instant when the love story then began to unfold. Bogart’s brisk and suave character completely emotionally resonated viewers as…

the most beautiful and well known love stories in the world as it has been for 400 years. 4. Casablanca Starring movie legends Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca weaves together the story of love amongst war, intrigue and heroism. Featuring marital infidelity, Casablanca reminds us of the choices to be made when morality and love collide. In the movie, Bogart is forced to make the decision to let his love go, for the sake of his marriage, giving us one of the most famous farewell…

The movie is about a private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. In this movie the great actor Humphrey Bogart plays a detective who partner is killed while trying to catch a suspect for his client. For this movie there was a low budget and out of that budget the viewer will get to see a grainy film, neon lights outside bay windows creating an eerie and…

looking for his ex-girlfriend (Velma Valento). “Farewell, My Lovely” has been adapted into a movie three times, the biggest being “Murder My Sweet”. The biggest adaptation of one of his works is probably “The Big Sleep” in 1946 which starred Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall. The rest of his novels, except for “Playback”, have been adapted into a movie. “The Big Sleep” has made its way on to classic novels lists and best books of the century lists such as Le Monde's One…

They were all actors and worked very well together. The group was originally based on Humphrey Bogart. He was the leader of the Rat Pack but sadly died in 1957 shortly after the group was formed. The lead members of the group were Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. and worked very hard. They all appeared in the movies and played many…

The House Committee on Un- American Activities (HUAC) was an investigating committee of the United State House of Representatives that operated during the 1930s to 1970s. Martin Dies was the first chairman of the Un-American Activities, which was established in 1938. At first, the role of the HUAC was to investigate a variety of political groups as well as subversive activities. Due to the Red Scare of the 1950, many hearings were structured towards investigating whether a person is a communist…

To relate how nostalgia is used in film we must first look at the many elements that are involved in film creation. These include the production, shooting techniques and casting. Restorative nostalgia as mentioned earlier in this research, be an ‘important segmentation variable’ when it comes to choosing locations and content for modern cinema (Seongseop & Sangkyun 2017, p.1). Throughout their research Seongseop & Sangkyun (2017) document how an audience can relate to specific locations and…

It is no secret that climbing the ladder to success in any industry can be challenging. As we look at the Paramount Studios, we begin to understand the road to what some may call the “Golden Age of Hollywood.” Paramount films one of the top conglomerates in the film industry and was by far one of the most resilient studios to survive a time of great uncertainty. There were some crucial decisions that needed to be made to aid in the company’s success not just for Paramount Studio but also in…

In the film Casablanca dir. Michael Curtiz, an American named Richard “Rick” Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) runs a popular cafe in Casablanca. During World War II, Casablanca is a common place to go to try to get letters of transit to America. Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid) - an anti-Nazi that has escaped a concentration camp and wants to inspire a rebellion against the Nazi party - and his wife Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) - an ex-lover of Rick - end up in Casablanca on their way to America. Rick,…

"Gone with the Wind" (1939). Steiner was a frequent collaborator with some of the most well known film directors in history, including Michael Curtiz, John Ford and William Wyler, and scored many of the films with Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and Fred Astaire. Steiner's talent for matching the image on screen and catching every little detail was just one facet of his abilities as a film composer. He could also find the hidden emotional undercurrent in a scene and add just the…