Ingrid Bergman

I Think This is The Beginning of A Beautiful Paper The movie Casablanca is directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman play Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund respectively, two main characters of the film. They are supported by Claude Rains, who was cast as Captain Jean Renault, and Paul Henreid, who played the French revolutionary Victor Laszlo. Casablanca appears to fit the film noir genre at the beginning because…

In 1935, Bogart’s career starting taking a turn for the better when producer Arthur Hopkins sent for Bogart to play escaped murderer Duke Mantee in Robert Sherwood's new play, The Petrified Forest. In Meyers’ book, he writes that Hopkins wasn’t impressed with Bogart at first: When I saw the actor I was somewhat taken aback, for he was the one I never much admired. He was an antiquated juvenile who spent most of his stage life in white pants swinging a tennis racquet. He seemed as far from a…

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film Vertigo is now considered by the American Film Institute to be the best film of all time. With that title comes some flack for “beating” out all of the other films that come out ever. Obviously this title is subjective and doesn’t make the film anymore better or meaningful than it previously was, but the backlash from film critics are kind of ironic being about Vertigo. People are writing article after article and blog post after blog post about how Vertigo doesn’t…

The scene starts with Rick (Humphrey Bogart), Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), Captain Renault (Claude Rains), and Victor (Paul Henreid) arriving to the plane that would take two people to Lisbon. The characters are at the immediate forefront of the scene because the entire background is covered by smoke (however, from…

Make Up Trends The history of Cosmetics has been around for many decades. Starting all the way back at least 6000 years ago. Many cultures have included makeup as their form of union. Native Americans tribes painted their faces for events or battle. In Japan Geisha’s wear makeup as their style. Back when make up was invented it was worn as a statement representing their culture. Now in the 20th century make up is worn as a fashion statement along with boosting women’s self esteem, defining…