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In the film Casablanca the songs played in Rick’s Cafe have incredible significance both later in the film and outside the film in the real world. When the viewer is first welcomed into the Cafe the song playing is foreshadowing for Rick unexpectedly meet Ilsa in Casablanca, and when Rick first walks into the bar the song playing foretells Ugarte’s future situation. The opening lyrics to “As Time Goes By” are proof that Rick and Ilsa are not meant to be together. When the Germans start to sing…

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…

Burnette and Alison are not mentioned. This has become a very controversial topic whether or not Burnette has gotten enough credit. “The play was not produced when the Warner Bros bought it from Murray Burnette for $20,000” (Harmetz). Around 1986, Alison and Burnette tried to regain control of the play, but the Warner Bros paid them off with $100,000 each and the right to produce the original play (Harmetz). Although $100,000 is a lot of money, Casablanca made over $181,000 on the opening…

Films are products of their time and evolve as American culture evolves. As such, directorial use of existing technology, and the cultural desire for improved movie-making have led to the development of the motion picture industry. “To most people, a movie is popular entertainment, a product to be produced and marketed by a large commercial studio. Regardless of the subject matter, this movie is pretty to look at – every image is well polished by an army of skilled artists and technicians”…

Westdale Movie Theatre is the only single screen theatre remaining in Hamilton (Wilson, 2012). It was built in the 1930s and is the only theatre constructed in that period to still continue to function as a cinema today (Wilson, 2012). The 1930s and 1940s were known as the golden days of movies; during this time there were over 20 movie theatres within Hamilton that served the public and consisted of theatre that were small and contained roughly 400 seats, to medium sized theatres that contained…

4:3 aspect ratio, so films became bigger in scale both on and off screen as the pictures got wider and the equipment needed to project them became more complex, sometimes using up to three projectors together to display the wideness. However these super wide films would not last as they were extremely expensive to produce which led to studios abandoning the 65mm/70mm format and moved back to the cheaper…

Movies are a gateway to our imaginary world. Through movies we can time travel to places we could only dream of. They narrate stories that are a combination of our personal experiences as well as projections of our mind. The narratives cannot be comprehended nor imagined without architectural spaces. It is this very architectural layer in movies that strings the narrative, the characters and the idea into a gripping plot that leaves behind a powerful imprint on the viewers’ minds. Movies…

If I had to choose one film that represents Hollywood’s involvement in the Second World War, it would have to be Michael Curtiz’s 1942 film “Casablanca” . Examining just this film demonstrates the reasons to study the war films, especially with those produced during the war. From this type of film, we get the producers, directors writers and actors viewpoint reflected in the story that they are producing. The film is, from the producers’ time view, about current events thereby the film will…

In ‘Music and the Silent Film’ by Patrick Miller the writer comments that from the earliest days of the cinema, commercial films were accompanied by music. From the fairground nickelodeons where player pianos churned out popular favourites to the glittering movie palaces where large orchestras accompanied the images on the silver screen, film music flourished. Music for the movies not only heightened the emotional response to a picture, but also served the practical purpose of drowning out the…

United Kingdom. (Puig) After Warner Brothers acquired the property they invested more than 100 million dollars into the property to turn it into a one-stop magical adventure for Harry Potter fans of all ages. (Puig) The studio is now called Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. Today, one average 6,000 people visit the attraction, and according to Trip Advisor The Making of Harry Potter has been the highest rated attraction in the world every since opening in 2012.…