Have you seen Casablanca ?
Classic Hollywood 1942 movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Definitely on any top 10 movie site. Simple plot, great actors, nice ending. Often been borrowed from, and its dialogues been referred to for decades after.
Bogart and Ingrid have a fabulous and rare chemistry, and Bogart's cold, cynical character has awesome witty dialogues - you can read nearly half the movie if you go to IMDB Memorable Quotes. Who hasn't heard the now-a-classic line "Play it Sam. Play As Time Goes By" ? And who can forget "Of all the gin joints ..." ?
Even the minor characters, played by actors like Peter Lorre and, especially, Claude Reins, are superb. ( "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship ..." )
Well, all that is very well, but those are not the reasons I'm writing about Casablanca. My reason is Ingrid Bergman.
I swear, Ingrid in Casablanca is the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen on television.
Ingrid was a beautiful woman, no doubt, but in this movie she's just awesome. No other photograph, no other movie of her even comes close to her looks in this movie. And I don't mean that she wears a hot dress in this movie or anything like that; she just looks oh so beautiful. Every time I've seen the movie, every single time, just as soon as she entered the screen, I breathed "Wow!"
"Here's looking at you, kid !"
It's a good movie. If you haven't seen the movie, you might want to.
A Franc for your thoughts ?
p.s. It goes like
( Ilsa, to a pensive Rick: A Franc for your thoughts ?
Rick: In America they'd bring only a penny, and, huh, I guess that's about all they're worth.
Ilsa: Well, I'm willing to be overcharged. )
Bogart and Ingrid have a fabulous and rare chemistry, and Bogart's cold, cynical character has awesome witty dialogues - you can read nearly half the movie if you go to IMDB Memorable Quotes. Who hasn't heard the now-a-classic line "Play it Sam. Play As Time Goes By" ? And who can forget "Of all the gin joints ..." ?
Even the minor characters, played by actors like Peter Lorre and, especially, Claude Reins, are superb. ( "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship ..." )
Well, all that is very well, but those are not the reasons I'm writing about Casablanca. My reason is Ingrid Bergman.
I swear, Ingrid in Casablanca is the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen on television.
Ingrid was a beautiful woman, no doubt, but in this movie she's just awesome. No other photograph, no other movie of her even comes close to her looks in this movie. And I don't mean that she wears a hot dress in this movie or anything like that; she just looks oh so beautiful. Every time I've seen the movie, every single time, just as soon as she entered the screen, I breathed "Wow!"
"Here's looking at you, kid !"
It's a good movie. If you haven't seen the movie, you might want to.
A Franc for your thoughts ?
p.s. It goes like
( Ilsa, to a pensive Rick: A Franc for your thoughts ?
Rick: In America they'd bring only a penny, and, huh, I guess that's about all they're worth.
Ilsa: Well, I'm willing to be overcharged. )
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