Behind the Scenes
Director
In his career, director Michael Curtiz directed 172 films. We can't think of anything we've done 172 times. Then again, we're not thinking all that hard. Other than Casablanca, only his Mildred Pie...
Screenwriter
Before we give any props to the screenwriters, we have to give a prop or two to Murray Burnett and Joan Allison, who wrote the play the movie was based on (entitled Everybody Comes to Rick's). Howe...
Production Studio
Warner Brothers Studios was incorporated in 1923 by the four Warner brothers (uh-huh), already veterans of movie sales and distributions. The brothers realized that the real money in movies was in...
Production Design
Shot on film in black and white (did people back then even have the word "digital"?), Casablanca was a marvel of cinematography as much as anything else. It did get an Oscar nom in the category, al...
Music (Score)
Still can't get "As Time Goes By" out of your head? Yeah, us either. Seems perfect for the film, right? Time went by, lovers still said "I love you," a sigh was still a sigh, Rick and Ilsa still ha...
Fandoms
When you're talking about a movie that's widely considered to be one of the best ever made, of course you're going to have a large fan base. However, Casablanca aficionados are quite a different cr...