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Tag Archives: Casablanca
Update #11: Spend a Night in CASABLANCA with TCM on March 4
UPDATE 3/03/14 7:00 p.m. TCM announced on Twitter that private, pre-screening receptions would be held for fans in Chicago, Seattle & Philadelphia. Reply to their tweet for a chance to be selected! Original Post – 2/18/14 4:03 p.m. (ET) Turner Classic … Continue reading
UPDATE #2: You Pick the Cities for TCM’s Nationwide Screenings of CASABLANCA
UPDATE 2/18/14 3:00 PM (ET) The winning cities have been announced. Read more about it here. UPDATE 2/12/14 11:30 PM (ET) Voting has closed. Check back on Tuesday, February 18 for the announcement of the winning cities. Original Post – 1/27/14 … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, TCM
Tagged Casablanca, TCM, TCM Free Screening of CASABLANCA, Turner Classic Movies
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The Maltese Falcon Sells for $3.5 Million at TCM Auction
“This is genuine coin of the realm,” Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet) says to Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) while haggling over the value of the Maltese Falcon in the 1941 film of the same name. He wasn’t kidding. Today at Bonhams … Continue reading
Posted in TCM
Tagged Auction, Bonhams, Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart, TCM, THE MALTESE FALCON, Turner Classic Movies
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CASABLANCA vs. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
Is Howard Hawks’ TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) a better film than Michael Curtiz’s CASABLANCA (1942)? Filmmaker and critic Dan Sallitt thinks so. “You will probably feel the CASABLANCA presence hanging over the movie. For a long time, that … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Screening Report
Tagged A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA, Casablanca, Dan Sallitt, Dan Seymour, Dooley Wilson, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Waxman, Hoagy Carmichael, Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Marcel Dalio, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, Museum of the Moving Image, Sheldon Leonard, The Complete Howard Hawks, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, Walter Brennan, William Faulkner
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We Belong Dead: Why FRANKENSTEIN Looked Horrific on the Big Screen
I saw James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN (1931) and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) at the AMC 25 on 42nd Street in New York City on Wednesday night. And, while the experience of seeing two beloved classics with a room full of fans … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Screening Report, TCM
Tagged Bela Lugosi Jr, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Casablanca, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, Fathom Events, FRANKENSTEIN, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Rick Baker, Sara Karloff, Singin in the Rain, TCM Events Series, THE BIRDS, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Una O'Connor
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SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN from TCM and Fathom Events: Flawed Technology, Delightful Results
On Thursday, Turner Classic Movies and NCM Fathom Events presented SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) at nearly 500 venues nationwide. And I thought long and hard about not going to see it – even though I love old movies in general, … Continue reading