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Article: Playing It Again and Again.(Critical Essay)
- Article from:
- Journal of Popular Film & Television
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Casablanca's Impact on American Mass Media and Popular Culture
Casablanca has captured the popular imagination in a way that no other movie--with the possible exception of Gone with the Wind or The Wizard of Oz--ever has. Premiering in 1942, the film--produced by Hal Wallius, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman--became an immediate hit and a critical success. In subsequent years, it has never lost its popularity. Many have speculated on Casablanca's timeless appeal, attributing it to the film's superb script, acting, or musical score; its quintessential love triangle in an exotic locale against a backdrop of war; its ...