Video: 'Casablanca' (trailer)
(Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 1942, 12 noon EST) — Casablanca, a romantic drama film about an American saloon owner in North Africa who is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up, opened today at the Hollywood Theater at 237 W. 51st Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
Video: 'Casablanca' (trailer)
Directed by Michael Curtiz, the film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.
Video: 'Casablanca (1942) - Movie' (6 clips)
Casablanca went on to win three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The film’s characters, dialogue, and music have become iconic. It consistently ranks near the top of lists of the greatest movies of all time (#3 on AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies, 10th Anniversary Edition).
