CASABLANCA Rolled POSTER Ingrid Bergman HUMPHREY BOGART Mint Unused Promo Item

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This is a great looking Original  rolled Vintage MGM Metro-Goldwyn Mayer VideoCassette poster from the 1980s, IT IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD measuring 20" x 35" to announce the VERY First release ever of the Warner Bros. 1942 all time classic love story motion picture,
Casablanca
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Based on the play by
Murray Burnett
&
Joan Alison
They had a date with fate in Casablanca! Classic film set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. During World War II, Europeans who were fleeing from the Germans, sought refuge in America. But to get there they would first have to go Casablanca and once they get there, they have to obtain exit visas which are not very easy to come by. Now the hottest spot in all of Casablanca is Rick's Cafe which is operated by Rick Blaine, an American expatriate, who for some reason can't return there, and he is also extremely cynical. Now it seems that two German couriers were killed and the documents they were carrying were taken. Now one of Rick's regulars, Ugarte entrusts to him some letters of transit, which he intends to sell but before he does he is arrested for killing the couriers. Captain Renault, the Chief of Police, who is neutral in his political views, informs Rick that Victor Laszlo, the European Resistance leader, is in Casablanca and will do anything to get an exit visa but Renault has been "told" by Major Strasser of the Gestapo, to keep Laszlo in Casablanca. Laszlo goes to Rick's to meet Ugarte, because he was the one Ugarte was going to sell the letters to. But since Ugarte was arrested he has to find another way. Accompanying him is Ilsa Lund, who knew Rick when he was in Paris, and when they meet some of Rick's old wounds reopen. It is obvious that Rick's stone heart was because of her leaving him. And when they learn that Rick has the letters, he refuses to give them to him, because "he doesn't stick his neck out for anyone".
The entire cast included:
Humphrey Bogart
...
Rick Blaine
Ingrid Bergman
...
Ilsa Lund
Paul Henreid
...
Victor Laszlo
Claude Rains
...
Captain Renault
Conrad Veidt
...
Major Strasser
Sydney Greenstreet
...
Signor Ferrari
Peter Lorre
...
Ugarte
S.Z. Sakall
...
Carl
(as S.K. Sakall)
Madeleine LeBeau
...
Yvonne
Dooley Wilson
...
Sam
Joy Page
...
Annina Brandel
John Qualen
...
Berger
Leonid Kinskey
...
Sascha
Curt Bois
...
Pickpocket
Fun collectible from a classic motion picture,  Slight edgewear.   Has great Artwork by Bob Gleason.  Nice image of Bogart in his famous trenchcoat.  Great for fans of CASABLANCA.
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MORE INFO ON HUMPHREY BOGART: The son of a moderately wealthy Manhattan surgeon (who was secretly addicted to opium) and a famed magazine illustrator, Humphrey Bogart was educated at Trinity School, New York City, sent to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in preparation for medical studies at Yale. He was expelled from Phillips and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve. From 1920 to 1922, he managed a stage company owned by family friend
William A. Brady
(the father of actress
Alice Brady
), performing a variety of tasks at Brady's film studio in New York. He then began regular stage performances.
Alexander Woollcott
described his acting in a 1922 play as inadequate. In 1930, he gained a contract with Fox, his feature film
debut
in a ten-minute short,
Broadway's Like That
(1930), co-starring
Ruth Etting
and
Joan Blondell
. Fox released him after two years. After five years of stage and minor film roles, he had his breakthrough role in
The Petrified Forest
(1936) from Warner Bros. He won the part over
Edward G. Robinson
only after the star,
Leslie Howard
, threatened Warner Bros. that he would quit unless Bogart was given the key role of Duke Mantee, which he had played in the
Broadway
production with Howard. The film was a major success and led to a long-term contract with Warner Bros. From 1936 to 1940, Bogart appeared in 28 films, usually as a gangster, twice in Westerns and even a horror film. His landmark year was 1941 (often capitalizing on parts
George Raft
had stupidly rejected) with roles in classics such as
High Sierra
(1941) and as Sam Spade in one of his most fondly remembered films,
The Maltese Falcon
(1941). These were followed by
Casablanca
(1942),
The Big Sleep
(1946), and
Key Largo
(1948). Bogart, despite his erratic education, was incredibly well-read and he favored writers and intellectuals within his small circle of friends. In 1947, he joined wife
Lauren Bacall
and other actors protesting the House Un-American Activities Committee witch hunts. He also formed his own production company, and the next year made
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948). Bogie won the best actor Academy
Award
for
The African Queen
(1951) and was nominated for
Casablanca
(1942) and as Captain Queeg in
The Caine Mutiny
(1954), a film made when he was already seriously ill. He died in his sleep at his Hollywood home following surgeries and a battle with throat cancer.
MORE INFO ON INGRID BERGMAN: Ingrid Bergman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 29, 1915. The woman who would be one of the top stars in Hollywood in the 1940s had decided to become an actress after finishing her formal schooling. She had had a taste of acting at age 17 when she played an uncredited role of a girl standing in line in the Swedish film
Landskamp
(1932) in 1932 - not much of a beginning for a girl who would be known as "Sweden's illustrious gift to Hollywood." Her parents died when she was just a girl and the uncle she lived with didn't want to stand in the way of Ingrid's dream. The next year she enrolled in the Swedish Royal Theatre but decided that stage acting was not for her. It would be three more years before she would have another chance at a film. When she did, it was more than just a bit part. The film in question was
Munkbrogreven
(1935), where she had a speaking part as Elsa Edlund. After several films that year that established her as a class actress, Ingrid appeared in
Intermezzo
(1936/I) as Anita Hoffman. Luckily for her, American producer
David O. Selznick
saw it and sent a representative from MGM to gain rights to the story and have Ingrid signed to a contract. Once signed, she came to California and starred in MGM's 1939 remake of her 1936 film,
Intermezzo: A Love Story
(1939), reprising her original role. The film was a hit and so was Ingrid. Her beauty was unlike anything the movie industry had seen before and her acting was superb. Hollywood was about to find out that they had the most versatile actress the industry had ever seen. Here was a woman who truly cared about the craft she represented. The public fell in love with her. Ingrid was under contract to go back to Sweden to film
En enda natt
(1939) in 1939 and
Juninatten
(1940) in 1940. Back in the US she appeared in three films, all well-received. She made only one film in 1942, but it was the classic
Casablanca
(1942) opposite the great
Humphrey Bogart
.
Ingrid was choosing her roles well. In 1943 she was nominated for an Academy
Award
for her role in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943), the only film she made that year. The critics and public didn't forget her when she made
Gaslight
(1944) the following year--her role of Paula Alquist got her the Oscar for Best Actress. In 1945 Ingrid played in
Spellbound
(1945),
Saratoga Trunk
(1945) and
The Bells of St. Mary's
(1945), for which she received her third Oscar nomination for her role of Sister Benedict. She made no films in 1947, but bounced back with a fourth nomination for
Joan of Arc
(1948). In 1949 she went to Italy to film
Stromboli
(1950), directed by
Roberto Rossellini
. She fell in love with him and left her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom, and daughter,
Pia Lindström
. America's "moral guardians" in the press and the pulpits were outraged. She was pregnant and decided to remain in Italy, where her son was born. In 1952 Ingrid had twins, Isotta and
Isabella Rossellini
, who became an outstanding actress in her own right, as did Pia. Ingrid continued to make films in Italy and finally returned to Hollywood in 1956 in the title role in
Anastasia
(1956), which was filmed in England. For this she won her second Academy
Award
. She had scarcely missed a beat. Ingrid continued to bounce between Europe and the US making movies, and fine ones at that. A film with Ingrid Bergman was sure to be a quality production. In her final big-screen performance in 1978's
Höstsonaten
(1978) she had her final Academy
Award
nomination. Though she didn't win, many felt it was the most sterling performance of her career. Ingrid retired, but not before she gave an outstanding performance in the mini-series
A Woman Called Golda
(1982) (TV), a film about Israeli prime minister
Golda Meir
. For this she won an Emmy
Award
as Best Actress, but, unfortunately, she didn't live to see the fruits of her labor. Ingrid died from cancer on August 30, 1982, the day after her 67th birthday, in London, England.
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