"We'll Always Have Paris"

Today's the anniversary of the start of the Nazi Blitzkrieg and the Fall of France. Appropriate then, to include the farewell scene from Casablanca where Rick tells Ilsa: "We'll always have Paris." There was a while when we didn't. Glad we got it back.

Casablanca Excerpt from Ted von Bevern on Vimeo.

Play it Again Sam?

The Daily Mail's reporting that Madonna wants to remake the Bergman-Bogart 1942 classic Casablanca, setting the famous romance in modern-day Iraq. Should she tamper with a classic? Vote on it. We're running a poll at right.

You Must Remember This

It's the trailer from Casablanca, the 1942 classic that almost cast Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan, not Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the starring roles. How the movie got made is a fascinating story of Hollywood at war. More to come.