Every time I watch Casablanca–and I think it’s been a while since the last time, over ten years ago, when I saw it at Radio City–I marvel at the pacing. The film runs an hour and forty minutes and it doesn’t even seem like any time has passed until Bergman is in Bogart’s apartment. I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Claude Rains'
Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
October 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tagged: Claude Rains· Howard Koch· Humphrey Bogart· Ingrid Bergman· Joan Alison· Julius J. Epstein· Michael Curtiz· Murray Burnett· Paul Henreid· Peter Lorre· Philip G. Epstein· Sydney Greenstreet· Warner Bros.· ★★★★
The Wolf Man (1941, George Waggner)
August 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Wolf Man’s most lasting influence–beyond the advantages of using Larry Talbot as a synonym (Pynchon did it in Vineland) and the endlessly suffering protagonist–has to be the music. I noticed parts both John Williams (for The Empire Strikes Back) and Danny Elfman (for Batman Returns) lifted. The music is an essential part of the […]
Tagged: Bela Lugosi· Claude Rains· Curt Siodmak· Evelyn Ankers· George Waggner· Lon Chaney Jr.· Universal Pictures· Warren William· ★★★



