It makes me happy to see young people enjoying old films.

@PapaEli-pz8ff

2 жыл бұрын

You took the words right out of my.. keyboard? Yes indeed!

@richardscanlan3167

2 жыл бұрын

It makes me happy that people can see hollywood films - when they knew how to make decent ones.

@edszewczyk

6 ай бұрын

Especially that old film.

One of the more powerful back stories of this movie. It was made in 1942, shortly before the U.S. invaded N. Africa to aid the British against the Germans. Almost all of the non-American characters in Rick's place were refugees of the Nazis who had escaped from Europe and Hitler. Even the man who played Major Strasser (he had a Jewish wife) only agreed to play the role of a Nazi on the condition that the character have no redeeming qualities. When the crowd was singing Le Marseilese against the Germans and crying, the emotions were very, very real.

@christophermichaelclarence6003

2 жыл бұрын

It's "La Marseillaise" our French National Anthem Original version Allons enfants de la Patrie Le Jour de Gloire est arrivé Contre nous de la Tyrannie L'étendard sanglant élevé L'étendard sanglant élevé Entendez vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces féroces soldats Ils viennent jusqu'au dans vos bras Égorger vos fils et vos campagnes Aux armes citoyens ! Formez vos bataillons ! Marchons Marchons ! Qu'un Sang Impure ! Abreuves nos sillons ! English version Lets go children of the Fatherland/Motherland The Day of Glory has arrived Against us Tyranny's Bloody banner is raised The Bloody banner is raised Do you hear in the countryside The Roar of those ferocious soldiers They're coming right into your arms To cut the throats of your sons and your wives Arms Citizens ! Form your batallions ! Let's march, let's march ! An impure blood ! Soak our furrows ! Really pompeous and thrilling anthem when it comes facing and standing against Tyranny. Fight for your Freedom ! Our French motto : Liberty Equality and Fraternity ! Long live the 5th Republic ! Vive la France ! And the rest of the World ! 🟦⬜🟥🇫🇷🐓⚜️🥖🥐🍞🍰🧀🍷🍲

@Stevarooni

2 жыл бұрын

The play it was based on dates back to 1949, prior to America's entry into the war.

@bonacontention1619

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevarooni A 1942 film was based on a 1949 play? Really?

@Stevarooni

Жыл бұрын

@@bonacontention1619 time travel is a bitch! 😁. 1939, I meant.

@jnagarya519

9 ай бұрын

It was made in 1941 and released in 1942.

Technicolor began in 1916, but color movies were very expensive to produce and so it was very rare until much later. Disney began regularly using color in the '30's. Usually it was saved for special projects. The most famous of which is The Wizard of Oz. Color gradually became more common over the years, but the prohibitive cost was seen as a hurdle until Television started regular broadcasts in color. To compete Hollywood had to use color more often. but it wasn't until the early '60's that the majority of films made were in color.

@jamesalexander5623

2 жыл бұрын

Many Consider 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" as the finest example of Technicolor! Better even than Oz or GWTW!

@Majoofi

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesalexander5623 Of course. It's also great fun.

@daveeriksson

2 жыл бұрын

Plus people wouldn't consider it a serious movie unless it was in black and white. So it became a choice as well.

@csxanatos653

2 жыл бұрын

@@daveeriksson that's pretty interesting

@markr.devereux3385

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesalexander5623 I've seen that on blue Ray and boy the color is next level

Casablanca is widely regarded as the best script ever written--that's why it pulls you in so quickly and effectively. There's not a wasted word in it, everything is sleek, and efficient.

Bogart, Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet had earlier appeared together in the Maltese Falcon. Another fantastic movie.

Madeleine Lebeau, the French actress who played "Yvonne" passed away in 2016 at the age of 92, the last surviving member of the cast of 'Casablanca'. At the time of filming, Lebeau had only recently fled Nazi occupied France. Her character's story arc is particularly poignant, going from trying to date a German officer to re-finding her sense of national pride tearfully singing "La Marseillaise".

@johnnyskinwalker4095

2 жыл бұрын

it would have been cool if she had become a famous Hollywood actress. she had the look for it.

@sanfranciscoprofessor2577

2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure the very young guy who played the heavy-set doorman isn't still alive? He became a big source for researchers later, since he was 1. still alive and 2. The doorman had to appear in the background of a million shots, and he saw much more of the shooting than stars who dropped in for a few scenes like Madeleine Lebeau. Sad to hear she's gone.

@josephpaul4548

6 ай бұрын

​@@sanfranciscoprofessor2577That would be Dan Seymour, who died in 1993. He played in many films, usually as a heavy, literally and figuratively.

I believe out of the 100+ years of movies, Casablanca is the best film ever made. 80 years later, it is still so relatable, so powerful. You can show it to almost anyone and they will be pulled in by the suspense and romance, heartbreak and idealism.

For those wondering why the Germans had so much power in "neurtral" Casablanca, the reason is that Morocco was under control of Vichy France the state that the Nazis created after they beat the French in 1940. It was neutral in name only as it was really a German puppet state.

@jamesalexander5623

2 жыл бұрын

I Love Puppets!

@snakesnoteyes

2 жыл бұрын

It was a “voluntary” agreement with the hope of maintaining some level of French autonomy, but you can’t bargain for power with fascists because their whole game is power for power’s sake.

Every single role in this movie was perfectly cast. Even minor characters and extras.

As an older man, I find it interesting to see your perspective on older films. When I was young, 'older' films were from the 20s and 30s or even before. Some people these days are nervous about black and white films, not you I see, but the color doesn't affect the story or the quality of acting. The first color cinematography was patented by Edward Raymond Turner in 1899. True technicolor was in use by the 1930s. Black and white was still used for decades either for artistic effect in noir or mystery or because the color process was so expensive some studios couldn't afford to use it. This was a very perceptive reaction from you both. I enjoy it so much.

@isoldejaneholland8370

Жыл бұрын

There's a funny scene in 2010s Monster-in-Law where the teen pop princess says she "loves old movies....like Clueless and Legally Blonde" and Jane Fonda's reporter character lunges for her throat! 😄😉

Another GREAT Bogart classic is John Huston's "The Maltese Falcon." I would also recommend another great John Huston film "Key Largo", with Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Remember that with films such as these, black and white photography isn't just a lack of color, but a beautiful art form all its own.

@JulioLeonFandinho

2 жыл бұрын

Or my favourite The Big Sleep 👍

@luvlgs1

2 жыл бұрын

@@JulioLeonFandinho written by William Faulkner

@JulioLeonFandinho

2 жыл бұрын

@@luvlgs1 yes, William Faulkner, Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett... Brackett co-wrote the script of Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo and The Empire Strikes Back (one of the reasons why it's the best Star Wars movie)

@ianjohns9398

8 ай бұрын

​@@JulioLeonFandinhoor All Through the Night

In regard to the final scene at the airport, almost all reactors to this movie (including you two) want everyone to hurry up with the goodbyes and run to the airplane. You can't understand why they are not running because the Germans and the police are on the way. However, they don't know that. Louie called Major Strasser instead of the airport and he's the only one who knows they're on the way. Rick, Ilsa, and Laszlo have no idea there is any urgency as they thought Louie called the airport as Rick instructed.

@Cheepchipsable

11 ай бұрын

LOL, no, it's because they want to act out the dramatic scenes, which you can't rush. Under the circumstances any normal person would want to be on the plane and out of there ASAFP.

First color films began in the 19teens, but was very expensive until technicolor was developed in the early 1930s. One of the greatest technicolor movies ever made is called Adventures of Robin Hood (1038) and it's gorgeous to look at as well as The Wizard of Oz (1939) which utilizes color and fantasy beautifully.

@Stratmanable

2 жыл бұрын

Technicolor wasn't utilized regularly until the LATE 1930s and was still very expensive. Because it cost so much it was only used for films where it would have the greatest impact: Comedies, musicals and epics. It wasn't until the middle fifties that other less expensive and more photorealistic processes were developed.

@robertjewell9727

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stratmanable yes, I know.

@michaelceraso1977

2 жыл бұрын

oh wait until they SEE Adventures of ROBIN HOOD and even -FOR whom the BELL Tolls with Gary Cooper and a beautiful Ingrid BERGMAN. Fun trivia is that she cut her hair very short for BELLS after this film ,and I believe she had to re do a scene in CASABLANCA wearing a wig

@rabbitandcrow

2 жыл бұрын

People were used to black and white being the standard, so even in the 1960's a lot of mainstream movies were made in color. Audiences didn't really demand that everything be in color until the late 60's.

@rabbitandcrow

2 жыл бұрын

The first big US film to use Technicolor was Becky Sharp, 1935 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Sharp_(film), although the technology to shoot in some form of color was, as Robert said, available very very early.

Fun little fact that most of the people in the cafe during the "little singing war" were actually emigrants from Europe because of WW II so the tears were real.

“Here’s looking at you, kid.” Such an iconic line

A great movie and a good reaction. Originally the action was set in Lisbon but it was changed to Casablanca. If you notice, the bottled water is Vichy water and Vichy was the name of the section of France that cooperated with the Nazis.

I’d love to see your reaction to the Maltese Falcon... one of the great classics of all time, with some of the same cast as Casablanca.

in the '40s even the hack writers had talent. this should be on your war film list: "Paths of Glory" 1957 - American anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick

So pleased you reacted to this wonderful older film. Thank you. "12 Angry Men" (1957) is the best black and white film I've seen. A supreme classic with Henry Fonda. Beware of later remakes.

@rs-ye7kw

2 жыл бұрын

The two films you named are also on my list of the four best black and white films, along with "The Third Man"(1949) and "Psycho"(1960). A couple of other very good BandW movies are "Gaslight"(1944) and "On the Beach"(1959) if you haven't seen them.

@billymuellerTikTok

2 жыл бұрын

@@rs-ye7kw plus just about every Akira Kurosawa movie - people who won't watch black & white or movies with subtitles are missing out

It is so good to see a channel posting reactions to some classic movies. If you are feeling up to it, Humphrey Bogart actually made a Christmas movie. It was called "We're No Angels" and it was released in 1955. I guess I would call it a bit of a dark comedy, but I think it is really heartwarming. 🖖💯✌😁

@george217

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, my favorite movie...

@carolynconnor4895

2 жыл бұрын

a favorite of mine also

@tamberello1966

2 жыл бұрын

Great movie, also directed by Michael Curtiz

Another one of my favorite classic films is called "Arsenic and Old Lace." I bet you'd love it. Also, Marian, if you liked Laurel & Hardy, you would also love any film from the Marx Brothers.

@dvsreed

2 жыл бұрын

Or Abbot and Costello

@michaelfontanelli2450

2 жыл бұрын

Totally!

@selardohr7697

2 жыл бұрын

Arsenic and old lace is absolutely hilarious and macabre, such a great combination!

that scene of the singing in the bar caused real tears for that generation

@MJoy4Fun

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@SueProst

2 жыл бұрын

Causes them for me too.

3:04 Movies used color tinting in the early 1900s including a process called "stenciling" in which each frame of a film was hand-colored.

There are so many classic WWII movies, "From Here to Eternity" is one of my favorites.

@hannejeppesen1809

Жыл бұрын

I love movies from the forties through the eighties. I was born in the mid forties. I have many favorite movies, "In the heat of the Night", To kill a mockingbird, Dr. Strangelove, Lion in the Winter, The Big Chill, Breakfast at Tiffanies, many others. However, From here to eternity is at the top of the list, always loved Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity and Casablanca have something in common, every scene works, and everyone is cast perfectly. Can't imagine anyone else playing Rick, or Ilsa than Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. As someone wrote on another post, she looks like she is light from within. As a fellow Scandinavian (I'm Danish) I think she is one of the most beautiful stars ever.

1) "Play it again, Sam" - an actual misquote, but it came from here 2) "We'll always have Paris." 3) "Here's lookin' at you, kid." 4) "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." A lot of famous lines of dialogue here that entered American, and even global, culture.

@Hexon66

2 жыл бұрын

"Play it again, Sam" is not a misquote, it's just the title of the 1969 Woody Allen play and 1972 film, because the character he portrays is emulating Bogart, hence the "again".

It certainly doesn't get more classic than Casablanca. Such a great drama of intrigue. Interesting that this was filmed as the War was still raging. And if this film makes you want to hate Nazi's I have just the follow up to recommend. Judgement At Nuremburg 1961. The courtroom drama of all courtroom dramas.

I've watched several reaction videos for this film. You guys are the sharpest and pick up on more details, and solve more mysteries more quickly than anyone else. Bravo.

The way he says "mahn" (man) at the end of many of his sentences! Classic! Even when he is talking to her. My favorite part of every reaction.

12:45 The fat man in the fez is Sydney Greenstreet, one of the most recognizable actors of all time. A theater actor, he had only been in film for a year (this was his fourth) and only made a couple of dozen films, but he made an impact. Greenstreet was inspiration for both Marvel Comic's character the "Kingpin," but also of Star War's Jabba the Hut.

Almost all the actors fled Europe. Madeline Labeau performance and tears were very real singing the French Anthem,

Colored movies had been made experimentally and expensively all the way back in the 1920's, but two of the most famous early colored movies were made in 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland and in 1939, "The Wizard of Oz," with Judy Garland.

You two made a wonderful reaction! I loved watching you get so involved, trying to guess the plot, trusting and then distrusting the characters... just like seeing the movie again for the first time, all the thoughts we had the first time. Thank you very much!

‘Casablanca’ is renowned and is justly acknowledged as one of the most romantic films of all time but it is much more than the tale of a love triangle. Of course, it shows that the power of love can affect the human psyche, as demonstrated by Rick’s metamorphosis. This film has so many levels to it that it takes many viewings to appreciate them. The main theme is not romance but self-sacrifice as the film’s message to the world at war is to give up the personal agenda for the common cause. It reminds wartime audiences, many of whom have loved ones fighting abroad, that their situation is the same as that of Rick, Ilsa and Victor. The screenplay is so intelligently written. It is a masterpiece of complexity, containing subliminal political opinions and messages all carried along on a thrilling plot with brilliant one-liners and memorable quotes, comedic elements together with contemporary, social commentaries. Basically, the film is politically motivated because it is a plea to America to join the war. Please note that the action takes place in pre-Pearl Harbour, December, 1941. This is the the first non-musical movie to use music almost as an another protagonist, (which Tarantino does now). For example, ‘As Time Goes By’ is a valuable recurring theme and, in Paris, Rick and Ilsa dance to ‘Perfidia’ which means untrustworthiness. Michael Curtiz’s direction is multi-faceted: Documentary, Film Noir, German Expressionism, Flashback etc. He is the master of creating the plot via seamlessly connecting a series of rapid-fire vignettes. POINTS OF INTEREST AND NOTES FOR SUBSEQUENT VIEWINGS. Rick’s initial selfishness, (I stick my neck out for nobody’), is a metaphor for USA indifference. It must be remembered that the events and politics are hard to comprehend and put into perspective for modem audiences than in the actual time when the film was made. The script is a 'State of the Union' address, both for home and foreign policies. There are references to Civil Rights as embodied in Sam and, of course, the debate about America’s involvement in the conflict. Each character represents a country e.g. Two Japanese plotting . The Italian on the tail of the German. American indifference. French collaborators, the British robbed by foreign policy. Even the Balkans are mentioned via the Bulgarian couple. Rick’s actions symbolise the USA in its change in policy from isolationism to participation and ‘….the beginning of a beautiful friendship…’ is the USA and Europe joining forces to fight Nazism. There is subtle direction. For example, Ilsa wears black and white clothes and is cast in shadows and in a mirror which portrays the ambiguity of her role. The ‘La Marseillaise’ scene is the pivotal moment in which both Ilsa and Rick realise that saving Victor is more important than their own personal relationship. It also comes in just as Rick and Victor are about to argue over Ilsa but both drop the issue when they hear the music. This scene is rousing now but imagine how it must have felt for audiences right in the middle of the war when Germany seemed invincible and we need to put it in perspective in terms of world events full of Nazi domination. The facial close-ups used throughout the film speak a thousand words: but particularly note Ilsa during ‘La Marseillaise’ when her expressions show her admiration of Victor’s power and her realisation that this must be preserved at all costs. In any case... there is so much alcohol!!!! POINTS TO WATCH ‘It’s December, 1941 in Casablanca: what time is it in New York?... I bet they are asleep all over America’. PEARL HARBOUR ‘Even Nazis can’t kill that fast’ CONCENTRATION CAMPS ‘I don’t buy or sell human beings..’ CIVIL RIGHTS The Bulgarian couple keep appearing as symbols of hope and determination. In the bar room fight over Yvonne, Rick attacks the German only and not the Frenchman. Captain Renault dumps the bottle of Vichy water to represent his rejection of the Nazi- collaborating French Government which was located in Vichy. Just one example of the excellent and complex scriptwriting occurs immediately after the roulette scene. The girl thanks Rick for letting her husband win and Rick replies, ‘He’s just a lucky guy’, which, on the face of it, refers to the gambling, but, in Rick’s mind, means that the husband is ‘lucky’ because his partner truly loves him.

@blueboy4244

4 ай бұрын

welcome back to the fight

It is so cool to see you guys getting into these old movies and this one especially! @ 2:14 To see the irony of this scene where the Free French guy is shot dead under that poster, look up "Marshal Philippe Pétain" head of Vichy France at the time whose picture is on the poster with the quote of his. @ 3:01 There were a few color movies before 1940, but not many. One big example is "Gone With The Wind" (1939) shot in color. Color film was there in the 1930s, but it was super expensive then. @ 31:00 Watch Casablanca several times so you can pick up all the subtle moments, and everyone's name. Note that pretty much all the people in Rick's cafe early in the movie were refugees who managed to escape, and the movie was made while the war was going on. In early 1943 when Casablanca was released nationwide my mom was 11 and my grandmother took her to see this while my grandfather was in the war, and the US being in it little more than a year they were very apprehensive about the war. They both told me this movie was very uplifting so much that people were out of their seats cheering at the scene here @ 21:21 !! And at the end when Louis told his officer to "Round up the usual suspects" my grandmother told me the audience just lost it started cheering again. Including them! LOL! Since you guys like older movies and black & white ones I highly recommend "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) and please don't research it or look up any references to it to see if it surprises you. And Frencis you said you liked musicals as a child, well you're going to get one with The Wizard of Oz! And maybe Marian will like it to. Not surprised you two liked Casablanca. For a few more B&W older movies I'm sure you'll enjoy "Citizen Kane" (1941), "Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "12 Angry Men" (1957), and for a great Christmas classic hopefully you can squeeze in before Christmas definitely do "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946). Most definitely!! And get the B&W original if you can as there's a colorized version around. ✌😎

I'm nearly seventy and have been around a long time....IMHO one of the best films ever made...a masterpiece....

First film in color was 1908, my guy. The two most famous early color films, Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were released in 1939, and color became widely adopted in the early 1950s.

Such a great movie with great actors. It still holds up today because the writing is so freakin’ good. Great stories make great movies.

The first big time movie shot in color, of which I am aware, was The Wizard Of Oz, in 1939. Gone With The Wind also came out in 1939.

Lots of memes from this movie: Here's looking at you, kid; I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship; Round up the usual suspects (a movie was made called "The Usual Suspects"); and what Ilse says to the piano player. In the movie it's "Sing it, Sam", but it was remembered as "Play it again, Sam." I'd love you to react to Gone With The Wind, one of my favorite movies ever.

@brunopadovani7347

2 жыл бұрын

Also " of all the gin joints, etc...."

@jamesalexander5623

2 жыл бұрын

.... "We'll Always have Paris"

@cboscari

2 жыл бұрын

"the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.”

@pliny8308

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the additions, guys. :) Amazing how many come from one movie.

This is one of the movies they teach about in film school. The studio-system was when MGM and others, Paramount, etc. were turning out movies fast with contract actors and writers. The writer of the movie had 2 endings, he chose the one we saw which was Rick being a good man and doing the hard thing, letting go of his relationship and helping Lazlo escape with his wife. That made him a heron in the movie, and that's what the public wants. This was made during the war, and many movies then were patriotic and against Nazi's and Japan. It became a classic. I'm glad you liked it, and I enjoy your reviews. Oh, and yes, this was modeled after a man who was a partisan against the Nazis from a country in Europe, I believe he was in fact a Chekleslovokian.

In case you're interested to know, the first color film was made in 1903, so you were off by about 80 years, haha! But even though the technology was possible, it was very expensive and time-consuming to make it work. By the 1920s color films were pretty common, but it wasn't until the late 1940s that it was cheap enough for all the major studios to make color movies. But it was still much more expensive, so many companies still chose black and white as recently as the 1960's to keep costs low.

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

6 ай бұрын

Color didn't become immediately mainstream because audiences didn't push much because they had busy lives outside of media. Today...pff, this is their life. Say, the other day I came across a very out of nowhere treat, a Portland amateur-style shot of traffic, in color, in 1939. I've found a beautiful video from 1937 during Christmas in Manhattan but the real treat is 1936 and back, because that's when the notable beautiful era of cars was (1937 was a bit more similar for every company..by all means different and easy to tell apart automobiles, but compared to 1936, a no brainer of a more centered style that in turn made automobiles less exciting as a whole art). I've found no real color shot films from 1936-1935-1934, I've seen a few in Canada but the parking lot was drab as hell, every vehicle was black (black but darker shades were really hard to tell apart from black), then randomly a metallic gold sedan out of nowhere. But Miami? Had an Airport parking lot with a few maroons, nice chocolate brown sedan, white, few different shades of gray, light olive green, blue, and the popular metallic variety. It's all different depending on the place and I'm happy to find that 1936 Miami cinecolor shot. Lucky is the word because it's an extreme pain in the ass to find but the results are always priceless, the fashion especially.

I just loved your reactions! It's wonderful to see people so completely engaged in the movie! I have watched Casablanca every time it's on tv, in a theater, stopped counting how many times. Each time I notice new things. For a post-war movie that will deeply affect you and that is one of the best, I recommend "The Best Years of Our Lives" 1946. Keep up the great reactions!

The 40’s was the best era of movies! This is one of the best movies ever made! Black and white is a true art form!

Regarding the roulette scene: A straight-up bet pays 36 for 1. Jan put his last six chips on 22, straight up, and it hit, so he would have had 216 chips. Rick tells Jan to leave it there, and then you see Rick sign something while the next spin is going on. No doubt that's a limit waiver, because most roulette tables won't let you bet more than 100 chips straight up, and Jan is playing 216 chips straight up. So when THAT hits, Jan would have 7,776 chips. But in roulette, chips are colored by player, not by denomination. Each player designates how much his roulette chips are worth, and they have no value anywhere else. So, let's assume Jan was valuing each of his chips at 5 francs. He would have been betting his last 30 francs on that first spin. But after those two straight up wins, Jan would have had 7,776 × 5 francs, or 38,880 francs. "Just a lucky guy." Uh-huh. But, with that number in mind, 38,880 franncs, think back to the first sequence in the cafe. Remember that one guy trying to sneak out on the fishing boat? Remember how much was he told to bring, in cash? I'll leave the rest of the math, and what it says about Rick, to the reader. The roulette scene is probably the most overlooked scene in this film.

Great movie, and an accidental masterpiece. I can watch it over and over and never get bored with it.

Wow, really enjoyed watching you guys experience and guess your way through this classic film for the first time. By the way, if you ever decide to really go back into that silent Chaplin era, may I suggest 'City Lights'.. A cinema classic and widely considered to have the greatest ending of all time.

Loved the reaction happy holidays thanks for all the cool reactions

key point.....she was told that Victor was DEAD.....then later on she received word that he wasn't!!!!

Loved this one! Great job, M&F! 🙂

🤩a classic!! Bravo 👏

I love seeing young people like myself watching and enjoying these classic films. My favourite film is ‘Lover Come Back’ (1961].

They had Technicolor in 1939 using 3 cameras giving an overlay of the finished film stock incredibly vivid hues.

I absolutely love your reactions!!

One of the greatest love stories ever filmed. Casablanca has always been my number one film of all time.

The first color photograph is from the 1861 (James Clerk Maxwell). The first color movie is 1912 "With Our King and Queen Through India"

The magnificent "Gone with the Wind" was in colour 1939.

There are many great films made even earlier than this. Superb writers, actors, directors, directors of photography, composers, etc. What a cast this one had!

Humphrey Bogart was my dad’s favorite actor! I loved watching Casablanca growing up ❤️

Technicolor introduced the Three strip Technicolor process in 1932, which was a reliable process for producing high quality colour film. So there was already a good amount of colour film produced by the 1930's. But colour film was usually reserved for specific types of movies, like biblical epics, musicals or fantasy. Casablanca is a movie that combines several genres, including film noir. Film noir is known for its use of dark shadows and hard light. And it's also more of a character driven movie, so it made a lot more sense back then to film it in black and white.

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

6 ай бұрын

3 strip originally in 1928, cinecolor since 1924, and kodachrome original since 1921. There were 48 movies in the 1920s shot in real color.

"Gone with the Wind" was made in color, in 1939. Color movies were available, but were extremely expensive to produce.

One of the top 5 films. Successful and classic on every level!

This is the 1st time i have seen one of your reactions as i have just found your channel.

I loved seeing this again so much! Since you are doing classics…and it’s almost Christmas you should do It’s a Wonderful Life or The Sound of Music (which they always show in the States at Christmas) both very much beloved.

There are so many of the classic movies that you need to watch. Bringing Up Baby, Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, His Girl Friday, The Philadelphia Story, Mr. Roberts, Rio Grande, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Father of the Bride (1950 version). I could go on into infinity.

Wonderful reaction as always! 😊

I watched this movie during the marathon over all Oscar for best fim winners. It was my 3-rd place from all films-winners of 30-60th after "Ben-Hur" and "Gone With the Wind".

They had color films over 100 years ago, they would color tint each film frame by literally painting them. As for traditional color film, that's the early '30s.

Well done. One of my favs. Whoever thought that a Vichy France location would be one of the greatest movies of all time.

The first full color movie was in the early thirties, "Becky Sharp" with Miriam Hopkins. Gone With The Wind and The Wizard Of Oz from 1939 were both in Technicolor.

Encouraging for a prof to watch! The most intelligent couple of First Reactions commenting on this film. I teach many adult students like them. These two started out knowing even less about film and the era than other first-reaction commenters my heart sank. Is this what my students are thinking when I show Casablanca? But these two adults know much more about life. As the film went on, they picked up every nuance, everything psychological going back and forth between Rick and Ilsa. The gentleman even had a tremendous insight. He noticed that in contemporary mass market film, everything must be action, action, from the first second. One of the first Jurassic Park stars, Sam O'Neill, recently pointed out, "Spielberg couldn't make Jurassic Park today. He doesn't show a T Rex till 45 minutes into the film. Today, no suspense allowed. Just action." The mass audience is comic book level now. The adult couple both commented how they preferred it when there was time to develop the characters and the plot. I take my hat off to them. He also remarked, "Until you said it was in black and white just now, I didn't notice it was in black and white." Perfectly put. And it enhances the grim film noir mood better than technicolor can. That's why Schindler's List was not in cheery technicolor. The lady later remarked, "That's why he said to Yvonne he doesn't plan ahead." She noticed the connection. Sharp! So impressed. I hope they see the full version of Casablanca, because you can see it 40 times, as I have, teaching it, and keep finding those brilliant connections. Next they should try The Grapes of Wrath, and Marty. My adult students and my juniors and seniors, love both.

One of my favourite movies ever. I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.

I’m exactly like him these old movies are just so relaxing

The " Wizard of Oz" is the 1st color movie ever made in 1939. It's a Classic film as well !!!

the first color movie was "Becky Sharp" made in 1935. The first notable color movie (Technicolor) was "Gone With the Wind" made in 1939. That same year "The Wizard of Oz was released, which was mostly in color.

I loved watching your reaction to Casablanca! There are so many great classic films just waiting for you to discover from the 40’s 50’s and even the 1930’s. May I suggest one of my favorite films? From 1951, A Place In The Sun, staring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelly Winters. I would be thrilled and honored to see your reaction to this amazing film. Cheers!

Color film was available even in the 1920s. By the 1930s, quite a few movies were being made in color, although most continued to be made in black-and-white. But virtually all feature films made after 1960 have been made in color. Only on the odd occasion has a film been made in black-and-white since 1960, and when it happens, it's always been done for some artistic or aesthetic reason. The switch to color in the mid-20 century was driven by the perceived need for theatrical films to compete with the newly-emerging medium of television. Those early television sets back in the 1950s and early ‘60s didn’t do color. But television would eventually catch-up, of course. Color television started taking off in the late 1960s and 1970s.

There were color movies at the very start of filmmaking. But the first color movie that was full Technicolor was "Becky Sharp," which was a few years before "Casablanca."

Great review. Great choice. More classics please.

Casablanca, one of the best films ever made. The Wizard of Oz, 1939, a colour film

In 1939 Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were color. I think the Wizard of Oz changes from black and white to color when Dorothy gets to Oz.

Bear in mind that this film was released three years before the war ended. If the Nazis had won, everyone associated with this movie would have been killed. Also, most of the background actors were escaping from Nazis and the German Officer was in fact a refugee from Germany, leaving the country to protect his Jewish wife.

Becky Sharp was shot in color back in the mid-1930s. Gone With The Wind 1939 was in color.

Enjoyed the reaction.. thanks for sharing

Color films were around in the 1930’s see “The Wizard Of Oz” (1939) but color was very expensive and complicated to shoot because far better lighting, framing, set and costume design was needed as well as processing, printing editing and film handling.

@MJoy4Fun

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ohhh nice to know that.. i didn't know that though. when i think about it, yes black and white movies would be way cheaper for sure.. for example blood.. it could be simple blue liquid.. and you wouldn't know.

@jimbearone

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@@MJoy4Fun Even today certain colors cannot be photographed with any accuracy or consistency so a special color workbook was created by Technicolor®️ as a guide to the colors that reproduce best on film and this limits the number of colors they can use, for example: Violets and Purples are not used in film because they do not photograph accurately or consistently as are some Blues and Greens. Also, the lighting had to be much brighter and closer to sunlight or scenes shot under daylight and scenes shot under artificial light would be way off in color temperature. This also made the lights much hotter and they often hurt the actors eyes and caused sweating, dehydration and makeup to run and smear.

@rs-ye7kw

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@@MJoy4Fun Also in 1939, the nearly 4 hour long classic "Gone With The Wind" was shot entirely in color.

Fantastic fun reaction. I really suggest you watch the incredibly good technicolor film Adventures of Robin Rood (1938) directed by the same person as Casablanca, Michael Curtiz along with William Keighley. 👍

Laurel and Hardy are awesome! Their funniest feature-length film is called Sons of the Desert (1933). The funniest Marx Brothers comedy is Duck Soup, also from 1933. The funniest W.C. Fields movie is called It’s a Gift (1934). Three of the greatest sound comedies ever made-they’re all amazing!

@HuntingViolets

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My favorite Laurel and Hardy movie is Way Out West.

@michaelfontanelli2450

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@@HuntingViolets My favorite L&H is usually the one I’ve seen last!

The first major color film was "Toll of the Sea" (1922) but was only a two-color process film red and green and silent. The first major three-color process entirely color film in sound was the "On with the Show" (1929). Pictures were made in color sparingly until the 1950s and by the 1960s very few were made in black and white. The last major U.S. hit I can remember in black and white was Mel Brook's "Young Frankenstein" (1974) done that way as an homage to the old Frankenstein movies though there may have been others.

Casablanca, at the time, was in French North Africa -- a colony. It is unoccupied France, but under the French collaborationist gov't "Vichy". The man shot at the beginning is in front of a large poster of General Petain, the head of the "Vichy" gov't.

Colour has been in movies for a long time: first black and white movies had 'tinted' sequences, blue for night-time, red for a fire, blue skies, etc. Then true colour films were made experimental from about 1920, two-strip colour processes from the 1920s (see the 1943 Baron Mucnhausen to see how it looked), three-strip (Technicolour) colour movies from the 1930s (The Wizard of Oz 1939), then full-colour film on one single strip of film from about the late 1930s. Older-process films continued to be used for artistic reasons until quite late; Soviet films tended to made in two-strip for quite a while, Technicolour was used as late as the 1980s in Hong Kong and China, black and white continues to used (The Good German, The Artiste).

I think Captain Renault would not have called the Nazi Major . He didn't change his mind until Rick was sending Ilsa with her husband. He realized that Ricks motivation was noble and sacrificial and that made Renault have a change from neutrality politically and personally.

Don't forget that Gone With the Wind and the Wizard of Oz were in color back in 1939! And if you love old musicals with Gene Kelly, you probably saw Singin' in the Rain from 1952, which was in color.

Friends,the first coulour movie was in 1932 they began to use it frequently after 1960😅

LOVED this reaction! You guys are so fun to watch movies with, I really enjoyed this! And I loved the intro, your memories of seeing Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Fred Astaire musicals! I don't know what else to say other than don't change a thing in your videos! You're both smart, sensitive to the stories, you are two complete individuals with your own opinions and guesses as to where the story is going....it makes the videos so much fun to watch. I know you have tons of titles so I'll just give you a few old classics that are basic old movie "staples" and bring it up into the 70s, just a short list but all classics: "King Kong" (1933), "Citizen Kane" (1941), "The Maltese Falcon" (1941 is another great Bogart movie), "Singin' In The Rain" (1952- best musical ever....and I don't usually like musicals!) "Rear Window" (1954), "12 Angry Men" (1957), "Forbidden Planet" (1956), "Paths Of Glory" (1957), "Psycho" (1960), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Bonnie And Clyde (1967), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Planet Of The Apes (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)

@daverhoden445

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I couldn't have said it any better. You've nailed why I love their reactions.

First colored movie was made in 1917. did you forgot about the Wizard or Oz and Gone With The Wind ...they were made in 1939.Anii 80 , Marian sper ca glumesti.Nu ai vazut -Toate panzele sus - Era color si a fost facut in anii 70.

Slowly becoming my favorite couple 💑.

Gone With the Wind was made on 1939 all color. 1937 Nothing Sacred was the only color film for Carole Lombard. Color was wat before the 1970s. In the 60s films started to become almost exclusively color.

Remember that for the world war 2 generation Casablanca was a very emotional and romantic story. Not to say that audiences don't appreciate it now, obviously it's still adored, but most of us dont quite relate to these characters on the same level.

Color was already being used in some films as early as 1929 -- in a silent film about Napoleon. Color did not become common until the 1950s.

Sunset Boulevard to me still holds up and is an amazing "film noir". An absolute classic!!!

Ironic how Renault referred to Rick as a Patriot...For in that selfsame moment, he too had become one. Another great reaction