60-446: Botiller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dick Botiller (1896–1953), American actor Dionisio Botiller (1842–1915), American politician See also [ edit ] Botiller v. Dominguez , a United States Supreme Court case [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Botiller . If an internal link intending to refer to
120-664: A dozen small roles in Casablanca an understanding and a desperation that could never have come from Central Casting ". Even though many were Jewish or refugees from the Nazis (or both), they were frequently cast as Nazis in various war films, because of their accents. Jack Benny may have appeared in an unbilled cameo, as was claimed by a contemporary newspaper advertisement and in the Casablanca press book. When asked in his column "Movie Answer Man", critic Roger Ebert first replied, "It looks something like him. That's all I can say." In
180-553: A framing device. The music was written by Max Steiner , who wrote scores for King Kong and Gone with the Wind . The song "As Time Goes By" by Herman Hupfeld had been part of the story from the original play; Steiner wanted to write his own composition to replace it, but Bergman had already cut her hair short for her next role (María in For Whom the Bell Tolls ) and could not reshoot
240-513: A further scene, showing Rick, Renault and a detachment of Free French soldiers on a ship, to incorporate the Allies' 1942 invasion of North Africa . It proved too difficult to get Claude Rains for the shoot, and the scene was finally abandoned after David O. Selznick judged "it would be a terrible mistake to change the ending". The background of the final scene, which shows a Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior airplane with personnel walking around it,
300-603: A henchman, and sometimes an Indian. Some of his more notable roles include: as Little Feather in Range Warfare (1934); as Felipe Farley in the 1935 western Cheyenne Tornado ; as Bald Eagle in 1936's West of Nevada ; as Hernandez in Torrid Zone (1940); as Nardo in the 1940 crime drama Dark Streets of Cairo ; and as Indian Pete in The Yellow Rose of Texas ; Other notable films in which Botiller appeared include:
360-411: A later column, he responded to a follow-up commenter, "I think you're right. The Jack Benny Fan Club can feel vindicated". The film was based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's . The Warner Bros. story analyst who read the play, Stephen Karnot, called it (approvingly) "sophisticated hokum" and story editor Irene Diamond , who had discovered the script on
420-630: A love triangle. He is forcing the girl to live up to the idealism of her nature, forcing her to carry on with the work that in these days is far more important than the love of two little people. It was certainly impossible for Ilsa to leave Laszlo for Rick, as the Motion Picture Production Code forbade showing a woman leaving her husband for another man. The concern was not whether Ilsa would leave with Laszlo, but how this outcome would be engineered. According to Julius Epstein, he and Philip were driving when they simultaneously came up with
480-399: A month after shooting had finished. Bogart's line "Here's looking at you, kid", said four times, was not in the draft screenplays, but has been attributed to a comment he made to Bergman as she played poker with her English coach and hairdresser between takes. Despite the many writers, the film has what Ebert describes as a "wonderfully unified and consistent" script. Koch later claimed it
540-463: A picture which makes the spine tingle and the heart take a leap." He applauded the combination of "sentiment, humor and pathos with taut melodrama and bristling intrigue." Crowther noted its "devious convolutions of the plot" and praised the screenplay quality as "of the best" and the cast's performances as "all of the first order". The trade paper Variety commended the film's "combination of fine performances, engrossing story and neat direction" and
600-433: A police raid on a Resistance meeting, Rick has waiter Carl spirit Ilsa away. Laszlo, aware of Rick's love for Ilsa, tries to persuade him to use the letters to take her to safety. When the police arrest Laszlo on a trumped-up charge, Rick persuades Renault to release him by promising to set Laszlo up for a much more serious crime: possession of the letters. To allay Renault's suspicions, Rick explains that he and Ilsa will use
660-484: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Botiller&oldid=863187095 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dick Botiller Richard Edward Botiller (October 26, 1896 – March 24, 1953)
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#1732869790613720-518: A total cost of $ 1,039,000 (equivalent to $ 15,324,000 in 2023), above average for the time. Unusually, the film was shot in sequence, mainly because only the first half of the script was ready when filming began. The entire picture was shot in the studio except for the sequence showing Strasser's arrival and close-ups of the Lockheed Electra (filmed at Van Nuys Airport ) and a few short clips of stock footage views of Paris. The street used for
780-501: A trip to New York in 1941, convinced Hal Wallis to buy the rights in January 1942 for $ 20,000 (equivalent to $ 320,000 in 2023), the most anyone in Hollywood had ever paid for an unproduced play. The project was renamed Casablanca , apparently in imitation of the 1938 hit Algiers . Casablanca also shares many narrative and thematic similarities with Algiers (1938) , which itself
840-537: A varied clientele, including Vichy French and Nazi German officials, refugees desperate to reach the neutral United States, and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, he ran guns to Ethiopia in 1935 and fought on the Loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War . Petty crook Ugarte boasts to Rick of letters of transit obtained by murdering two German couriers. The papers allow
900-409: A veteran who had previously shot The Maltese Falcon and Frankenstein . Particular attention was paid to photographing Bergman. She was shot mainly from her preferred left side, often with a softening gauze filter and with catch lights to make her eyes sparkle; the whole effect was designed to make her face seem "ineffably sad and tender and nostalgic". Bars of shadow across the characters and in
960-671: A warrior in the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby comedy classic, Road to Morocco (1942); in the classic World War I drama, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman , in which he played a sergeant; as a native officer in the classic World War II romance, Casablanca , starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman; as an aide in the 1944 version of Kismet , starring Ronald Colman ; and in as an unnamed character in one of his final roles in Humphrey Bogart's 1951 drama, Sirocco . Botiller's final appearance
1020-619: A woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape from the Vichy -controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans . The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's , an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison . The supporting cast features Claude Rains , Conrad Veidt , Sydney Greenstreet , Peter Lorre , and Dooley Wilson . Warner Bros. story editor Irene Diamond convinced producer Hal B. Wallis to purchase
1080-500: Is a remake of the acclaimed 1937 French film Pépé le Moko , directed and co-written by Julien Duvivier . The original play was inspired by a trip to Europe made by Murray Burnett and his wife in 1938, during which they visited Vienna shortly after the Anschluss and were affected by the antisemitism they saw. In the south of France, they went to a nightclub that had a multinational clientele, among them many exiles and refugees, and
1140-627: Is stunned to see Ilsa. She is accompanied by her husband, Victor Laszlo, a renowned fugitive Czechoslovak Resistance leader. A flashback reveals Ilsa left Rick without explanation when the couple were planning to flee as the German army neared Paris , embittering Rick. Laszlo and Ilsa need the letters to escape, while German Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca to prevent that. When Laszlo makes inquiries, Signor Ferrari, an underworld figure and Rick's friendly business rival, divulges his suspicion that Rick has
1200-479: The National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Roger Ebert wrote, "If there is ever a time when they decide that some movies should be spelled with an upper-case M, Casablanca should be voted first on the list of Movies." In December 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine owns a nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca . "Rick's Café Américain" attracts
1260-614: The Production Code Administration (the Hollywood self-censorship body), who opposed the suggestions that Captain Renault extorted sexual favors from visa applicants, and that Rick and Ilsa had slept together. Extensive changes were made, with several lines of dialogue removed or altered. All direct references to sex were deleted; Renault's selling of visas for sex, and Rick and Ilsa's previous sexual relationship were implied elliptically rather than referenced explicitly. Also, in
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#17328697906131320-451: The film rights to the play in January 1942. Brothers Julius and Philip G. Epstein were initially assigned to write the script. However, despite studio resistance, they left to work on Frank Capra 's Why We Fight series early in 1942. Howard Koch was assigned to the screenplay until the Epsteins returned a month later. Principal photography began on May 25, 1942, ending on August 3;
1380-432: The "variety of moods, action, suspense, comedy and drama that makes Casablanca an A-1 entry at the b.o. " The review observed that the "[f]ilm is splendid anti-Axis propaganda, particularly inasmuch as the propaganda is strictly a by-product of the principal action and contributes to it instead of getting in the way". Variety also applauded the performances of Bergman and Henreid and noted, "Bogart, as might be expected,
1440-536: The 1942 serial Captain Midnight , starring Dave O'Brien . Botiller died on March 24, 1953, in Ridgecrest, California. Casablanca (film) Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , and Paul Henreid . Filmed and set during World War II , it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for
1500-466: The Epsteins and Koch were honored for Best Adapted Screenplay . Its reputation has gradually grown, to the point that its lead characters, memorable lines, and pervasive theme song have all become iconic, and it consistently ranks near the top of lists of the greatest films in history . In 1989, the United States Library of Congress selected the film as one of the first for preservation in
1560-690: The Hollywood Theater in New York City on November 26, 1942, to capitalize on Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of French North Africa) and the capture of Casablanca . It went into general release on January 23, 1943, to take advantage of the Casablanca Conference , a high-level meeting in the city between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin D. Roosevelt . The Office of War Information prevented screening of
1620-567: The background variously imply imprisonment, the Cross of Lorraine —the symbol of the Free French Forces —and emotional turmoil. Dark film noir and expressionist lighting was used in several scenes, particularly towards the end of the picture. Rosenzweig argues these shadow and lighting effects are classic elements of the Curtiz style, along with the fluid camera work and the use of the environment as
1680-712: The bearers to travel freely around German-occupied Europe and to neutral Portugal . Ugarte plans to sell them at the club and persuades Rick to hold them for him. Before he can meet his contact, Ugarte is arrested by the local police under Captain Louis Renault, the unabashedly corrupt prefect of police . Ugarte dies in custody without revealing that Rick has the letters. Then, the reason for Rick's cynical nature—former lover Ilsa Lund—enters his establishment. Spotting Rick's friend and house pianist, Sam, Ilsa asks him to play " As Time Goes By ". Rick storms over, furious that Sam disobeyed his order never to perform that song again, and
1740-533: The classic war drama, The Charge of the Light Brigade , starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland , in which he played a native; as an Indian in Cecil B. DeMille 's historical drama, Union Pacific , starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea ; as a tourist in the 1939 drama, Only Angels Have Wings , starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur , which is considered to be one of Howard Hawks ' finest films; as
1800-695: The club on a flimsy pretext. Later, Ilsa confronts Rick in the deserted café; when he refuses to give her the letters, she threatens him with a gun but then confesses that she still loves him. She explains that when they met and fell in love in Paris in 1940, she believed her husband had been killed while attempting to escape from a concentration camp . She learned that Laszlo was alive and hiding near Paris. She left Rick without explanation to nurse her sick husband. Rick's bitterness dissolves. He agrees to help, letting her believe she will stay with him when Laszlo leaves. When Laszlo unexpectedly shows up, having narrowly escaped
1860-613: The exterior shots had recently been built for another film, The Desert Song , and redressed for the Paris flashbacks . The film critic Roger Ebert called Wallis the "key creative force" for his attention to the details of production (down to insisting on a real parrot in the Blue Parrot bar). The difference between Bergman's and Bogart's height caused some problems. She was two inches (5 cm) taller than Bogart, and claimed Curtiz had Bogart stand on blocks or sit on cushions in their scenes together. Later, there were plans for
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1920-475: The film script enlarged it to 22 speaking parts and hundreds of extras. The cast is notably international: only three of the credited actors were born in the United States (Bogart, Dooley Wilson, and Joy Page). The top-billed actors are: The second-billed actors are: Also credited are: Notable uncredited actors are: Much of the emotional impact of the film, for the audience in 1942, has been attributed to
1980-721: The film to troops in North Africa, believing it would cause resentment among Vichy supporters in the region. On March 19, 1943, the film was banned in Ireland for infringing on the Emergency Powers Order preserving wartime neutrality, by portraying Vichy France and Nazi Germany in a "sinister light". It was passed with cuts on June 15, 1945, shortly after the EPO was lifted. The cuts were made to dialogue between Rick and Ilsa referring to their love affair. A version with only one scene cut
2040-523: The film was shot entirely at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank , California , with the exception of one sequence at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles . Although Casablanca was an A-list film with established stars and first-rate writers, no one involved with its production expected it to stand out among the many pictures produced by Hollywood yearly. Casablanca was rushed into release to take advantage of
2100-512: The film, the Epsteins were paid $ 30,416, (equivalent to $ 442,473 in 2023) and Koch earned $ 4,200 (equivalent to $ 61,946 in 2023). In the play, the Ilsa character is an American named Lois Meredith; she does not meet Laszlo until after her relationship with Rick in Paris has ended. Rick is a lawyer. The play (set entirely in the café) ends with Rick sending Lois and Laszlo to the airport. To make Rick's motivation more believable, Wallis, Curtiz, and
2160-475: The idea for Renault to order the roundup of "the usual suspects", after which all the details needed for resolution of the story, including the farewell between Bergman and "a suddenly noble Bogart", were rapidly worked out. The uncredited Casey Robinson assisted with three weeks of rewrites, including contributing the series of meetings between Rick and Ilsa in the café. Koch highlighted the political and melodramatic elements, and Curtiz seems to have favored
2220-485: The large proportion of European exiles and refugees who were extras or played minor roles (in addition to leading actors Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre), such as Louis V. Arco , Trude Berliner , Ilka Grünig , Ludwig Stössel , Hans Heinrich von Twardowski , and Wolfgang Zilzer . A witness to the filming of the "duel of the anthems" sequence said he saw many of the actors crying and "realized that they were all real refugees". Harmetz argues that they "brought to
2280-435: The letters to leave for America. When Renault tries to arrest Laszlo as arranged, however, Rick forces him at gunpoint to assist in their escape. At the last moment, Rick makes Ilsa board the plane to Lisbon with Laszlo, telling her that she would regret it if she stayed, "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life." Strasser, tipped off by Renault, drives up alone. When Strasser attempts to stop
2340-487: The letters. Laszlo returns to Rick's café that night and tries to buy them. Rick refuses to sell, telling Laszlo to ask his wife why. They are interrupted when Strasser leads a group of German officers in singing " Die Wacht am Rhein ". Laszlo orders the house band to play " La Marseillaise ", and Rick allows it. French patriotism grips the crowd and everyone joins in, drowning out the Germans. Afterwards, Strasser has Renault close
2400-416: The original script, when Sam plays "As Time Goes By", Rick exclaims, "What the —— are you playing?" This line was altered to "Sam, I thought I told you never to play ..." to conform to Breen's objection to an implied swear word. Although an initial filming date was selected for April 10, 1942, delays led to production starting on May 25. Filming was completed on August 3. It went $ 75,000 over budget for
2460-450: The other credited writer, Howard Koch , was assigned; he produced thirty to forty pages. When the Epstein brothers returned after about a month, they were reassigned to Casablanca and—contrary to what Koch claimed in two published books—his work was not used. The Epstein brothers and Koch never worked in the same room at the same time during the writing of the script. In the final budget for
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2520-505: The plane and then draws a gun on Rick, Rick shoots him dead. Policemen arrive. Renault orders them to "round up the usual suspects," protecting Rick. He suggests to Rick that they join the Free French in Brazzaville . As they walk away into the fog, Rick says, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." The play's cast consisted of 16 speaking parts and several extras;
2580-505: The prototype of Sam. In The Guardian , Paul Fairclough wrote that Cinema Vox in Tangier "was Africa's biggest when it opened in 1935, with 2,000 seats and a retractable roof. As Tangier was in Spanish territory , the theatre's wartime bar heaved with spies, refugees and underworld hoods, securing its place in cinematic history as the inspiration for Rick's Café in Casablanca ." The scene of
2640-582: The publicity from the Allied invasion of North Africa a few weeks earlier. It had its world premiere on November 26, 1942, in New York City and was released nationally in the United States on January 23, 1943. The film was a solid, if unspectacular, success in its initial run. Exceeding expectations, Casablanca went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture , while Curtiz was selected as Best Director and
2700-416: The romantic parts, insisting on retaining the Paris flashbacks. In a telegram to film editor Owen Marks on August 7, 1942, Wallis suggested two possible final lines of dialogue for Rick: "Louis, I might have known you'd mix your patriotism with a little larceny" or "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship". Two weeks later, Wallis settled on the latter, which Bogart was recalled to dub
2760-473: The scenes that incorporated the song, so Steiner based the entire score on it and "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem , transforming them as leitmotifs to reflect changing moods. Even though Steiner disliked "As Time Goes By", he admitted in a 1943 interview that it "must have had something to attract so much attention". Dooley Wilson, who played Sam, was a drummer but not a pianist, so his piano playing
2820-403: The screenwriters decided to set the film before the attack on Pearl Harbor . The possibility was discussed of Laszlo being killed in Casablanca, allowing Rick and Ilsa to leave together, but as Casey Robinson wrote to Wallis before filming began, the ending of the film is set up for a swell twist when Rick sends her away on the plane with Laszlo. For now, in doing so, he is not just solving
2880-558: The singing of "La Marseillaise" in the bar is attributed by the film scholar Julian Jackson as an adaptation of a similar scene from Jean Renoir 's film La Grande Illusion five years prior. The first writers assigned to the script were twins Julius and Philip Epstein who, against the wishes of Warner Bros., left at Frank Capra 's request early in 1942 to work on the Why We Fight series in Washington, D.C. While they were gone,
2940-404: The soundtrack released on 78 rpm records, and Casablanca was no exception. In 1997, almost 55 years after the film's premiere, Turner Entertainment in collaboration with Rhino Records issued the film's first original soundtrack album for release on compact disc , including original songs and music, spoken dialogue, and alternate takes. The piano featured in the Paris flashback sequences
3000-461: The story rather than to stand alone. He contributed relatively little to development of the plot. Casey Robinson said Curtiz "knew nothing whatever about story ...he saw it in pictures, and you supplied the stories". Critic Andrew Sarris called the film "the most decisive exception to the auteur theory ", of which Sarris was the most prominent proponent in the United States. Aljean Harmetz has responded, "...nearly every Warner Bros. picture
3060-536: Was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. While most of his roles were un-credited, many of them nameless as well, he was given more substantial roles occasionally. Botiller was born on October 26, 1896, in Bakersfield , California. He entered the film industry in 1933, debuting with an unnamed, un-credited role in the western, Silent Men . During the 1930s and 1940s Botiller appeared in over 150 films, film shorts , and film serials . He frequently played
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#17328697906133120-411: Was an exception to the auteur theory". Other critics give more credit to Curtiz. Sidney Rosenzweig, in his study of the director's work, sees the film as a typical example of Curtiz's highlighting of moral dilemmas. Some of the second unit montages , such as the opening sequence of the refugee trail and the invasion of France, were directed by Don Siegel . The cinematographer was Arthur Edeson ,
3180-731: Was as a cattleman (un-credited) in the 1952 western Smoky Canyon , one of Charles Starrett 's Durango Kid films. In addition to his feature work, Botiller also appeared in numerous film serials, including: in several different roles in 1934's The Return of Chandu , starring Béla Lugosi ; as Cottonwood in The Miracle Rider (1935), starring Tom Mix ; as a phantom raider in The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938), starring Bill Elliott ; as Yellow Snake in The Oregon Trail (1939), starring Johnny Mack Brown ; as Krause in
3240-516: Was dubbed into German. Victor Laszlo was no longer a Resistance fighter who escaped from a Nazi concentration camp. Instead, he became a Norwegian atomic physicist who was being pursued by Interpol after he "broke out of jail". The West German version was 25 minutes shorter than the original cut. A German version of Casablanca with the original plot was not released until 1975. Casablanca received "consistently good reviews". Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote, "The Warners ... have
3300-463: Was passed on July 16, 1974; Irish national broadcaster RTÉ inquired about showing the film on TV, but found it still required a dialogue cut to Ilsa expressing her love for Rick. Warner Brothers released a heavily edited version of Casablanca in West Germany in 1952. All scenes with Nazis were removed, along with most references to World War II. Important plot points were altered when the dialogue
3360-410: Was performed by Jean Plummer. Particularly memorable is the "duel of the anthems" between Strasser and Laszlo at Rick's café. In the soundtrack, "La Marseillaise" is played by a full orchestra. Originally, the opposing piece for this iconic sequence was to be the " Horst-Wessel-Lied ", a Nazi anthem but this was still under international copyright in non-Allied countries. Instead "Die Wacht am Rhein"
3420-498: Was sold in New York City on December 14, 2012, at Sotheby's for more than $ 600,000 to an anonymous bidder. The piano Sam "plays" in Rick's Café Américain, put up for auction with other film memorabilia by Turner Classic Movies at Bonhams in New York on November 24, 2014, sold for $ 3.4 million. Although an initial release date was anticipated for early 1943, Casablanca premiered at
3480-408: Was staged using little person extras and a proportionate cardboard plane. Fog was used to mask the model's unconvincing appearance. Wallis's first choice for director was William Wyler , but he was unavailable, so Wallis turned to his close friend Michael Curtiz . Roger Ebert has commented that in Casablanca "very few shots ...are memorable as shots", as Curtiz wanted images to express
3540-458: Was the tension between his own approach and Curtiz's that had accounted for this. "Surprisingly, these disparate approaches somehow meshed, and perhaps it was partly this tug of war between Curtiz and me that gave the film a certain balance." Julius Epstein later noted the screenplay contained "more corn than in the states of Kansas and Iowa combined. But when corn works, there's nothing better". The film ran into some trouble with Joseph Breen of
3600-407: Was used. The " Deutschlandlied ", the national anthem of Germany, is used several times in minor mode as a leitmotif for the German threat, e.g. in the scene in Paris as it is announced that the German army will reach Paris the next day. It is featured in the final scene, giving way to "La Marseillaise" after Strasser is shot. Other songs include: Very few films in the early 1940s had portions of
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