No, no, kind Sir, you have mistaken me; I take no umbrage, if I Carl the Waiter be!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > I'm happy, I get to go home with Ingrid Bergman, maybe > > she can help me not be so uptight, after she gets over > > Monsieur Rick. Very creative piece Barry, I like. > > Glad you enjoyed it; I sure enjoyed writing it. > Also glad you like your role. If you know the > movie, some of my casting choices are quite > complimentary. Rory seemed to take umbrage at > being cast as Carl, but he's really one of the > coolest characters in the movie -- mainly jolly, > but with a tongue on him when he has a mind to > use it: > > Captain Renault: Carl, see that Major Strasser > gets a good table, one close to the ladies. > Carl: I have already given him the best, knowing > he is German and would take it anyway. > > Woman: What makes saloonkeepers so snobbish? > Banker: Perhaps if you told him I ran the second > largest banking house in Amsterdam. > Carl: Second largest? That wouldn't impress Rick. > The leading banker in Amsterdam is now the pastry > chef in our kitchen. > Banker: We have something to look forward to. > > Even though I've seen the film over 50 times, I > was still surprised by some of the things I found > out about it while reading the Wiki page about it > to refresh my memory of characters' names. For > example, that for a film that no one expected to > be the classic it became, shot during WWII and > about a community of refugees, a *huge* number of > the actors and extras were themselves refugees. > > The Wiki page tells the story of them shooting > the scene in which Yvonne reacts to the German > officers singing some German song by storming onto > the stage and leading the whole room in a rousing > rendition of "La Marseillaise." Director Michael > Curtiz looked around the set after the shot and > discovered that half his cast were in tears. It > has been theorized that the fact that so many of > the actors were refugees from Europe themselves > contributed greatly to the believability of > Rick's Cafe Americain. > > SO many great lines in this movie, too, some of > them very funny. For example: > > Ilsa: I wasn't sure you were the same. Let's see, > the last time we met... > Rick: Was La Belle Aurore. > Ilsa: How nice, you remembered. But of course, that > was the day the Germans marched into Paris. > Rick: Not an easy day to forget. > Ilsa: No. > Rick: I remember every detail. The Germans wore > gray, you wore blue. > > Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you > to Casablanca? > Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. > Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in > the desert. > Rick: I was misinformed. > > As for your question in another thread, I don't know > whether Pigalle is deserted at this time of year, > because I haven't been there yet during this gig in > Paris. But I'm planning to head up that way tomorrow, > to spend the day wandering around Montmartre and > sitting at Amelie's cafe Les Deux Moulins, so I'll > check out Pigalle, just to satisfy your curiosity. > I warn you in advance, however, that it's pretty > tame these days. Lotsa strip clubs, but the bordels > are long gone, closed decades ago by De Gaulle. That > may be one reason he is not revered more highly > by the French. :-) >
