Casablanca (Warner Bros.) (1942)

Newspaper Copy HUMPHREY BOGART and INGRID BERGMAN in Warner Bros.’ smash romantic drama, “Casablanca,” which popular demand _ is bringing back to the Strand next Friday for a special repeat date. Still C-553 (Opening Day—Single) ‘CASABLANCA’ BACK AT STRAND La Medina, the mysterious vice infested North African sector is the setting for Warner Bros.’ unforgettable smash hil, “Casablanea,” a Hal B. Wallis Production, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman which opens a special return showing today at the Strand Theatre. Michael Curtiz directed. La Medina is the old part of the Moorish city which is.enclosed by a high wall with its back to the Atlantic. Underground leaders from all. parts of Europe hid orft in this’ area during the turbylent. days of World War II. Hollywood recreated this area of Casablanca in close detail. Rick’s Cafe, presided over by Bogart, is the headquarters for those refugees trying to get visas to escape. Intrigue runs riot in this atmosphere. Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and §. Z. Sakall are all in the cast which makes “Casablanca” doubly exciting. HUMPHREY BOGART Still C-573 Mat C-1B gn Sell the Motion Picture Business to Your Patrons! — Mat C-2A (Advance—Single Feature) BOGART, BERGMAN DUO IN DRAMA “Casablanca,” the great Humphrey Bogart-Ingrid Bergman starrer which won the Academy Award in 1948 both for “best picture of the year” and for “best direction’ (Michael Curtiz), is coming back to the Strand on Friday. This prize-winning romantic drama tells the story of wartime intrigue in the colorful North African seaport. Bogart is the owner of a cafe to which political refugees fleeing Nazi Isurope come to await visas before moving on. Ingrid Bergman is one of these and it is Bogart, with whom she was once in love in Paris, who aids her to escape. It is also in Casablanca that “As Time Goes By,” the nostalgic song is revived. The supporting cast is one of the strongest ever assembled including: Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. This is a Hal B. Wallis Production. Next Warner Film For Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman who co-stars with Humphrey Bogart in the unforgettable Warner Bros. film, “Casablanca,” scheduled for an early return date at the Strand, is now in Europe having completed her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Under Capricorn,” a forthcoming Warner release. James Cagney Pacts With Warner Bros. James Cagney returns to Warner Bros. where he scored his greatest film successes, to star in a series of new pictures. “GMen,” one of his most thrilling melodramas, opens a special return showing Friday at the Strand. William Keighley directed this ace entertainment. Book the Latest in the All-Industry “The Movies and You” Series! Ww } ad La (Advance—Double Feature) WARNER BROS.’ ‘CASABLANCA’, ‘G-MEN’, RETURN “Casablanca” and “G-Men,” two of the greatest films produced by Warner Bros. in recent years, will play a special return engagement starting Friday at the Strand Theatre. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are~~co-starred in “Casablanca,”-which won the Academy Award for “best picture of the year” in 1943. James Cagney is the star of “G-Men.” Directed by Michael Curtiz who also won an Academy Award for his effort, ‘“Casablanca” is an intriguing drama set against the colorful North African port. How timely was this great film was illustrated by the fact that within several months after its release, the American army invaded North Africa, one of the landings at Casablanca itself. The story revolves around the refugees who flocked to Rick’s Cafe, headquarters for desperate people seeking to obtain visas to escape Nazi Europe. Also included in the mystery drama are Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. “As Time Goes By” is the haunting theme song which came back to such popularity in accompanying the romance in “Casablanca” as supplied by stars Bogart and Bergman. Jimmy Cagney in “G-Men” spells fast rugged action, One of the first of the law-versuspublic-enemy dramas, “G-Men” is the thrilling story of a Federal agent, played by Cagney, who brings a Public Enemy No. 1 to justice, utilizing the renowned brains-and-brawn combination attributed to the popular Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. Together with Cagney in “GMen” are Robert Armstrong, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane and Margaret Lindsay. Humphrey Bogart Due Humphrey Bogart’s next Warner Bros. drama is announced as “Chain Lightning.” ‘“Casablanca,” directed by Michael Curtiz, one of Bogart’s finest films, with Ingrid Bergman costarred, opens a special return date Friday at the Strand. INGRID BERGMAN Still C-554 Mat C-1A JAMES CAGNEY’S ace entertainment, Warner Bros.’ “G-Men,” loaded with rugged action, opens a special return showing next Friday at the Strand. Still MF-101X (Opening Day—Single) ‘G-MEN’ PLAYS RETURN DATE James Cagney on the side of the law! That’s Warner Bros.’ smashing drama, “G-Men,” which is being brought back to the Strand Theatre for a special return date starting Friday. This is one of Jimmy’s most exciting roles, replete with all his popular two-fisted action which has made his personalitv synonomous with dynamite histrionies on the silver screen. He’s out to capture Public Enemy No. 1, and Jimmy turns the trick with the aid of gunfire, slug-fests and some romance on the side with Margaret Lindsay. She is kidnapped in the melodrama, which incident provides the exploding climax to this drama. Robert Armstrong, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane and Lloyd Nolan are also in the cast. William Keighley directed “GMen,” the film which pulls the curtains back on the inner-workings of this important agency. (Opening Day—Double) ACE WARNER DUALER HERE Hollywood’s strongest double bill, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in “Casablanca,” and James Cagney in “G-Men,” both Warner Bros. smashes, open a special return showing today at the Strand Theatre, Romance, intrigue, illegal traffic and action are all woven into ‘Casablanea,” 1943 Academy Award winner. The supporting cast dazzles with vivid names, including: Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. “G-Men” on the same bill is another memorable Warner attraction. Cagney rolls up his sleeves to fight mobsters here, a turn for the better for screenland’s popular rugged performer. His girl kidnapped by Public Enemy No. 1, there’s gunfire and underworld drama, which provides a rich opportunity for projecting Uncle Sam’s agency. AD ART AV AILABLE. All retouched art used in the ads in this campaign available as 8x10 stills. Order from National Screen Exchanges. Mat MF-2A (Advance—Single Feature) JAMES CAGNEY FILM BACK James Cagney in “G-Men”! Warner’ Bros.’ smashing success of a few years ago, the first of the important films which depicted the clash of the public enemies with the Federal Bureau of Investigation is coming back to the Strand Theatre on Friday. Playing the rol’: 7° -~ intrepid Federal agent, Ce. 7 tracks down a public enemy No. 1 who has murdered his best friend. How he moves through the shady channels of the underworld pausing only long enough for a romance with the beautiful Margaret Lindsay, brings cinematic excitement in the best Cagney manner — rough, tough and thrilling. The ace cast includes Robert Armstrong, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak and Barton MacLane. Bill Keighley directed. e Michael Curtiz’ Next Michael Curtiz, whose ace direction of Warner Bros.’ exciting “Casablanca,” won the much-coveted Academy Award, now being re-released over the country, has finished his newest film, “The Octopus and Miss Smith,” new Jane Wyman-Dennis Morgan starrer. | JAMES CAGNEY Still MF-258 Mat MF-1A