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A Night in Casablanca (1946) was a Comedy Film directed by Archie Mayo and produced by David L. Loew.

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Update 1: Spend a Night in CASABLANCA with TCM on March 4

By Will McKinley on Feb 18, 2014 From Cinematically Insane

Turner Classic Movies has announced the twenty U.S. cities?that have been selected as hosts for?FREE?national screenings of Michael Curtiz?s CASABLANCA (1942) on Tuesday, March 4 in celebration of the channel’s 20th anniversary. Ten were chosen by TCM, and ten were selected (at least in part) ... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 23, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Originally intended as a parody of Casablanca (1942), the Marx Brothers picture, A Night in Casablanca (1946), bears only passing resemblance to the earlier film. Not surprisingly, the picture veers off wildly from the ostensible source material, allowing Groucho, Harpo, and Chico to ply their trade... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 23, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Originally intended as a parody of Casablanca (1942), the Marx Brothers picture, A Night in Casablanca (1946), bears only passing resemblance to the earlier film. Not surprisingly, the picture veers off wildly from the ostensible source material, allowing Groucho, Harpo, and Chico to ply their trade... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 23, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Originally intended as a parody of Casablanca (1942), the Marx Brothers picture, A Night in Casablanca (1946), bears only passing resemblance to the earlier film. Not surprisingly, the picture veers off wildly from the ostensible source material, allowing Groucho, Harpo, and Chico to ply their trade... Read full article


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Originally intended as a direct spoof on Casablanca, it was changed to a more original story.
Hoping to take charge of their film careers, the Marxes financed this movie themselves, under the heading of Loma Vista Films. They even did a brief pre-filming tour of scenes from the movie, as they had done with A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, hoping to sharpen the script's comedy.
Near the beginning of the film, the prefect of the police gets on his microphone and says "round up all likely suspects." If you look closely at his lips, he really said "round up the usual suspects" but they dubbed in the replacement line to avoid legal problems with Warner Brothers.
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