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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Claude Rains | | | | |  Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Ernest Thesiger - After FrankensteinOriginally cast to play the luddite Theotocopolous in Things to Come (1936), Thesiger was replaced by the "more marketable" Cedric Hardwicke, but went on to appear that same year in another film adaptation of an H.G. Wells work, The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Around this same time Thesiger published a book, Adventures in Embroidery, about one of his favorite hobbies, needlework.
The remainder of Thesiger's career was centered around the theater and supporting roles in films produced in Britain. His last film app ...
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Casablanca film - Reception Reaction to the film at previews before release was described as "beyond belief". It premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City on November 26, 1942. It was a substantial box-office hit, taking $3.7 million on its initial U.S. release, and went on to win three Oscars, while As Time Goes By spent 21 weeks on the hit parade. As Koch later said, "it was a picture the audiences needed... there were values... worth making sacrifices for. And it said it in a very entertaining way." However, not everyone liked the film, including so ...
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Casablanca film - Myths Several myths have grown up around the film, one being that Ronald Reagan was originally chosen to play Rick. This originates in a press release issued by the studio early on in the film's development, but by that time the studio already knew that he was due to go into the army, and he was never seriously considered.
The other most famous myth is that the actors did not know until the last day of shooting how the film was to end. The original play (set entirely in the cafe) had ended with Rick sending Ilsa and Victor to the airport. D ...
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Humphrey Bogart - Birth and early life He was born Humphrey DeForest Bogart on December 25, 1899 in New York City, New York, the oldest child of Belmont DeForest Bogart and Maud Humphrey, both of whom were of English descent.
It was long believed that his birthday on Christmas Day was a Warner Bros. fiction created to romanticise his background, and that he was really born on January 23, 1899, a date that appeared in many references. This story is now considered baseless. Although no birth certificate has ever been found to settle the issue conclusively, his birth n ...
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Casablanca film - Sequels Almost from the moment Casablanca became a hit, talk began of producing a sequel to the film. A sequel entitled Brazzaville (named after the capital city of the Republic of the Congo, mentioned in the final scene) was planned, but never produced.
There have been two short-lived television series based upon Casablanca, both of which are considered prequels to the movie. The first aired in 1955 (with Charles McGraw as Rick and Marcel Dalio, who played Emil the croupier in the movie, as Renault). Another series in 1983 starred David Soul as Rick and included Ray Liotta as Sacha and ...
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Casablanca film - Plot Humphrey Bogart plays Rick Blaine, the owner of an upscale cafe/bar/gambling den in the Moroccan city of Casablanca which attracts a mixed clientele of Vichy French and Nazi officials, refugees and thieves. Rick is a bitter and cynical man, but still displays a clear dislike for the fascist part of his clientele.
The plot begins when a petty crook, Guillermo Ugarte (Peter Lorre), arrives in Rick's club with "letters of transit". The papers are signed by a French General (the pronunciation is muffled, it maybe General Charles de Gaulle ...
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| | | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - The Phantom of the Opera - Other appearances The Phantom is included among the band in the Beetlejuice show at Universal Studios Theme Parks. He also is a featured character in the supernatural comic Sadie Sanderson, as King Richard III's rival for Sadie's influence.
The Phantom was recently called "the gayest super villain ever" by Homer Simpson. Erik seems to be a reoccurring background character on the Simpson's. Appearing in several episodes including these most noticeable:
Flaming Moe
Homer's haughty speech from the rafters.
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Casablanca film - Cast The cast is notable for its internationalism: only three of the credited actors were born in the U.S. The three top-billed actors were:
Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine. Bogart became a star with Casablanca. Earlier in his career he had been typecast as a gangster, playing characters called Bugs, Rocks, Turkey, Whip, Chips, Gloves and two Dukes. High Sierra (1941) had allowed him to play a character with some warmth, but Rick was his first truly romantic role.
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund. Bergman's official website ...
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| | | | | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Humphrey Bogart - Later career In 1951, Bogart starred in the movie The African Queen, with Katharine Hepburn, and again directed by his friend John Huston. It was a difficult shoot, on location in Africa. One day the boat The African Queen sank. (Lauren Bacall recalled: "The natives had been told to watch it and they did—they watched it sink.")
John Huston recalled: "Bogie didn't particularly care for the Charlie Alnutt role when he started, but I slowly got him into it, showing him by expression and gesture what I thought Alnutt should be like. He ...
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| | | | | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Horror film - Other notable items
Horror film - Notable directors.
Dario Argento
Clive Barker
Tod Browning
John Carpenter
Roger Corman
Wes Craven
David Cronenberg
Ruggero Deodato
Terence Fisher
Freddie Francis
Jesus Franco
Lucio Fulci
John Gilling
Alfred Hitchcock
Tobe Hooper
Takashi Miike
F.W. Murnau
Hideo Nakata
Sam Raimi
George A. Romero
James Whale
Robert Wiene
Jacques Tourneur
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Humphrey Bogart - Bogart and Bacall Only Bogart's fourth marriage, to Lauren Bacall ("Baby"), was a happy one. They met while making To Have and Have Not. Bogart played a tough, independent fisherman named Steve, who got pushed to his limit by some unsavory people and then got his revenge. They were married on May 21, 1945 in Mansfield, Ohio, at Malabar Farm, the country home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, who was a close friend of Bogart.
Bacall became an overnight sensation with her famous line to Bogart. Leaning against a doorway, her head down and voice low, she told Bogart's character: "You know how to whistle, don' ...
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| | | | | Claude Rains: Encyclopedia II - Humphrey Bogart - Rise to stardom High Sierra, a 1941 Raoul Walsh movie, was written by Bogart's friend and drinking partner, John Huston. The movie was a step forward for Bogart. He still played the villain, "Mad Dog" Roy Earle. He still died at the end; but at least he got to kiss Ida Lupino, and to play a character with some depth. In a climactic scene, Bogart's character slid 90 feet down a mountainside to his punishment. His stunt double, Buster Wiles, bounced a few times going down the mountain and wanted another take to do better. "Forget it," said Raoul W ...
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