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A Night in Casablanca
Available on DVD:
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
- DVD, Region 1: Warner Home Video, www.marxbrothersdvd.com, 2004 /
Special Features:
Looney Tunes cartoon 'Acrobatty Bunny'
Short: Joe McDoakes 'So You Think You're A Nervous Wreck' View Clip (Quicktime / ISDN or Broadband recommended)
- NEW DVD, Region 1: Warner Home Video, 2010 / Part of the set "TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Marx Brothers"
The Marxes parody Casablanca in this 1946 release. Groucho is Ronald Kornblow the Mgr. of the Hotel Casablanca and Chico is Corbaccio his bodyguard while Harpo is Rusty the not so loyal valet to the villain. The boys find stolen jewels and paintings the Nazi's have hidden in the hotel. (J. Bradley Main)
"Who's Sorry Now?", though it is performed in "Night in Casablanca," actually was written quite a few years before that, in the 1920's by Kalmar and Ruby, some time before their later association with the Marxes. According to Adamson, Kalmar and Ruby originally wrote the song as a joke, not wanting it released, but it got released without their permission and turned into a tremendous hit, more or less making their reputation and songwriters.
Cast:
| Groucho Marx | Ronald Kornblow | ||
| Harpo Marx | Rusty | ||
| Chico Marx | Corbaccio | ||
| Sig Ruman | Count Pfferman aka Heinrich Stubel | ||
| Lisette Verea | Beatrice Rheiner | ||
| Charles Drake | Lt. Pierre Delmar | ||
| Lois Collier | Annette | ||
| Dan Seymour | Prefect of Police Capt. Brizzard | ||
| Lewis L. Russell | Governor Galoux | ||
| Frederick Giermann | Kurt | ||
| Harro Mellor | Emile | ||
| David Hoffman | Spy | ||
| Paul Harvey | Mr. Smythe | ||
| Philip van Zandt | Maître d' | ||
| Arthur Torey | Military man in restaurant | ||
| Ruth Roman | Bit Part |
| Director | Archie Mayo | ||
| Written by | Joseph Fields | ||
| Roland Kibbee | |||
| Frank Tashlin (additional material, uncredited) | |||
| Cinematography | James Van Trees | ||
| Production design | Duncan Cramer | ||
| Set decorator | Edward G. Boyle | ||
| Editorial Supervisor | Gregg C. Tallas | ||
| Film Cutter | Grace Baughman | ||
| Music | Werner Janssen | ||
| Song "Who's Sorry Now" | Ted Snyder (music) | ||
| Bert Kalmar (lyrics) | |||
| Harry Ruby (lyrics) | |||
| Sound | Frank Webster | ||
| Make-up | Otis Malcolm | ||
| Hair Stylist | Scotty Rackin | ||
| Exectutive Production Manager | Joe C. Gilpin | ||
| Assistant director | Jack Sullivan | ||
| Producer | David L. Loew | ||
| Production company / Distribution | Loma Vista Productions / United Artists | ||
| Runtime | 85 min. | ||
| Release date | 10 May 1946 | ||
| New York opening | 11 Aug 1946 | ||
| Spanish title | Una Noche En Casablanca | ||
| French title | Une nuit à Casablanca | ||
| German title | Eine Nacht in Casablanca | ||
| German/Austrian title | Eine Nacht mit Beatrice | ||
| Swedish title | En Natt i Casablanca | ||
| Italian title | Una notte a Casablanca |
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