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Auction History Result 8d0097 CASABLANCA 8 Mexican LCs R1960s Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Henreid, Rains, Peter Lorre! Date Sold 4/4/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Undated (probably 1960s) Re-Release Theatrical Mexican Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 12 1/2" x 16 1/2" [32 x 42 cm]) (Learn More) Casablanca, the classic 1942 Michael Curtiz (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) anti-Nazi World War II (WWII) romantic love triangle melodrama ("From a play by Murray Burnett and June Alison"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; it is interesting to note that the movie was made while World War II was being fought, and at a point when it seemed very real that Germany might take over the entire world, and in that context, the strong emotions expressed throughout the movie are all the more poignant, given what was going on in the world at that time) starring Humphrey Bogart (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as "Rick", Richard Blaine), Ingrid Bergman (as Ilsa Lund), Paul Henreid (as Victor Laszlo), Claude Rains (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Captain Renault), Conrad Veidt (as Major Strasser), Sydney Greenstreet (as Signor Ferrari), Peter Lorre (as Ugarte), S.Z. Sakall (as Carl), Dooley Wilson (as Sam), Madeleine LeBeau (as Yvonne), Leonid Kinskey (as Sascha), John Qualen (as Berger), Marcel Dalio (as Emil, the croupier at the roulette wheel), Corinna Mura (as the cabaret singer who plays the guitar and sings "La Marseillaise"), Helmut Dantine (as the young man playing roulette), and Joy Page (as Dantine's girlfriend, who is willing to sleep with Rains) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this auction also includes the printed envelope this item originally came with. The bag has "United Artists de Mexico" printed on the left side of the front and a 20th Century-Fox logo printed on the right side of the front, so Fox was handling United Artists distribution in Mexico at this time. The title is printed on the bag as "CASA BLANCA"! There are reprints of these cards, but these are the 1960s originals! We have only auctioned these once before, and they have now been reconsigned to us, so they are still the only set of these we have ever auctioned. Also note that these Mexican lobby cards measure 12 1/2" x 16 1/2" [32 x 42 cm]. Condition: very good to fine. The cards are in excellent condition. The bag has wear but it protected the cards well. Learn More about condition grades 
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