Tag: Casablanca

To Breen or Not to Breen: ‘Casablanca’ From 1942

Commentary In 1601, Shakespeare’s Hamlet asked, “To be or not to be?” In 1942, Hollywood filmmakers asked, “To breen or not to breen?” Just as the immortal bard’s hero decided to endure this “mortal coil” instead of facing the great unknown, Golden Era moviemakers knew they had no choice but “to breen.” You won’t find…


Casablanca: After 80 Years

Commentary There is something fitting about the movie “Casablanca” having its 80th birthday while the world teeters on war over Ukraine and Taiwan—and the Iranians work overtime to get a nuclear weapon that can be delivered by missile. We may be in the most dangerous pre-war environment since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when…