(Michael Curtiz, US 1942, 102 min., 35mm)
“Here’s looking at you, kid.” Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman shine as star-crossed lovers in their most iconic roles. Bogie’s life turns upside down when old flame Ilsa (Bergman) walks into his gin joint and back into his life along with her husband, a resistance leader who is being targeted by the Nazis. With an all-star cast featuring Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, and Conrad Veidt, this film won three Oscars at the 1944 Academy Awards and became one of the quintessential Hollywood romances.
Firmly ensconced in our American pysche, Casablanca is the type of film that only comes around once in a lifetime — but once it's here, it stays. It’s fascinating to realize that one of Hollywood’s biggest films of all time has not one but two Rochester-area connections. If you’ve never experienced Casablanca on the big screen, you mustn’t miss this opportunity, and if you have, well, “play it (again), Sam.”
Upcoming Events in this Series
Film Screenings | Silk Stockings
Make Mine Musicals In this musical remake of Ninotchka, Fred Astaire takes on the role of Steve Canfield, an American film producer who wants Russian composer Peter Ilyitch Boroff to score his next film.
Film Screenings | The Pride of the Yankees (35mm)
Teresa Wright | From Rochester, With Love A moving biopic of legendary Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig — the left-handed player who rose to the top of the sport, only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable illness.
Film Screenings | Matinee: The Pride of the Yankees (35mm)
Teresa Wright | From Rochester, With Love A moving biopic of legendary Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig — the left-handed player who rose to the top of the sport, only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable illness.
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From director George Melford, actor Norman Kerry, and actress Louise Brooks in the silent period, to musician Cab Calloway, writers Garson and Michael Kanin in Hollywood’s golden years, to more recent actors such as John Lithgow and Taye Diggs, Rochester has produced an impressive list of artists who have contributed to the art of cinema. This year, the Dryden Theatre will bring films featuring many of these artists to the big screen, opening up chapters of this city you may never have known.