Tales From The Making Of 'Casablanca', As Told By Ingrid Bergman | The Dick Cavett Show

[@TheDickCavettShow]

Have you seen Casablanca? What did you think of Bergman's performance?

[@Bill-n8t]

Saw it a few years back at the theater. Always incredible.

[@arvindarsingh488]

Marvelous! seen it several times.

[@robertaferugheli4114]

They were all amazing. I watch it every time it's on. Somewhere in the back of Michael Curtis's mind he knew what he was doing. Genius.

[@rcklein93]

I thought her acting was fine, but more than that, I thought, and still think, that Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my long life.

[@conniedurgin164]

You know ... my absolute favorite Ingrid Bergman movie was Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious with Cary Grant ... the chemistry was so " there" and the story had you holding on to your seat to the end. To me, best Hitchcock film ...

[@chrisozzy56]

Saw Casablanca for the first time in my mid 20’s . I am now 67 , have seen it 35-30 times , and believe it is THE BEST movie ever made . I’m sure many people agree .

[@direfranchement]

Can you outline specifically why you think it is the best movie ever made? What about it brings you to this conclusion? I have seen it a few times, and I do enjoy it, but I can’t say I have ever come across an articulated description of why it is considered by many to be the best film ever made.

[@lilymarie4030]

@@direfranchement I've been a classic film buff since the 1970's and I have never understood the cult worshiping of Casablanca. There are so many wonderful old films and to me, Casablanca is not any better than many others.

[@davemaxs4136]

As always it’s just a matter of choice.

[@tonigarguilo9510]

Couldn't agree with you more! Just on TCM either Fri or Sat, love it! Can't even begin to imagine Ronald Reagan as Rick. (65 yes here, watch it maybe twice a year.) Never gets old!

[@michellelekas211]

You should watch more movies

[@Trombonology]

Ingrid is so gracious in speaking about her famous co-stars. Bogie, it's said, was unhappy not only about the uncertain _Casablanca_ (having finally achieved superstardom via _The Maltese Falcon_ , after years of inconsistent film quality at WB), but also his marriage to alcoholic, paranoid schizophrenic Mayo Methot, in which relations between "The Battling Bogarts," as they were known in the press, had reached a low point. I love Ingrid's "What could I do to help him?" Indeed. She seems not to have been the least bit petty or full of herself.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Well..Ingred--you could have done for him, what you eventually did for that other married guy!

[@Trombonology]

@@curbozerboomer1773 The misspelling of her name and curious punctuation just adds to the effect.

[@nibsvkh]

@@curbozerboomer1773 Too stupid to spell Ingrid correctly!

[@georgeschaut2178]

I had read somewhere that Bogart's great line: "here's looking at you kid" was ad lib. He was supposedly saying that to her occasionally a few times beforehand while they had conversing on set during the shooting. Ingrid's statement here that they seldom talked during shooting seems to undermine that story. I had no idea the script development had been so chaotic.

[@MTknitter22]

Yes. According to quite a few biographies of his contemporaries, Bogie could be very full of himself and could be an ass. Of course, that makes him human, yes?

[@richardallen3810]

Dick is a legend. He always made his guests feel so comfortable

[@Havanorange]

He usually kept his ego in check and did these interviews more like a professional journalist than like an entertainer. We have too many 'entertainers' and not enough professional journalists today.

[@RadicalCaveman]

I think Cavett was outstanding, but he definitely did not ALWAYS make his guests feel comfortable. Usually, yes.

[@c.a.savage5689]

His questions could be so amazingly insightful one minute, and utterly stupid the next. Without missing a beat or losing his sense of humor.

[@robertcongdon6296]

Ingrid embodies beauty and class in all its forms.❤

[@gerardmackay8909]

Beautiful inside and out

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Nobody could show tears on the screen like her. Nobody.

[@jbjacobs9514]

Gosh, I so agree. I always adored her and she was in my top 2 or 3 favorite actresses of all time. You would say her name, and I would just smile. It is so wonderful to see that someone embodied by her generous spirit, her beautiful smile, her class and elegance. Gosh, they just don't make actresses and people too much like that anymore!

[@ramencurry6672]

Beautiful lady

[@caldwellfisher5288]

@@gerardmackay8909 A short reality check for you. Her marriage lasted 10 years, produced a daughter, Pia, and ended in a firestorm of scandal. Bergman, the superb actress who played nuns and martyrs above reproach, deserted her husband and child to live in Italy with Rossellini and bear his illegitimate son, Roberto.

[@deezynar]

Ms. Bergman spoke very respectfully about the people she worked with. That is laudable.

[@lisica8458]

Which is more than we can say about Anthony Quinn, another one of Ingrid's co-stars. Quinn is on record saying that he had brief affairs with both Ingrid and her eldest daughter, Pia, and compared the two. Utterly tacky.

[@jackprescott9652]

well, i think that is a not writing rule that every star praise his co workers.

[@MrAkaacer]

@@lisica8458 Seriously? What an f-ing deviant.

[@localbod]

​@@lisica8458That's messed up.

[@hughmanatee7657]

“Casablanca” is a magnificent and profound movie on so many levels-one of the few that bears repeated viewing, the way a good book can be read over and over again.

[@lynnmcculloch-m4h]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@briguy4238]

Just hearing Ingrid Bergman say the word "Casablanca", even all those years later, is still magical.

[@chattyroz2934]

Lovely lady. And she made the important point, so frustratingly absent in most discussions of Casablanca, that every single actor, down to the smallest part, was simply outstanding. Also, in this time of upheaval both onscreen and off, the witticisms resonated in a film which, despite the subject matter, did not take itself too seriously.

[@c.a.savage5689]

Except for the singing of La Marseillaise. Utterly serious and moving.

[@peregrino9154]

It’s amazing that the movie was written on the fly and yet has the best written dialogue of any movie ever written in my opinion.

[@pico2260]

Maybe that's the reason: it was only writers, actors and the director - there was no time for a producer to get involved and mess up everything.

[@waynej2608]

​@pico2260 Exactly. Great writing, and Curtiz was a masterful director. And with a cast like that, from Bogie and Bergman and Hendried to Lorre, Raines and Greenstreet, et al, how could they miss.

[@countalucard4226]

The most quoted maybe other than Godfather 1 and 2. I don’t consider 3 to be part of trilogy, it was awful.

[@tcsl7764]

In many ways a movie is a lie. A movie is a con. It is the art of making that which is not real, seem real. It's people on a set pretending. It's cuts,edits ,lies and subterfuge. A movie is an interesting thing in that way.

[@johnschuh8616]

Because everyone involved was a mastercraftsman.

[@Goldenspiderducck]

It’s so interesting how every part of that movie - in front of and behind the camera - seems to perfectly mirror WW2 at the time. It’s wittingly and unwittingly brilliant.

[@shemyaman]

One of the most moving scenes for me was when they were on the tarmac chatting their final words, getting ready to depart, and the airplane engine loudly oh so loudly revs to life in magnificent black and white, somehow breaking the moment, and the three of them startledly look at each other realizing their moment has come. Bogie and Bergman were absolutely magnificent. I often replay that scene just to enjoy the sheer drama and magnificence of that moment.

[@davidschmidt6013]

YES!! I have only 'seen' Casablanca about 3 or 4 HUNDRED times. One of my TOP 10 fave filmes!! Incredible movie, and the performances were what "Hollywood Idols" USED TO BE, TALENTED ACTORS/ACTRESSES, with grace and class. Bergman was incomparable. This is one of the few movies that actually touches my heart. History, drama, wry humor, interesting plot....and on top of all that, B&W movies have a special magic! This one is at the top!

[@richardbrown1189]

We never saw the Dick Cavett Show in the UK so I was completely unaware of him until KZbin. What a fine interviewer he was. Such intelligent questions and then actually giving people the opportunity to answer. So unlike most of today's talk show hosts who constantly want to make the programme about themselves.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Cavett did constantly make the show about himself. Pompous to the core, often wasting whole interviews by not shutting up and thinking himself so witty. Even here he cut off Bergman before she was finished, but thankfully she persisted until he shut up.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

​@@sheilamacdougal4874I agree. .

[@jamesmcinnis208]

​@@sheilamacdougal4874I agree. .

[@bluenetmarketing]

Poor interview, silly questions.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

@@omi_god The fact that the show was also named after him, no doubt on his insistence, makes it even worse; indeed that reinforces what I said. As for his comedic writing, so what? We'd have to know which specific jokes he wrote to make any substantive assessment. For all we know, he was disproportionally responsible for those that bombed. The one joke he claimed to write, in an ad nauseum discussion of it on a guest appearance on Carson, wasn't funny, nor do I recall laughing at anything he ever said (in contrast to Carson's jokes).

[@countalucard4226]

Like all of you I wished they could talk for an hour about CASABLANCA.

[@denisesudell2538]

An hour? A week!

[@bagoquarks]

The French national anthem scene in Casablanca always moves the non-French viewer. The closeups of people singing are stunning.

[@relicofgold]

I practically cried the first time I saw that. Stirring and sweet.

[@aranksentimentalist]

Spielberg said it is the best scene in any movie.

[@relicofgold]

@@aranksentimentalist Could well be. Very inspiring, nestled in one of the greatest films of all time.

[@dariusdaguerre3535]

Nearly fifty years have passed since I first saw the film, but the very mention of that scene sends a chill down my spine. "Aux armes, citoyens! Formez vos battaillons! Marchons! Marchons! Qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons!" The image of Madeleine Lebeau's beautiful, tear-stained face in that climactic moment of defiant redemption and hope has an almost sacred character-if I'm still alive for the hundredth anniversary I will be eighty-five, and I will rejoice with her and the others to the last.

[@anthonyc7045]

I wonder how the citizens of Morocco felt about those French citizens living in THEIR country (Morocco) decrying the fact that the German Nazis had taken over their country (France) ? A little history will tell you that both Spain and France established "Protectorates" in Morocco long before the Germans came in WW2. Maybe the Moroccan people should have had their own movie "Casablanca" and sing their National anthem in an attempt to drive both France and Spain from control of THEIR country ? It wasn't until 11 years after the end of WW2 (1956) did Morocco gain independence from France and Spain. "Viva Morocco"

[@elisabethrasmussen9232]

I attended screen writing with Robert McKee and we had to dismantle and analyze every scene in Casablanca. I loved every minute and Ingrid Bergman was beautiful and a true professional.

[@rr7firefly]

I've always loved Ingrid Bergman. For so many reasons. She was a phenomenal presence in the movie "Bells of Saint Mary's" and of course in this movie being discussed. But I also thought her great in "Cactus Flower." One aspect of her personality that always shone through: her gracious ability to present herself with accessible dignity. Elegant too.

[@monichat]

I would have preferred Lauren Bacall in Cactus Flower

[@lisica8458]

@@monichat So did Lauren (as she admitted to Cavett in another interview).

[@KpxUrz5745]

Ingrid's acting in this movie is like a dream. So beautiful. So memorable. So endearing.

[@stephenreese5921]

I watch Casablanca every year. It is one of my favorite films. Ingrid was perfect in it. Bogie was perfect. Claude was perfect. Peter was a great fall guy in it. All of the actors (I can’t remember all their names but, see them in my dreams) produced a classic. Thank You, one and all!

[@walfredswanson]

The confusion around the plot may have indirectly contributed to its power. Life is not clearly plotted for any of us. The character of Ilsa probably would have loved both men and been torn about which way to turn - until Rick decided where he fit. All of that unresolved tension suits reality for most of us in some aspect of our lives.

[@richardslater677]

One of the most beautiful women to ever live.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Many of the world's hottest women come from Northern Europe!

[@johnnyxmusic]

One of the top 100 million, for sure.

[@Tob1Kadach1]

She really was, even when she got older like here she was still beautiful for her age

[@josephmosesso466]

Truly And a great actor In this film, her beauty was elevated by the wardrobe and direction to a degree above, contributing to the films greatness. The scenes where we see her tears are one of the many nuances that draw us into this work of art.

[@ramencurry6672]

She’s stunningly beautiful

[@Tmanaz480]

Her voice was exquisite.

[@fw1421]

I watched Casablanca in the theatre for the firsts time about a year ago and it was wonderful. So much better than in BluRay.

[@jimgallagher2979]

She was truly beautiful and a very good actress in Casablanca.

[@jimgallagher2979]

Bergman's great beauty caused many to overlook or underestimate her acting ability. She held her own against something of the best in Hollywood.

[@Luzanne.]

Rick : And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart. Captain Renault : That is my *least* vulnerable spot. Once you’ve seen the movie, it’s impossible not to hear Rains’s voice.

[@waynej2608]

Indeed. And I'm shocked, shocked to see that gambling is going on. Here are your winnings, Capitan. Thank you. 😎👍

[@2011littlejohn1]

@@waynej2608 Don't look at me. I'm just a poor corrupt official.

[@douglasdavis8395]

@@waynej2608 - "Waters? What waters? We're in the desert!"

[@waynej2608]

@@douglasdavis8395 I was misinformed'.

[@douglasdavis8395]

@@waynej2608 - The entire flick is a quote mine... "Here's looking at you, kid!"

[@michaeljames4904]

Claude Rains did indeed represent a span of Hollywood. All the way from its very first essentially Special Effects driven picture, _The Invisible Man_ (1933), right up to vast operatic masterpieces of cinema, like _Lawrence of Arabia_ (1962).

[@Tmanaz480]

I always thought he was ahead of his time. His acting style was so realistic and understated, even in the old days.

[@jadezee6316]

he was and is one of my favorite actors of all time...and i believe one of films best

[@scriptsmith4081]

He had such extraordinary confidence and screen presence he did not feel the need to go to the gym and bulk up in preparation for playing Julius Caesar, as well, and carried it off beautifully.

[@c.a.savage5689]

​@@scriptsmith4081 And the way he let Vivian Leigh shine as Cleopatra was so masterfully done. Gracious, charming. The audience "discovers" her through his eyes. Utterly disarming.

[@WinstonSmithGPT]

At Ingrid Bergman’s first appearance in Casablanca she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

[@007ndc]

She's absolutely luminous in Casablanca

[@leestamm3187]

Her first appearance is a prime example of the fine art of black and white filmmaking. Her luminous glow would be impossible to achieve in color.

[@lisica8458]

@@leestamm3187 Not to take anything away from Ingrid, who happens to be my favorite actress, but I recall reading in a biography of her (cannot remember which one) that the lighting director shone a special light on her in her first scene when she enters Rick's American Cafe . . . hence the luminosity.

[@leestamm3187]

@@lisica8458 I love her too, and also recall reading that somewhere. The technique was used in many vintage black and white films.

[@huangec]

​@@leestamm3187 I disagree. Didn't you see her very first screen test when she first arrived in Hollywood? It was in colour. That moment she smiled was absolutely mind-blowing.

[@Jeff-gi6dh]

Ingrid Bergman was a stunning beauty in that era. Like most young boys, I had a serious crush on her. Casablanca is a remarkable film. I love it dearly. So many memorable lines. Hard to believe it was a work in progress during filming!

[@beegee22]

Cavett was a wonderful interviewer. Always insightful questions that gave his guests the opportunity to be expansive with their responses.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Could never stand him. Always so full of himself and trying to sound smart, and scarcely even listening to what the interviewed person is saying. Even here he doesn't seem to get what Bergman is saying, and starts talking when she hadn't finished, although fortunately on this occasion she persisted until he finally shut up. I've seen interviews that were worthless because he wouldn't shut up. And his jokes aren't even funny; they're more: look at me, I'm so witty.

[@svenhaheim]

he is like a more intellectual American version of Graham Norton, shame these shows did not continue in his tracks instead adding second rate comedians.

[@tcsl7764]

Cavett was an abysmal interviewer . And had an ego the size of 10 universes.

[@bluenetmarketing]

Poor interview, silly questions.

[@monichat]

Dick Cavett was brilliant !

[@susanford2388]

Many people can learn from this classy lady, she is polite & diplomatic. She was a polyglot too. German, Swedish, English, Italian & French

[@lisica8458]

Casablanca was good, but Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS with Bergman, Grant, and Rains was genius.

[@MoonSpinners]

I agree, and I loved Spellbound even better

[@truespirit730]

You got that right!😊

[@jadezee6316]

lol...dude notorious was a terrific movie but Casablanca is in the running of the greatest movie ever made

[@johnschuh8616]

Agree. Why Grant was not given an oscar for that, and her too, has always amazed me.

[@xr2863]

​​@@jadezee6316 That's true...but many people, including me, don't agree that it's all that perfect.

[@jadezee6316]

my favorite movie....i watch it for a special treat since i have seen it at least 30 times and still its a pleasure to see it again

[@paulnelson7479]

What made the old movies so wonderful was the dialogue. The Maltese Falcon is also amazing.

[@csnide6702]

One of the greatest movies of all time.......

[@saifonlawrence2044]

I like how she was able to keep it real.

[@turk5832]

It's amazing how out of chaos emerged one of the finest cinematic gems of all time!

[@soaringvulture]

Maybe out of left field, but Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" came out of similar chaos. He didn't realize he had to write a piano concerto until his brother asked him how he was doing on it about a month before the performance. Well, George really got after it when he found out and the final work was magnificent.

[@StimParavane]

Having watched Casablanca many many times, I believe the actual key role and performance was from Claude Rains. Superb.

[@hudsony777]

Absolutely.

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

Key character, but not a key role

[@StimParavane]

@@dynamicvoltage9765 Nope. His performance was the most important one for the success of the whole film.

[@gringopaul3423]

What a beauty, inside and out.

[@Skiljebo1947]

Once I flew from Thailand to the north of Europe - and I watched the movie "Casablanca". For the second time. After a while I began to smile a little. Because in almost every shot the actors lit a cigarette (or smoked) - even Ingrid Bergman once! She was not comfortable with it, I could se. She did not smoke in real life. After a couple of years she got bored of Hollywood. And met Roberto Rosselini in Italy. The rest is history!

[@meerkat7406]

Casablanca is a cinematic masterpiece. Every shot is so perfectly crafted.

[@lescobrandon3047]

As a retired professional photographer, i am still stunned by much of the use of light. When Bergman and others were filmed in dark locations in closeups, the use of catchlights made me use them in almost all of my portraits when creating model portfolios. The acting was great but little things like dazzling closeups added so much to make it a great film.

[@meerkat7406]

@@lescobrandon3047 There are scenes where the camera pans into and out of Rick/Bogart sitting alone in the cafe that are visually stunning.

[@lescobrandon3047]

@@meerkat7406 - Right. The entire film was stunning.

[@paulsimmons5726]

My wife and I love this movie! We watch it every year or so, never gets old!

[@baseballguy2001]

Bergman's performance was top notch. In 2042, we'll still be talking about how good this picture is.

[@jamesthompson3099]

Oh, undoubtedly!

[@Tob1Kadach1]

Ingrid was a great actress and very beautiful, even as she got older ❤

[@soaringvulture]

When you get older, (and if you're lucky, you will) you will find how beautiful older women can be. There are really good times to be had out here.

[@therealzilch]

Ingrid Bergman is of course a legend. But Dick Cavett as well, for conducting such sprightly, intellectual, and empathetic interviews. Bravo.

[@quackslikeaduck]

What an elegant, gracious person she was.

[@pedroiarules]

It’s so interesting to hear about that film from her perspective in the context of their overall careers being smack in the middle, where as we all think of it as their masterpiece but it was just another job.

[@13letras]

Great interviewer: intelligent, cultured, discreet, articulate and without ego problems. I saw him interview all kinds of famous people, including geniuses like Orson Welles, without being intimidated or confrontational. Always speaking as an equal, like a well-informed curious person. He knows he is the supporting actor whose role is to make the interviewee shine and he follows an agenda with genuinely interesting questions I've been impressed by the quality of old American TV shows. There are fabulous things like Stevie Wonder singing the most spectacular live version of "Superstition" for little kids on Sesame Street (what!?) There was a time when television was an important part of culture. Hard to believe

[@anneroy4560]

and he got that off the cuff first time ever television interview with the great Katharine Hepburn!

[@juancervantes4085]

"We'll always have Paris" speaks to everyone! Most of us including myself have not had the good fortune to visit the City of Lights. However most of us have gone through what Rick had gone through and can reflect and remember the one that got away and the memories that were shared. It doesn't have to be Paris, it could be anywhere. I believe that this is why this movie is so memorable and one of the classics of the Silver Screen from the Golden Age of Hollywood!

[@jamesdrynan]

Thank goodness for Dick Cavett! Insightful, intelligent conversations with Orson Welles, Brando, Olivier and so many more.

[@bobbysands6923]

For many years I heard that Casablanca was carefully crafted, a shining example of screenwriting at its best. This was also told to me in a screenwriting class, taught by "the screenwriting guru" of all time, whose name I will not mention. Apparently all of that was nonsense. Nonetheless, this is one of the greatest movies ever made, and if it was a happy accident so be it. I am glad, though, that the truth is out. And Ingrid Bergman...who couldn't lover her?

[@johnschuh8616]

Bogart did give her the ultimate complement. It made it easier that Ingrid Herman was looking at him as if she loved him But “Maria” was the character I liked best.

[@srb20012001]

Not nonsense. The screenwriting for that picture won an Oscar.

[@MrRoute6600]

The Best Movie ever Made .MY ALL TIME FAVORITE

[@susangutrugianios2241]

I loved watching the Dick Cavett show in the afternoon Great interview

[@bh5606]

I try to watch it twice a year. Love it.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

Casablanca is one of my all time fave films that I love so much. I never get tired of watching it.

[@tiffsaver]

I think the decision to have her leave Rick and go with the freedom fighter was the best possible ending. This was a wartime drama, and I think the message of putting a country's freedom before your own personal desires was the ideal one. In war, people are forced into making very difficult, often life and death choices, sacrificing things that in peacetime they would never think of doing. So hers was the only correct choice.

[@Songbirdstress]

She loved Rick, but her husband needed her more. Not sure that Rick didn't actually love her more either.

[@tiffsaver]

@@omi_god I wonder how many people realize that they actually wanted RONALD REAGAN to play the part of Rick. Can you imagine that?

[@tiffsaver]

@@Songbirdstress Interesting thought. I think that Rick loved her more ROMANTICALLY, while she loved her husband more out of duty. But the "spark" in their relationship was obviously dead. It was more a respect thing.

[@Songbirdstress]

@tiffsaver She fell in love with someone else and he didn't even notice. So he wasn't seeing her as a woman. But he did have other things on his mind. It's an interesting conundrum. I feel she gave up her happiness, I'm sure he was the kind of man with more important things to do even after the war.

[@leestamm3187]

​​​​@@tiffsaver I'd rather not imagine Reagan in that role. He was at best a journeyman actor. Definitely not the guy to play Rick.

[@guilhermeguedes3100]

I’m always amazed by how identical Isabella Rossellini is to her mother, and in this interview is as if I’m watching Isabella, even the way they talk and their tone of voice are identical. Baffled!😮

[@leestamm3187]

Quite simple, really. It's just the old cliche personified. "Like mother, Like daughter."

[@gabrielmillines6908]

Cool clip. And Ingrid was a humble, gracious woman------almost to a fault. When she won her third Oscar in 1975, she used to speech time to praise her fellow nominee and good friend Valentina Cortese, and in doing so, completely ignored and neglected her other 3 fellow nominees Madeline Kahn, Talia Shire and Diane Ladd.

[@garywagner2466]

Movie fans love “Casablanca” because it was a very different kind of movie with so many complex layers. You never really knew which way the characters would go, and now we know why. The writers, producers and director didn’t know either. It must have been frustrating for the many talented actors in the cast, and challenging for the crew. That the film works so well is a tribute to their skills.

[@berttheace]

That's an excellent background story of Casablanca with the actress Ingrid BERGMAN .... it's really historic stuff ....

[@castelodeossos3947]

Lovely woman who seems to understand human nature really well. The curtain metaphor is excellent. Funny how she still speaks like a Swede even after years in the USA.

[@carollund8251]

It isn't funny, if you start speaking another language as an adult you almost always retain an accent. I've lived in Italy for 30 years and still have an accent, as do all my foreign friends. My kids, who are bilingual from birth, have no accent in either language..My grandparents moved to Chicago from Sweden in their 20's and always retained their accents.

[@castelodeossos3947]

@@carollund8251 I am not trilingual but learned three different languages as a boy, meaning my pronunciation in all three languages is so good, natives think I'm a native. Am not trilingual because I have never mastered the other two languages to the same extent as I master my mother tongue. In British English, we distinguish between funny peculiar and funny ha ha. The latter means it's comical whereas the former means it's odd, quirky, or something. And, even though (having been a teacher of English as foreign language) I have studied the reasons why, I still think it's funny peculiar how one can as an adult never properly learn a new language. Funny peculiar how such an innocent remark can give rise to admonitions about its not being funny peculiar but normal, as if I hadn't made it perfectly clear that I've studied the matter professionally and know very well that it's normal. Many normal things are, however, also funny peculiar. For example, certain aspects of human nature.

[@carollund8251]

@@castelodeossos3947 Bingo. The magic words are " as a boy". I am also a teacher of English as a second language, and here in Italy I have German friends and know the parents of my students from all over the world. It is extremely rare to find a parent who doesn't have at least a slight accent. The kids have none at all. Ingrid Bergman spoke excellent English, also Italian (I have heard her speak it), and French and German as well..but always with a slight accent. It is perfectly normal.

[@carollund8251]

P.S. I knew what you meant by the way 😀 " Funnily" enough ( meaning peculiarly!) " funny" aiso has two meanings in American English! We aren't from Mars you know!

[@castelodeossos3947]

@@carollund8251 My comment was based on your comment, which made me think you were not a native speaker of English, and thought I was criticising Mdm Bergman.

[@humbertosesma4664]

She was gorgeous and a great artist RIP Ingrid

[@kyle381000]

Adult conversation is an art, and no one did it better than Dick Cavett.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Could never stand him. Always so full of himself and trying to sound smart, and scarcely even listening to what the interviewed person is saying. Even here he doesn't seem to get what Bergman is saying, and starts talking when she hadn't finished, although fortunately on this occasion she persisted until he finally shut up. I've seen interviews that were worthless because he wouldn't shut up. And his jokes aren't even funny; they're more: look at me, I'm so witty.

[@lennarthagen3638]

Adult conversation wtf

[@jamesmcinnis208]

He seemed to think so.

[@史湘云-j1n]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 hear, hear

[@johnnyxmusic]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 I hate to have to agree, because I generally like Dick Cavett. But he does have that aspect about him.😢

[@dinaosullivan3381]

A wonderful movie with a message about love and the war.I watch it every chance I get. It's more than a love story.

[@michaelterry1000]

Amazing, they didn’t know which man Bergman would end up with in Casablanca ? So that final speech that Bogart gives to Bergman at the airport was written on the fly ?? Insane.

[@RebelBuddha1971]

I absolutely love hearing Ingrid’s Swedish accent.

[@13letras]

Grande entrevistador: inteligente, culto, discreto, articulado e sem problemas de ego. Vi ele entrevistando todo tipo de pessoa famosa, inclusive gênios como Orson Welles, sem se intimidar nem confrontar. Falando sempre de igual para igual, como um curioso bem informado. Sabe que é o coadjuvante cuja função é fazer o entrevistado brilhar e segue uma pauta com perguntas genuinamente interessantes Ando impressionado com a qualidade dos programas antigos da TV americana. Tem coisas fabulosas como Stevie Wonder cantando a mais espetacular versão ao vivo de "Superstition" para crianças pequenas na Vila Sésamo (what!?) Houve época em que a televisão fazia parte importante da cultura. Difícil de acreditar

[@Jasper7182009]

I miss Ingrid Bergman….

[@abeautifuldayful]

Me too. I've seen all her best movies. Some several times but years ago. I would love to see them all again, though.

[@monichat]

@@abeautifuldayful I loved her in Anastasia !

[@Lynne-28]

INGRID’S LIGHT STILL SHINES🌞

[@meditationmountainbyrishab919]

How can someone not talk to Ingrid Bergman? she still is the most beautiful woman to grace the silver screen!

[@DavidTa2]

One of my favorite films was Anastasia. With Yul Brenner. She was great in that one as well imo

[@philthycat1408]

I’m 65 and have just watched Casablanca for the the first time .

[@pauls6897]

I couldn't find any contact information on this site, or if there is a connection to the Dick Cavett Show, so I'm writing here. I enjoyed the show's run on Decades TV. Since that network changed its direction, are there any plans to run this show on other platforms similar to what Johnny Carson's show has running (Pluto TV)? I like the interview style Cavett has. In 2023 we aren't likely to get interviewers like this due to short attention spans. But I sure like it.

[@justinbergmans36]

Ingrid Bergman had such grace and class

[@bigulf6712]

one of the greatest actors ever!

[@onyourmarkphoto]

Fascinating interview. I had never seen this. It was surprising to hear how they felt this was going to ruin their careers.

[@johnduncan4725]

Lovely actress!

[@gardenlover9663]

I love her in Indiscreet with Cary Grant. I love the scene where she cooks for him. Sometimes the most simple activity seems so intimate.

[@scronx]

Simply marvelous. Thank you!

[@gwine9087]

Cavett always got the best from his guests.

[@DanielGarrett0123]

No he didn't. Even here he's making Bergman uncomfortable by probing and trying desperately to get her to say negative things about Bogart, to the point where she just repeats herself stating he only spoke to the director and the producer on set.

[@monichat]

@@DanielGarrett0123 That is not true

[@DanielGarrett0123]

@@monichat Prove it.

[@rand49er]

Such a great movie. One of my very favorites.

[@jeffking887]

I heard that the scene where Rick nods to the band leader to play La Marseillaise was shot without any real idea of when or where it would be used. I guess this movie was just a series of accidents that came together to become an iconic film.

[@charlie-obrien]

Just like Star Wars. They saved it in the edit. As that scene could not have been more perfectly placed or had more impact.

[@lauraemerson9900]

How refreshing to hear Ms. Bergman say that the actors kept their distance from each other away from the camera, so different from so many other actors, who have outrageous love affairs during filming, whether they are married or not.

[@leestamm3187]

She certainly didn't keep her distance from Rosselini.

[@donmcallister3745]

My favorite movie 🎥 of all times… everyone in the movie was fantastic… Bogart my favorite actor of the era… Bergman was terrific and gorgeous in it… also, I always had a crush on the girl from Bulgaria 🇧🇬…. I thought she was very pretty 😍!!! Bergman… very good interview 👌

[@chuckberger3196]

Joy Page played the girl. He was Jack Warner's stepdaughter.

[@donmcallister3745]

Yes… I know… I believe she was 17 at the time… still a very pretty woman. … just an observation… before I was born…😜🤪😜

[@preppysocks209]

I didn't know her name, but I happened to see her obit in LA when I was visiting. The headline said that Bogart told her to go back to Bulgaria. Then I knew who she was.

[@ub1953]

Love trying to match the dialogue ever time I watch it; and always shed a tear at La Marseillaise scene...

[@mattg8431]

She was still beautiful in 1978, but I think in Casablanca she was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. That smile, that charm, I've watched it dozens of time and each time I discover something new

[@charlie-obrien]

She would have been 63 when this show was aired. And yes, still a beautiful and elegant lady.

[@scriptsmith4081]

She exhibited a sensitivity that was unusual enough even then, and virtually unknown today- the expression on her face when Lazlo orders the band to play La Marseillaise is just exquisite.

[@susanlloyd7395]

Great, now please post the interview with Gene Kelly. The MGM legend has fans all around the world.

[@vintagelady1]

I could listen to her voice for hours, that slight accent, expressive. MEryl Streep reminds me of her---or vice versa! Especially in Out of Africa.

[@sandyreid4028]

Beautiful actress and wonderful actir.

[@philiplongee1149]

What make it so great IS the confusion, much like the war it’s depicting. Everything was in doubt. When it was about to be released in US theaters (late ‘42-‘43), US and British troops were landing in Casablanca and Tunisia to get Rommel out of No. Africa and FDR met Churchill. The Studio changed the title of the movie to give it better chance. Like rigging a roulette wheel. I’m shocked!

[@djtforever1414]

I've read that Bette Davis said that Claude Rains was her favourite leading man - interesting that Ingrid had a different experience.

[@lvc1975]

Ingrid was in two films with Claude Rains, ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Notorious ’, where he played her very insecure husband. Their rapport was really amazing.

[@philippapay4352]

Bogart was a rather courtly man who had been very well brought up by a physician & an artist. He was very focused on his work and probably a chaotic film would have distressed him due to his work ethic. He was also, at the time of filming, married to a severe alcoholic, who was non-functioning in the extreme and was often quite literally under the table when they went to dinner with friends, even at places like the Brown Derby or Chasen's. All his friends were sympathetic, but didn't live with her. This kind of seriously traumatic home life combined with a stellar career and now in a disjointed film must have been a worry. (Odd that she didn't know who she really loved in that I thought she loved Victor and stayed with him because he was in love with her and needed her in his work. Whereas, she was in love with Rick but had said that she wanted him to make the decision for them all. But our understanding of the dynamics as viewers is from the perspective of a fully realized script with master actors & editors.)

[@jadezee6316]

remember that Bogart chose to stay with his alcoholic wife even though it was a violent physically abusive marriage...plus Bogart was an alcoholic too and while he did come from a privileged youth he had many demands as an actor insisting on a firm quitting time as an example so his dedication as you claim did not come without conditions.... i assume you intend courtly to mean elegant ..and that is a matter of opinion..though it was well known Bogart did not associate with nor like the Hollywood scene preferring guests at his home like Sinatra and especially Tracy and Hepburn....though he spent every second he could doing the one thing he loved most in life.....being on his boat....

[@philippapay4352]

@@jadezee6316 It was a short marriage, but he left her when he realized there was no salvaging anything. He tried the only way he know how. He was a social drinker, but not alcoholic and this is testified to by those who knew him best, like Tracy, Hepburn, Bacall, etc. He & Huston drank together while making "African Queen," but it was clear to those who know the difference that Bogie limited his drinking, while Huston was a bona fide alcoholic, though he managed to do brilliant work. There is no harm in professionals setting limits on what they could do, especially when they had families at home or ill loved ones. He had a disabled sister he cared for his whole life and she was nearby where she could have professional help. So folks have their burdens.

[@leestamm3187]

Whatever his prevailing domestic situation, like many actors of his era Bogart was a true professional while at work Also like many of his era, it was cigarettes that killed him, not booze.

[@philippapay4352]

@@jadezee6316 P.S. I forgot to mention to you that in the era of this film it was customary and contractual for filming to end at 5pm with the final take of the day known as the "martini take." So, actors were able to plan their lives around a more normal workday schedule and with his personal obligations that was crucial.

[@philippapay4352]

@@leestamm3187 And he was actually beloved by his fellow pros. They cheered and whistled when he finally won an Oscar for "African Queen." He was a gentleman who had some hideous marriage mistakes early on.

[@jamesthompson3099]

I loved the movie, The actors, certainly including Ms. Bergman, were superb! It may have been an absolute mess to make but the result was one of history's finest films.

[@enak8405]

I am from a different generation. I just recently watched Casablanca and Ingrid was one of the most beautiful women that I have ever seen.

[@williamreaves3780]

Ingrid was very good in almost every film she was cast in.

[@JM-lw3nx]

You always get the straight scoop from Ingrid!

[@63bplumb]

Amazing woman! This country didn't treat her very well. But it was the times.

[@lnl3237]

Always say I'll only watch a bit of it when it comes on. Next think I know they're getting on that plane! Just saw "Waterloo Bridge" with a sunlime Vivien Leigh and charming Robert Taylor. Magnificent melodrama and like Casablanca, has an outstanding script and gorgeous cinematography.

[@lnl3237]

Whoever liked my comment, thank you for ignoring my lack of proofreading ("thing" and "sublime"). My former fifth graders would be appalled!

[@lnl3237]

@@hudsony777 I have-several times. Thank you anyway. You can never take your eyes off Vivien Leigh.

[@lnl3237]

@@hudsony777 We have the same taste. Bogey and Bacall-so good. Your parents might like "Notorious." Grant, Bergman, and Hitchcock-need I say more?

[@susantownsend8397]

I used to show Casablanca to my 8th graders. They loved it and all the girls crushed on Humphrey Bogart.