Casablanca On Demand

During the week of November 13 through November 19, Movie Addict Headquarters celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Casablanca by featuring On Demand a special tribute show originally aired back in 2008.  Our special guest is Tom Barnes, author of Casablanca Film Trivia: Here’s Looking at You, Kid! 

Barnes includes 1,130 questions about Casablanca in his fun trivia book, and he’s worked on these questions for the past 15 years. The questions cover such areas as history, actors, script, critics, images, characters, production staff, music, geography, goofs, and clothing. Each of the 33 chapters centers on a specific category or theme, and most of the chapters end with interesting “factoids” about this fascinating movie.

Listeners can hear this popular vintage episode at any time during the week by clicking on the BlogTalkRadio link at the end of this article.  

Barnes says, “Now that Casablanca has reached old age, it is time to reflect on the film’s impact since winning the Academy Award for best picture...What better way to honor Casablanca than a book of trivia about all aspects of the film and its filming?

As a Casablanca fan, I had a great time trying to answer Barnes’ questions while reading his book. I also learned some intriguing new information about one of my favorite movies.

Because Barnes is a former teacher, that’s probably one of the reasons he does such an excellent job holding the reader’s interest in this trivia book.
Joining in the lively discussion are film critic Diana Saenger, founder of Classic Movie Guide, and avid Casablanca fan Jazz Shaw.

(Casablanca Film Trivia: Here’s Looking at You Kid! is published by Papyrus Publishing.)   

HOST: Betty Jo Tucker

PRODUCER: Nikki Starr

LINK TO LISTEN:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/movieaddictheadquarters/2008/08/19/casablanca-film-tribute

NOTE:  Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events are bringing Casablanca back to the big screen for two days: November 12 and November 15, 2017. Check your local media sources to see if it’s showing in your area.   

Here's Looking at You, Kid!

Casablanca is celebrating its 70th Anniversary today, and I want to thank author Tom Barnes, film historian James Colt Harrison and award-winning blogger Fausta Rodríguez Wertz for joining Nikki Starr and me on Movie Addict Headquarters yesterday to talk about this wonderful film. It was a fun show – one filled with fascinating information about this enduring Hollywood classic. We had a great time hearing about Tom’s Casablanca Film Trivia book and discussing our favorite performances, scenes and quotes from the 1944 Oscar-winning motion picture.

Kudos also to Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Warner Home Video for giving movie fans a chance to see Casablanca on the big screen in select theaters today. Tickets are available online at Fathom Events (http://www.fathomevents.com/).

If you would like to hear the Movie Addict Headquarters Casablanca podcast, please click on www.blogtalkradio.com/movieaddictheadquarters.