THE GREAT FILM CASABLANCA WAS MADE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY           2013

Casablanca, was a very important, anti-fascist film made during the Second World War. It's theme song "As Time Goes By" has become the credits theme for today's Warner Brothers films.

 

Arthur "Dooley" Wilson played the role of "Sam" the piano player in the great classic film "Casablanca" made in 1942 in the San Fernando Valley. Stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman made the film for Warner Brothers in Burbank. The exterior air port scenes were filmed at the historic Van Nuys Airport.  - ps ........ No one ever said, "play it again Sam."

Dooley Wilson was a long time friend of Ralph Muzzillo Sr, from whose collection this photograph was borrowed, courtesy of Ralph Muzzillo Jr. 

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INGRID BERGMAN AND HUMPHREY BOGART WITH SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BIRD STARS

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY     2011

While processing photographs donated to The Museum by Joan Putney this October, these great photographs of Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart and the long-lived cockatoo "Cockie" were discovered.  Possibly still shots from the film Casablanca (filmed in Burbank and at Van Nuys Airport), the photographs are undated and may be from a later film in which the two film actors co-starred.

The gorgeous cockatoo lived to be over 75 years old. 

Cockie, the cockatoo, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart -  Joan Putney Collection.  Photo number 3882 -  (click on image to enlarge)

 Photo number 3884 - Ingrid Bergman with pottery seller in a North African scene. Miss Bergman holds the bird celebrity "Cockie" the cocatoo from Birdland in the San Fernando Valley.

Photo 3883 -  The beautiful Ingrid Bergman. The Joan Putney Collection of Bird Wonderland photographs and news articles.  (click on image to enlarge)

CASABLANCA A CLASSIC FILM FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

       DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY   2011   
                         
Burbank's 100th Anniversary 
Van Nuys' 100th Anniversary

Everyday, as The Museum of the San Fernando Valley, enhances our Library of San Fernando Valley Entertainment Industry History, the expression "Valley of the Stars" becomes more evident. It takes thousands of artists to create films, television programs and videogames, and thousands of the most creative people in the world call "The San Fernando Valley My Home."  

Few films had a greater emotional impact on the American people and movie-goers world wide during World War II than the classic film CASABLANCA. Starring the gorgeous Ingrid Bergman and rugged Humphrey Bogart, the film helped to build great patriotic fervor. Their co-star Paul Henried,  unforgettable music, and sleazy fascist villains added up to one of the great movies of its time. 

 Casablanca was filmed, nearly entirely on the lot of Warner Brothers Studio in the San Fernando Valley City of Burbank. A significant scene, where Rick (Bogart) encounters the German Major Strasser, was shot at Van Nuys Airport. Portions of the hanger used in the film were rescued from demolition by Valley residents who share The Museum's commitment to preserving our Entertainment Industry Heritage.

 The little Liberty Bug, at the lower left hand corner of the sheet music for "As Time Goes By" appeared throughout America during the Second World War. I remember seeing it when I began kindergarten. In the first grade, we saved our dimes to buy Savings Stamps and pasted them every week in little books that added up to the purchase of a $25 dollar War Bond.

I remember seeing my mother sitting by a huge old radio in our living room, as she listened to Kate Smith singing As Time Goes By. My big sister Genevieve tried to teach it to me, but I thought it was way too "mushy" for a boy to sing.  (click on image to enlarge)