Casablanca pierced Moroccan vintage floor lamp for Rick's CaféAméricain. First concept. MEMORABILIA.
Casablanca (Warner Bros., 1942)
The production of the film "Casablanca" wascarried out by Warner Bros studio, co-founded by Albert Warner. Albert Warner (born July 23, 1884 inKrasnosielc, died November 26, 1967 in Miami Beach) – American filmmaker ofJewish origin, born in Poland, one of the co-founders of the Warner Bros. filmstudio.
In the film "Casablanca," the Rick's Cafe decorwas entirely studio set design, created by the Warner Bros. production designdepartment.
The interior of Rick's Cafe in "Casablanca" was ablend of authentic Moroccan inspiration and typical Hollywood styling. WarnerBros. set designers sought to create an "exotic atmosphere."Alongside Moroccan elements, there were Art Deco, French colonial style, andMiddle Eastern decorations from other regions.
Cinema Mercantile Co., one of the oldest and largestsuppliers of film and TV set decorations, supplied items to Warner Bros.Studios during the production of Casablanca.
George James Hopkins, who was responsible for the setdecorations on the film "Casablanca," was responsible for specificelements such as furniture, lamps, carpets, and other decorative props.
However, not all of his props made it directly to the filmset. Some were included in the concept, but were later modified. Apparently thefirst original concept included larger rooms and more decorations. Despiteeverything, the design elements were very interesting.
This lamp is one of those decorations that did not appear inthe film so that it was taken into account in the first original concept. Thisis a vintage openwork floor lamp that was part of the original interior designconcept for Rick's Cafe in one of the greatest American films of all time,Casablanca.
It is very large and beautiful.
This historic decorative set piece is beautiful. Exhibitingexpected age and patina (as like photos).
Diemnsions: 79 cm
Provenance:
- Cinema Mercantile Co. Ltd
- Anton Grot (1884 – 1974) Polish Art Director long activein Hollywood. He was known for his prolific output with Warner Brothers. AntonGrot was a pioneering Hollywood art director whose work helped define thevisual language of early Warner Bros cinema. In 1941, the Academy presentedGrot with a special award for his invention of a water-ripple and wave-illusionmachine. He first used this technical innovation in The Sea Hawk (1940). Itenhanced the realism of maritime sequences. This demonstrated how Hollywood artdirection could successfully combine visual storytelling with engineeringingenuity.
- Marek Weissman (private collection)
The black and white photos included in the sale present asecond modified concept of the interior design. The first, original concept wasnot preserved in the documentation.
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Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directedby Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and PaulHenreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an Americanexpatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) andhelping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape fromthe Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against theNazis. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stageplay by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features ClaudeRains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.
Warner Bros. story editor Irene Diamond convinced producerHal B. Wallis to purchase the film rights to the play in January 1942. BrothersJulius and Philip G. Epstein were initially assigned to write the script.However, despite studio resistance, they left to work on Frank Capra's Why WeFight series early in 1942. Howard Koch was assigned to the screenplay untilthe Epsteins returned a month later. Principal photography began on May 25,1942, ending on August 3; the film was shot entirely at Warner Bros. Studios inBurbank, California, with the exception of one sequence at Van Nuys Airport inLos Angeles.
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