Case Blanca is 80 years old and timeless.

There's a lovely description of the making of African Queen here

medium.com/@JoeSommerlad/katharine-hepburn-the-monster-and-the-making-of-the-african-queen-f685af78c05c

Absolutely, and talking of male stars Cary Grant was the very best. I can still watch him in any of his films and swoon over him.

Kalu

My favourite all time actress though is Katherine Hepburn who always portrays a strong female in every part she plays. Her stoical natural character still came through in African Queen.

Ooh yes, absolutely! And Katherine Hepburn, along with Rosalind Russell, were the only two women who could hold their own alongside the wonderful Cary Grant.

Bringing Up Baby is the funniest film ever, no contest.

MawtheMerrier

I’m sure this is heresy but I never really”got” Casa Blanca and I have never liked Ingrid Bergman (or indeed many of the so-called “greats” like Bette Davis - IMO they both overact appallingly! )

I saw Ingrid Bergman on stage in 1971, I think, in Shaw's Captain Brassbound's Conversion at the Cambridge Theatre. A three-hander, alongside Kenneth Williams and Joss Ackland. I have to say she was rather wooden, but it was wonderful to have seen her in live action at all, and she looked gorgeous of course. Kenneth Williams was amazing too, in a straight role.

Calendargirl

Lauren Bacall obviously agreed with you Yammy.

Don’t suppose Bogie would have given me a second glance!

What I would have given to look like Lauren Bacall. Don't suppose Bogie would have given me a second look either.
There's always a kind gentle side to a naughty boy somewhere. If I had listened to my mother I wouldn't be sitting where I am perfectly content. Mine is like the Bruce Springstein song "Tougher than the rest,' but turns out an excellent Silent night in German every Christmas Eve for me.

Lauren Bacall obviously agreed with you Yammy.

Don’t suppose Bogie would have given me a second glance!

Calendargirl

I thought Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca had an absolutely luminous beauty.

Don’t know what she saw in ‘Rick’ though, never saw Humphrey Bogart’s appeal.

The appeal of Humphrey Bogart? Might it be that some of us like dark-looking, handsome in unconventional way men, who give off a slightly naughty bad boy aura? Robert de Nero, Al Pacino. I know my parents certainly thought I did and I've been with him for nearly 50 years.

For some reason I've never been able to get on with Katherine Hepburn - I think it's because her voice grates on me. The minute she starts speaking I want to turn her off. Having said that I agree she played some great parts. For the same reason I'm not too keen on Bette Davis either.

Let’s face it, Ingrid and Bette can’t be replaced, plus Celia Johnson in ‘Brief Encounter’.

Sometimes, the oldies and originals are the best.

I love Casablanca and think Ingrid Bergmann was luminous in it... wonderfully heartwrenching and nostalgic

Oh, Now Voyager. These days the two lovers would just set up home together.

Calendargirl

I also love the singing of La Marseilles.

Lump in the throat time.

Snap! they sing with so much passion.
Though Keeley Hawes instead of Ingrid Bergman I personally can't see that working she's not classy or mysterious enough for me.

My favourite all time actress though is Katherine Hepburn who always portrays a strong female in every part she plays. Her stoical natural character still came through in African Queen.

Bette Davis in Now Voyager - Don’t let’s ask for the moon; we have the stars! Cue, tissue box.

I also love the singing of La Marseilles.

Lump in the throat time.

We love Casablanca and watch the DVD at least once a year. As Time Goes By is also a favourite but the part I like most is when the French defiantly sing La Marseilles, it’s heart wrenching.

Parsley3

I love Casablanca. Poor Rick....
^Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine^

I love Casablanca as well ,we have it on DVD. "As time goes by ", was one of the few songs my late FIL sang at Christmas when he had had a few drinks
. I love the end when they walk off to join the Free French even Claude Reine as the Gendarme. We all sit sniffing.
What a treat to see it on the big screen again.

I love Casablanca. I often watch it, quite an interesting story of what was going on in the world at that time. I think the IB character made the right choice in the end. Now Maltese Falcon, I have watched that about 20 times and still don't understand what is going on.

Absolutely love Casablanca, a real old favourite. I've seen it umpteen times.

Namsnanny, I love Bette Davis in Now Voyager. And almost everything really.

Love this film, Bogard, Bergman, Raines, Greenstreet, Lorre, and Dooley Wilson .

It’s 3rd in the American Film Institutes 100 best movies of last
100 years.

I thought Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca had an absolutely luminous beauty.

Don’t know what she saw in ‘Rick’ though, never saw Humphrey Bogart’s appeal.

Namsnanny

Who would you cast in Ingrid Bergmans place Mawthemerrier?

Modern actresses?
Gosh, that takes thinking about.
Maybe Jodie Comer? Keeley Hawes?

MawtheMerrier

I’m sure this is heresy but I never really”got” Casa Blanca and I have never liked Ingrid Bergman (or indeed many of the so-called “greats” like Bette Davis - IMO they both overact appallingly! )

Me neither, but it doesn’t matter a hill of beans😆

I love Casablanca. Poor Rick....
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine