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louis c

(8,652 posts) Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:40 AM Nov 2015

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VIVE LA FRANCE (the riveting scene from Casablanca)

Our Thoughts and Prayers are with the People of France and we will once again triumph over evil.

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VIVE LA FRANCE (the riveting scene from Casablanca) (Original Post) louis c Nov 2015 OP

kick louis c Nov 2015 #1

Unforgettable moment. Octafish Nov 2015 #2

How pertinent that scene is............ louis c Nov 2015 #3

kick louis c Nov 2015 #4

The actress shown in the preview who played Yvonne is actually French. NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #5

Great little trivia. Thanks louis c Nov 2015 #6

louis c

(8,652 posts)

1. kick

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Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:41 AM

Nov 2015

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

2. Unforgettable moment.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:52 AM

Nov 2015

It also reminds me of how the world today is so similar to what the NAZIs wanted.

louis c

(8,652 posts)

3. How pertinent that scene is............

Reply to Octafish (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 10:39 AM

Nov 2015

and it was filmed nearly 75 years ago

louis c

(8,652 posts)

4. kick

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Mon Nov 16, 2015, 04:31 PM

Nov 2015

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)

5. The actress shown in the preview who played Yvonne is actually French.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 05:28 PM

Nov 2015

She fled in 1940 with her Jewish husband in advance of the Nazi drive into France. The tears near the end as she cries out Vive La France! are not fake.

Her name is Madeleine LeBeau.

louis c

(8,652 posts)

6. Great little trivia. Thanks

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 07:59 PM

Nov 2015

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