Tag: 1942

Map Overlay, 1942

On: By: Romeyn

Overlay map of the European Theater over North America to show relative distances. Solid Black line between Murmansk and Rostov is the Eastern Front between Germany and the USSR[United States]. Army Orientation Course. Newsmap. Monday, May 25, 1942 : week of May 15 to May 22, poster, May 25, 1942; [Washington, D.C.]., University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

Rick’s Café Americain, 1942

On: By: Romeyn

In my attempt to reconstruct the floor plan of Rick’s Café Americain, from the movie Casablanca, I discovered that there were two separate sets in which the scenes were filmed, also there were certain areas that just did not exist because of the way the set was designed (as seen in the photos below), thus making an exact replica impossible. As far as I could tell the gambling hall was just beyond the bar, as this was the direction the police went and Signor Ugarte (Peter Lorre) came from (22:16), though watching the people in the restaurant proper turned after the gunshot (22:14) would make you think it was the opposite direction. I have done my best to fit all the pieces together in the most logical placement. Probably the best overall view of the café was between the 6:45 and 7:05 markers of the film. Continue reading “Rick’s Café Americain, 1942” →