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Knock on Wood" is a song written by M.K. Jerome and Jack Scholl for the film Casablanca, where it was performed onscreen by Dooley Wilson to music played by pianist Elliot Carpenter. [1] Commissioned by producer Hal B. Wallis, the song is the movie's only original composition. [2] [3]
"As Time Goes By" is a jazz song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became famous when it was featured in the 1942 film Casablanca, performed by Dooley Wilson as Sam. The song was voted No. 2 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs special, commemorating the best songs in film [1] (surpassed only by "Over the Rainbow" sung by Judy Garland).
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson (April 3, 1886 – May 30, 1953) was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca. In that romantic drama, he performs its theme song "As Time Goes By". Wilson was a drummer and singer [1] who led his own band in the 1920s, touring nightclubs in London ...
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of ...
Pages in category "Casablanca (film)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Knock on Wood (1942 song) N. A Night in Casablanca; P.
Paul Henreid (January 10, 1908 – March 29, 1992) [1] was an Austrian-American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best remembered for several film roles during the Second World War, including Capt. Karl Marsen in Night Train to Munich (1940), Victor Laszlo in Casablanca (1942) and Jerry Durrance in Now, Voyager (1942).
The song was played by a single violin at the funeral of Casablanca's lead actress Ingrid Bergman, being one of the most touching moments of the event. The song was recorded by ZZ Top and released as a ghost track at the end of their album Mescalero.--Technopat 08:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
In 1942, a small group of French Resistance members devises a plan to attack in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, aiming to undermine Nazi Germany's power there. While the French police officer Maurice Desjardins is enjoying himself with some girls, the Resistance group shoots a man in the port, seizing a briefcase containing crucial documents about the Third Reich.