The assembly line of making movies that was so popular in classic hollywood cinema was successful in many ways. The movie making machine made atleast 4-5 movies a year using similar actors. The most important part of this aspect was the stable income of movie gems. These gems include movies like Casablanca. These movies were made as the premier movie of the assembly line. The studio would make 3 or 4 other movies that werent supposed to live up to the hype of the gems, but they were entertaining nonetheless.
These big movies were important because they showed that, even though it was quickly assembled, they were THAT good. Its unbelievable to think in an age where it takes around 2 to 3 years to make a movie that these movies were made so quickly.
In the event of Casablanca, the studio heads picked a director who had directed other movies, but not with the magnitude of Casablanca. They inserted him into the formula, wrote a great story, inserted Humphrey Bogart and a lot of international actors and actresses. The end result, is arguably the best movie ever.
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