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Prop Wartime 1940s Letters of Transit / WW2 Vintage Casablanca Style Display Set
Prop Wartime 1940s Letters of Transit / WW2 Vintage Casablanca Style Display Set
Regular price
£37.40 GBP
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£39.40 GBP
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Important Note: This fictional style of vintage paperwork never existed in the real world and was designed especially for the 1942 film and considered a classic MacGuffin (an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself.) These reproduction wartime-style props are not official nor do they claim to be and are solely intended for entertainment novelty and collecting purposes.
This is a rare opportunity to own this pair of highly sought-after prop Casablanca-inspired papers. The creation of these ‘Letters of Transit’ were the result of a museum exhibition as well as collector requests. These reproduction props are professionally created using the best quality materials. They are created using traditional film and television art department techniques for added authenticity and so are perfect for on-screen or display use. This auction for a pair of documents as pictured includes:
Victor Laszlo’s 'Feuille de Déplacement' dated July 1941
Partly-completed 'Demande de Sauf-Conduit' dated December 1941 (the letter seen on screen has not been completed in a similar way.)
Important Note: This listing is for a pair of large forms as pictured. They will be posted loosely rolled in a wide 3” cardboard tube to retain the option of displaying them flat or folded as seen in the film. One letter measures approx. 385mm x 230mm and the other approx. 340mm x 268mm. One of the images in the listing shows a 1942 date like the ones in the screen-used passports but the letters will in fact have the correct 1941 year as stated in the film.
Trivia: An endless debate has taken place over the decades over who it is believed would have signed the fictional ‘Letters of Transit’ featured in Casablanca, Général de Gaulle or Général Weygand (or even Admiral Darlan). No-one can ever know for sure despite the various expert opinions for both, seeing as the original prop papers didn’t survive there can be no undeniable proof either way. What we do know is that in the original 1940 screenplay for Casablanca (or “Everybody Comes to Rick’s” as it was also then known) it was listed as Weygand. There is also the point of historical accuracy in that Weygand was an official in the Vichy government in charge of the North African colonies in 1942 whilst de Gaulle as the leader of the Free French forces (in exile in Britain at that time) means his signature would be less than worthless in Vichy France.
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