Lorre fans in the Silver Spring, Maryland, area will have two opportunities in March 2018 to catch
Casablanca at the
AFI Silver Theatre, in Silver Spring, Maryland.
On Saturday, March 17, Margaret Talbot, daughter of Warner Bros. actor Lyle Talbot, will moderate a panel of authors Alan K. Rode, Meredith Hindley, and Noah Isenberg and a discussion of
Casablanca, following a showing of the 1942 movie.
Rode’s book
Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film, Hindley’s
Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II, and Isenberg’s
We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie will all be available for purchase and autographs.
The program will begin at 2 pm.
Tickets for the event are $15 General Admission and $13 for AFI members. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or through the
AFI Silver website.
Casablanca will also be shown on Tuesday, March 20, and Thursday, March 22, as part of the AFI Silver series “Directed by Michael Curtiz”. Alan Rode will introduce
Casablanca, as well some of the other movies in the series.
Both showings of
Casablanca will begin at 7:20 pm.
Admission is $13 General Admission, $10 for seniors, $8 for children, and $9.50 for AFI Members, 2 star and up. Tickets may be purchased at the box-office, as well as
through the venue’s website.
The series “Directed by Michael Curtiz” will run from Saturday, March 17, to Sunday, March 25. The
complete schedule is available on the AFI Silver website.
The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road, at the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue, in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Parking is available in several public parking decks close to the theater. Most convenient is the Wayne Avenue garage, located at 921 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. Parking at the Wayne Avenue garage is free on weekends and after 8 pm on weekdays.
Directions to the cinema, as well as information about parking and public transportation, may be found on the AFI Silver website.