CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER AND PHRASEOLOGY PART II
In my previous post, I used the word lore to refer to my phraseological findings regarding " Here´s looking at you! ", the expression that whetted my curiosity. Why? The Free Dictionary explains : "A convivial toast to one´s drinking companions. Sometimes used in the form of "here´s looking at you, kid," a reference to the famous line said by Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 film Casablanca ." It is uttered by Bogart 4 times in the film and not only at the end of it, as it is often asserted. However, in that last scene, Bogart is not drinking, so we may also guess that the meaning, as the lovers are parting, is a wish of good luck. "Here´s looking at you" is used in the films The Bigamist (1953), with Ida Lupino and Joan Fontain, Dillinger (1945), and It´s a Pleasure (1942) where the meaning is ambiguous in every count. However in the 1939 historical and war film, The Real Glory , the meaning is clear: "Here´s looking at you, Mac. Bottoms...