Round up the usual suspects : the making of Casablanca - Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
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Round up the usual suspects : the making of Casablanca - Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993, c1992
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Originally published: New York: Hyperion, 1992
Bibliography: p. 385-389
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It is 50 years since "Casablanca" opened up in America. Little did Humphrey Bogart know when he uttered the final line - "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship" - that he had just closed what would be one of the most enduring and popular movies ever. Aljean Harmetz believes that "every movie is a creature built from accidents and blind choices - a mechanical monster constructed of camera angles, the chemistry between actors, too little money or too much and a thousand unintended moments". Her portrait of the making of an unmatched classic reveals some of the accidents: how the stars of the movie almost weren't Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman; how "As Time Goes By" nearly didn't make it to the final cut.
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