THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF “CASABLANCA”
This classic was actually filmed in Hollywood- not Morocco.
Everybody Comes to Rick’s is an American play that was bought but unproduced by Warner Brothers.
It was adapted for film as Casablanca (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison in 1940, prior to the United States’ entry into World War II, the play was anti-Nazi and pro-French Resistance. The film became an American classic, highly successful and ranked by many as the greatest film ever made.
Casablanca was directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.
Screenplay by: Julius J. Epstein; Philip G. Epst…
Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
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