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Casablanca: As Time Goes By:
50th Anniversary Commemorative
by Frank Miller.
Published by Andrews McMeel Pub.
Published 1992.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1878685147
ISBN-13: 978-1878685148
Description:
Published 1992.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1878685147
ISBN-13: 978-1878685148
The leading lady was the producer's second
choice. The leading man avoided his co-star between love scenes for fear of his
wife's jealousy. Two of the stars didn't want to be in the movie in the first
place. And nobody knew how the picture would end until the day they shot the
final scene. Yet, out of this chaos came one of the enduring film favorites of
all time – Casablanca.
For the First time, here is the whole story of
Warner Bros. Production No. 410, from the original play that laid its
foundation, through casting, writing, shooting, and post-production, to the
series of lucky breaks that created one of the most everlastingly popular films
of the last fifty years.
At every step along the road to Casablanca,
the picture's creators had to make choices that later meant the difference
between triumph and flop. Ronald Regan was initially announced to play one of
the male leads. Producer Hal Wallis considered casting Ella Fitzgerald as Sam
the piano player. Composer Max Steiner tried to cut "As Time Goes
By." And sometimes the participants managed to make the right choices in
spite of themselves.
Lavishly illustrated with a collection of
photos, memos, blueprints and posters never before assembled in one book
'Casablanca: As Time Goes By...' paints the most complete picture ever of a
movie that has mesmerized film-lovers and romantics for half a century.
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