Comments on: Casablanca (1942) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/03/21/casablanca-1942/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Mon, 21 May 2012 23:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Hal O'Brien http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/03/21/casablanca-1942/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 Hal O'Brien Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:48:18 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=207#comment-2904 You don't mention the play "Casablanca" is based on, "Everybody Comes to Rick's," by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. It wasn't produced until 1991, although I almost did a production of it in Claremont from a copy of the play I'd xeroxed at UCLA. It's very rare -- UCLA no longer says they have a copy. When they *did*, it was obviously second generation, with the original having a stamp, "IMPORTANT: Return to Warner Bros. Story Library." At the time (mid 1980s) WB said they no longer had a copy. A good article may be found here: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-59599086.html You don’t mention the play “Casablanca” is based on, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s,” by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. It wasn’t produced until 1991, although I almost did a production of it in Claremont from a copy of the play I’d xeroxed at UCLA. It’s very rare — UCLA no longer says they have a copy. When they *did*, it was obviously second generation, with the original having a stamp, “IMPORTANT: Return to Warner Bros. Story Library.” At the time (mid 1980s) WB said they no longer had a copy.

A good article may be found here:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-59599086.html

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