Saturday 11 June 2011

Hal Wallis and Casablanca

Yes. I know. Everybody comes to Ricks. Everybody knows about Casablanca. A movie that returns 16 million results in .13 seconds in Google.

Heres a niblet. Lena Horne or Ella Fitzgerald instead of Dooley Wilson? Hal Wallis did consider this.

Casablanca1

or the alternative to the most famous movie ending of all time

Casablanca2

Heh. August 7th . My birthday

Hal Wallis. Often overlooked. Always significant.