Authors: Aljean Harmetz
ISBN-13: 9780786888146, ISBN-10: 0786888148
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: 1ST
Critically acclaimed when published in 1992 as Round Up the Usual Suspects, The Making of Casablanca offers the ultimate insider's look at the politics and personalities behind the most celebrated movie of all time -- Casablanca. Updated and timed for the sixtieth anniversary of the movie, this fascinating book draws upon years of research, including access to Ingrid Bergman's personal acting diaries and the vast Warner Brothers archives, as well as interviews with many of those close to the film, including Lauren Bacall, the late Paul Henreid, and scriptwriters Howard Koch and Julius Epstein. Richly detailed and full of surprises, The Making of Casablanca debunks many cherished myths about the casting, script, story, and stars, to reveal the realities of the volatile Hollywood studio system during World War II.
Acknowledgments | ix | |
Preface | xiii | |
1. | Just Another Movie | 3 |
2. | The Studio: Jack L. Warner, Executive Producer ... and Hal B. Wallis | 16 |
3. | Writing Casablanca: A Survival of the Fittest Script | 35 |
4. | False Starts | 62 |
5. | Bogart, Bergman, and Henreid: A Date with Fate | 81 |
6. | The Studio System Goes to War | 102 |
7. | The First Day of Shooting | 117 |
8. | The Usual Suspects: Rains, Veidt, Greenstreet, Lorre, and Wilson | 138 |
9. | Love and Censorship | 162 |
10. | Directed by Michael Curtiz | 182 |
11. | Working Relationships: On the Set and Off | 195 |
12. | The Refugee Trail: Europeans in Hollywood | 208 |
13. | At the Airport: The End of Production | 227 |
14. | "Our Ism ... Americanism" | 240 |
15. | Play It, Sam | 253 |
16. | Selling the Movie and Selling the War | 266 |
17. | Controlling Hollywood | 284 |
18. | The Academy Awards | 312 |
19. | As Time Went By | 327 |
20. | The First Fifty Years | 338 |
Reference Notes and Sources | 355 | |
Casablanca Cast and Credits | 384 | |
Bibliography | 385 | |
Index | 391 |