num_pages: 416
description: It is 50 years since "Casablanca" opened up in America. Little did Humphrey Bogart know when he uttered the final line - "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship" - that he had just closed what would be one of the most enduring and popular movies ever. Aljean Harmetz believes that "every movie is a creature built from accidents and blind choices - a mechanical monster constructed of camera angles, the chemistry between actors, too little money or too much and a thousand unintended moments". Her portrait of the making of an unmatched classic reveals some of the how the stars of the movie almost weren't Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman; how "As Time Goes By" nearly didn't make it to the final cut.
language: English
title: Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
titlecomplete: Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
genres: Pop Culture, Biography, Film, School, Media Tie In, Nonfiction, History, World War II, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 415
publisher: Hyperion