Casablanca Movie

Hollywood screenwriters should know a good movie script when they see one, and "Casablanca" has been crowned the best screenplay ever. The members of the Writers Guild of America voted Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch's "Casablanca" into the top spot of the guild's 101 greatest screenplays.

A musical based on the 1942 movie "Casablanca" will make its world debut in China next month, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. The film starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as former lovers in Casablanca, Morocco, during World War II.

Tommy Lee Jones will take the Humphrey Bogart role in a staged reading of the screenplay of the 1942 film classic "Casablanca," to be performed at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood at 4 p.

Here's a look at some of the myths and legends behind the making of the film. Though Ronald Reagan was announced along with Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan in 1941 as the stars of the upcoming Warner Bros.

It was a drive-in movie with pizza and hot dogs, but no wheels. And, as one moviegoer said, there was no danger of "driving off with the speaker still in your window.

"This material has resisted sequels for almost 60 years," says Aljean Harmetz. As far as she's concerned, things should have stayed that way. She's talking about "Casablanca.

Michael Walsh knew when he was "on a literary suicide mission" when he signed on to write "As Time Goes By," a novel that follows the characters introduced in the movie "Casablanca.