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PRODUCTION
TIME LINE
1940--
Play-write Murray Burnett collaborates with Joan
Allison to write a play entitled Everybody
Comes to Rick's. The play is never published.
December 8, 1941-- Everybody Comes to Rick's
arrives at the Warner Bros. Story Department.
December 31, 1941-- Hal Wallis, a producer at
Warner Bros., officially changes the title to Casablanca.
January 5, 1942-- In a press release given to the Hollywood
Reporter, Warner Bros. announces the stars of
the upcoming movie to be called Casablanca.
Ronald Reagan is slated to play Rick, Ann Sheridan
as Ilsa, and Dennis Morgan as Victor Laszlo.
January 12, 1942-- Burnett and Allison sign a
contract with Warner Bros. for the rights to Everybody
Comes to Rick's.
January - March, 1942-- Screentests for the
leading roles take place.
April 20, 1942-- Dooley Wilson tests for the role
of Sam.
April 24, 1942-- Warner Bros. makes a deal to
borrow Ingrid Bergman from MGM.
May 1, 1942-- Paul Henreid agrees to play the role
of Victor Laszlo in return for third billing above
the title.
May 3, 1942-- An announcement is made that Dooley
Wilson will play the role of Sam.
May 13, 1942-- Production No. 410 is assigned to Casablanca.
May 22, 1942-- Conrad Veidt signs on to play Major
Strasser.
May 25, 1942-- Shooting begins with the Paris
flashback sequence.
May 26, 1942-- Claude Rains signs on to play Capt.
Renault and Peter Lorre signs on to play Ugarte.
May 28, 1942-- Shooting moves to Soundstage 8
which contains the set of Rick's Cafe.
June 15, 1942-- S.Z. Sakall signs on to play
headwaiter Carl.
June 25, 1942-- Paul Henreid reports to the set of
Casablanca after finishing Now Voyager.
Jully 11, 1942-- Max Steiner is assigned to write
the score.
August 1, 1942-- Humphrey Bogart completes
shooting his scenes.
August 3, 1942-- Last official day of shooting.
August 21, 1942-- Bogart is called back to add the
final line, "Louis, I think this is the
beginning of a beautiful friendship."
September 22, 1942-- Casablanca is
previewed in Huntington Park and Pasadena,
California.
November 8, 1942-- Allied forces land in North
Africa.
November 26, 1942-- Casablanca premieres at
the Hollywood Theatre in New York.
January 23, 1943-- Casablanca opens in Los
Angeles and in general release throughout the
country.
April 26, 1943-- Bogart, Bergman and Henreid
perform a radio adaptation of the movie on CBS
radio.
March 3, 1944-- The Academy Awards are held. Casablanca
leaves with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best
Screenplay.
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