CASABLANCA Vs. EVERYBODY COMES TO RICK’S
Worth checking out:
Martin N. Kriegl’s brief 2004 essay on the differences (in html) between Murray Burnett and Joan Alison’s "Everybody Comes to Rick’s," the unproduced play that was the basis for Casablanca, and the film’s screenplay credited to Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and Howard Koch.
Here are a couple of snippets from Kriegl’s text:
"Upon first reading both stage play and screenplay, one is tempted to jump to the conclusion that Casablanca is one of the rare occasions where a story, through adaptation from one medium to another, is elevated from a mediocre (if promising) source material to a gem of rare beauty. …
"The character Rick, a former rebel with apparently inviolable values and principles, who has lost [...]
by Andre Soares | December 22, 2008
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Tags: Casablanca, Classic Movies, Everybody Comes to Rick's, Howard Koch, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Alison, Julius J. Epstein, Murray Burnett, Philip G. Epstein
