Listen Up "Casablanca" Fans, Here's The 10 Things You Should Know About The Classic Film

by N/A, 10 years ago | 1 min read

Here's what you need to know about this classic movie.

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1. The first scene was shot by a different director.

Don Siegel directed the opening scene in the movie and went on to direct Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Dirty Harry.Â

2. Corinne Mura had an uncredited role.

She played the nightclub singer in the "La Marseillaise" scene.

3. Two TV shows based on the movie have been made.

One series aired in 1955 and the other aired in 1983.Â

4. It's known as the most quotable movie of all time.

It was featured six times in the AFI'sÂ 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesÂ list.

5. Some rumors from the set were true.

Bogart was taking lessons in Swedish from his co star Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid adopted his gardener's two daughters who were refugees from Europe.

6. Some parts of the poster were pulled from another Humphrey Bogart movie.

Shots of Humphrey Bogart in a trench coat wielding a gun were actually from a movie called Across the Pacific.

7. Casablanca was originally based on a play.

The original play, titledÂ Everybody Comes to Rickâ€™s, was co-authored by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. They sold their rights to the play for just $20,000, a record amount at the time.Â

8. A remake was almost made in 1973.

But the director that Warner Bros. executives pitched the idea to, FranÃ§ois Truffaut, wasn't into it.Â

9. It was rumored that Ronald Reagan would star in the film.

He was in active duty with the U.S. Cavalry Reserve at time, so we couldn't have been in the film.Â

10. The movie got off to a confusing start.

The first scene filmed was a flashback scene, but star Ingrid Bergman didn't know which character she should be falling in love with because the script wasn't finished.