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Article: Casablanca -- Popular Film of the Century.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Journal of Popular Film & Television
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
- Author:
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It seems in many ways appropriate to dedicate this issue of the Journal of Popular Film and Television to Murray Burnett-appropriate but also a bit sad. Fans and scholars who can recite nearly every line of dialogue from Casablanca, who worship Bogart and Bergman, and who could watch and rewatch the film have never heard of Burnett.
In 1981, I was asked to serve on a panel, "From Stage to Screen," for a Modern Language Association conference. It was while I was teaching Casablanca that the thesis of my paper became clear: Every film contains the foundation of its source, so that simply by watching the film an alert viewer could recognize whether it had been ...
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... ... by Casablanca, which was written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The mixture of old ... damn." 4 CASABLANCA, 1942 Writers - Murray Burnett, Joan Alison: "Play it once, Sam ... war." 2 CASABLANCA, 1942 Writers - Murray Burnett, Joan Alison: "Of all the gin joints ...
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