Article: `Casablanca' gets colorized, but don't play it again, Ted

It's still the same old story,

A fight for love and glory. . .

On the night of Nov. 9, Ted Turner will present a colorized version of "Casablanca" on cable television. And that will be one of the saddest days in the history of the movies. It is sad because it demonstrates that there is no movie that Turner will spare, no classic however great that is safe from the vulgarity of his computerized graffiti gangs.

Ingrid Bergman: Do you remember Paris?

Humphrey Bogart: I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray. You wore blue."

And so they will know to color her dress blue, and also her eyes, and probably the wallpaper behind her and maybe a few other items here and there. And ...

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