Daily Dialogue — August 1, 2010

“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

 — Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca (1942), screenplay by Julius J. Epstein & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, based on a play by Murray Burnett & Joan Alison

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is notable last lines. Casablanca was suggested by Annika W and @tracinell on Twitter.

Trivia: The script was based on the unproduced play “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”. Samuel Marx of MGM wanted to offer authors (Murray Burnett and Joan Alison) $5,000 for it, but MGM boss Louis B. Mayer refused; Irene Lee of the Warner Brothers story department praised it to Jack L. Warner, who agreed to buy it for $20,000. 
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