<p>It is 50 years since "Casablanca" opened up in America. Little did Humphrey Bogart know when he uttered the final line - "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship" - that he had just closed what would be one of the most enduring and popular movies ever. Aljean Harmetz believes that "every movie is a creature built from accidents and blind choices - a mechanical monster constructed of camera angles, the chemistry between actors, too little money or too much and a thousand unintended moments". Her portrait of the making of an unmatched classic reveals some of the accidents: how the stars of the movie almost weren't Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman; how "As Time Goes By" nearly didn't make it to the final cut.</p>

Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca - Bogart, Bergman, & World War II

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Aljean Harmetz

Movies

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

<p>Making of the Wizard of Oz, The: Movie Magic and Studio Power by Harmetz, Aljean</p>

The Making of the Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM- and the Miracle of Production No. 1060

Delta

Based on interviews with cameramen, screenwriters, directors, and actors this book describes the making of "The Wizard of Oz", from flying hordes of monkeys through the sky, growing a poppy field, building the Emerald City to the sewing of almost a thousand costumes.

Making of the Wizard of Oz

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Books by Aljean Harmetz

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Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca - Bogart, Bergman, & World War II

The Making of the Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM- and the Miracle of Production No. 1060

Making of the Wizard of Oz