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Engrid Bergman, she will always be remembered as time goes by.
Warner brothers had offered Ronald Reagan and Ann Sharlton the leads in a romantic World War Two drama to be directed by Michael Kerteebs. Reagan and Sharlton
dropped out when script problems seemed unsolvable. Bergman and Humphrey Bogart were their replacements.
"I was willing to shoot the captain and now I I know I was willing to shoot you."
Bogart portrayed a cynical expatriate in wartime Morocco with Bergman as his idealistic long-lasting love. Although the script underwent constant revisions, the
chemistry between the two stars was apparent from the first day of filming. Bergman and Bogart were unforgettable.
"If you knew how much I loved you, how much I still love you."
"We had a very poor script and they never knew what we are going to do the following day and we never knew how to end the movie which was a bigger worry to me
because I didn‘t know which man I really loved. I asked them, ‘Do I love my husband, or do I love Humphrey Bogart,because Paul Henry played my husband?‘ They said
they don‘t know because we hadn‘t made up our minds. Play in between. So very often when I see that movie I can see my face that tells no expression whatsoever."
"I try to reason with you. I tried everything. Now I want those letters."
"Somehow it all came together and the script that has been seen as weak became the blueprint for Hollywood‘s most enduring film classic. CASABLANCA won three
Oscars best picture, best director and best screenplay. Bogart and Bergman‘s romance seemed to make it all work. Today it‘s impossible to imagine Ronald Reagon looking at
Sharlton, saying: "Here is looking at you, kid."
Aging gracefully, Engrid still commanded attention. She was offered one hundred thousand dollars to play one four and a half minute scene in a film adaptation of
Agatha Christie‘ classic, Murder on The Orient Express. In a giant all star cast, Bergman plays a funny old Swedish missionary. She stood out[7] and was honored with her
third Oscar. It was a bitter sweet moment, only her family and few close friends knew that Engrid had been stricken with the cancer the year before.
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