From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxj!mhuxv!mhuxm!pyuxjj!rlr
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: Casablanca vs Modern Hollywood
Article-I.D.: pyuxjj.365
Posted: Mon Dec 13 12:31:04 1982
Received: Tue Dec 14 03:15:48 1982
References: peri.156

The original title of Casablanca *was* "Everyone Comes to Rick's". It was based
on a Broadway play of the same name, which the people involved in making the
movie thought was pretty bland.  They totally rewrote it and changed the name
to Casablanca.
NOTE:  "Everyone Comes to Rick's" was originally purchased by the studio as a
vehicle for...  RONALD REAGAN and ANN SHERIDAN!!!!!!!  Imagine this dialogue:

Peter Lorre:  "Rick, you must give me the letters of transit!!!!!!"
Ronald Reagan:  "No, I'm going to save them for the truly needy!!"

OR... imagine (if you will) Reagan uttering the immortal dialogue at the end of
the movie  ("You and I don't amount to a hill of (jelly?)beans...", "You're part
of his work, you're what keeps him going").  The possibilities are endless.....