Casablanca: The Making of Movies' Greatest Love Story

Eighty years after its release,  has become the world’s favorite cinematic love story. Behind the movie's dramatic events is a true story filled with its own danger, passion, heartbreak and triumph. Join us as award-winning producer and author Steven C. Smith reveals the real-life origins of Rick’s Café, and a true smuggling mission that spawned the story; shares surprising facts about the movie’s makers, many of whom were refugees who related to its story of escaping fascist control; and tells the fascinating backstory of the song “As Time Goes By."ABOUT THE  PRESENTATION: Casablanca

Steven C. Smith is a four-time Emmy-nominated producer and the author of two award-winning biographies, of composers Bernard Herrmann and Max Steiner. Steven's over-200 documentaries for television include collaborations with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Julie Andrews, Sidney Poitier and Stephen Sondheim.ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

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