Casablanca (film) misquotation. One of the lines most closely associated with the film—"Play it again, Sam"—is inaccurate. When Ilsa first enters the Café Americain, she spots Sam and asks him to "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake." After he feigns ignorance, she responds, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'." Later that night, alone with Sam, Rick says, "You played it for her, you can play it for me," and "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!" Rick's toast to Ilsa, "Here's looking at you, kid", used four times, was not written into the draft screenplays, but
Casablanca (film) "Havana" (1990) have been poorly received. Stories of a "Casablanca" remake or sequel nonetheless persist. In 2008, the "Daily Mail" reported that Madonna was pursuing a remake set in modern-day Iraq. In 2012, both "The Daily Telegraph" and "Entertainment Weekly" reported on efforts by Cass Warner, granddaughter of Harry Warner and friend of the late Howard Koch, to produce a sequel featuring the search by Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund's illegitimate son for the whereabouts of his biological father. The novel "As Time Goes By", written by Michael Walsh and published in 1998, was authorized by Warner. The novel picks