The fundamental things apply: a great romance needs a great soundtrack. [ITALIC “Casablanca”] had both these and more — a sidekick who could perform the key song whenever nostalgia hit. Ingrid Bergman’s Ilsa didn’t accompany Humphrey Bogart’s Rick from Paris to Morocco, but Sam (Dooley Wilson) did. And as the piano player at Rick’s Café Americain, he’s the one singing “As Time Goes By” — at Ilsa’s request — when the two lost lovers meet again. But you must remember this: no one in the 1942 classic actually says, “Play it again, Sam.”
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