“Say It Again Sam” in Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart’s apparent phrase from Casablanca. In fact, This is one of the most frequently misquoted phrases from movies. However, ‘Play it, Sam,’ is the real line from the film. In the film, Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) initially says something resembling ‘Play it again, Sam’ in a conversation with the pianist ‘Sam’ (Dooley Wilson)
Say It Again Sam: The Famous Casablanca Misquote
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Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old times’ sake.
Sam: I don’t know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.
Ilsa: Play it, Sam. Play “As Time Goes By.”
Sam: Oh, I can’t remember it, Miss Ilsa. I’m a little rusty on it.
Ilsa: I’ll hum it for you. Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum…
Ilsa: Sing it, Sam.
Audiences commonly associate “say it again sam” with Bogart, and his character Rick Blaine had a similar interaction later in the film, however, his line is simply ‘Play it’:
Rick: You know what I want to hear.
Sam: No, I don’t.
Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me!
Sam:. Well, I don’t think I can remember…
Rick: If she can stand it, I can! Play it!
Casablanca, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid, is a 1942 American romantic drama film.
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It is set during World War II and centers around an American expatriate (Bogart) who has to choose between his love for a lady (Bergman) and assisting her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance commander, in escaping from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue fighting the Germans.
The script is based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison’s unproduced theatrical play Everybody Comes to Rick’s. Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson are among the supporting actors.
Earlier, The scenario is that Rick, the proprietor of Rick’s Café, a gambling den and general gathering spot for those in the know, was madly in love with a woman named Ilsa in 1940. He’d meet her in Paris at the outset of the war. As a result, She had assumed at the time that her husband, a Czech resistance fighter called Victor Laszlo, had perished in a detention camp. When her husband showed up, alive and well, she’d go off with him without saying anything to Rick.
Therefore, The husband is aware that Ilse loves Rick and is eager to depart on his own. Rick forces Ilsa to board the plane to Lisbon with Laszlo at the last minute, warning her that she would be sorry if she stayed—”Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.”
Casablanca featured established performers and first-rate writers. However, no one involved expected it to stand out among hundreds of Hollywood releases.
