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Classic Film Review: James Mason makes his mark in Britain’s “Casablanca” — “Candlelight in Algeria” (1943)
Hollywood won the race to get a drama about the Allied invasion of North Africa into theaters largely due to luck. Warner Brothers bought the rights to an unproduced play written in 1940 that just happened to be set in … Continue reading
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