Hollywood On 52nd Street

As Time Goes By is a now a jazz classic song that was originally written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. However, it didn’t become most famous until it appeared in the 1942 romantic drama film Casablanca. Based on the un-produced stage play “Everybody Comes To Rick’s”, it was sung by the character Sam played by Dooley Wilson. The song was voted No. 2 on the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs Special, commemorating the best songs in film. It was used as a fanfare for Warner Bros. Pictures since 1999 and was the title and theme song of the 1990s British comedy series As Time Goes By.

The movie starred Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid the film also featured Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson.

The Story: Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in the words of one character, “love and virtue”. He must choose between his love for a woman and helping her Czech Resistance leader husband escape the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis.

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