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   wlahearn@gmail.com to Bill Anderson   
   Re: A Night In Casablanca (US) 1946   
   05 Jul 23 13:10:08   
   
   From: wlah...@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 12:50:11 PM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:   
   > wlah...@gmail.com  wrote:    
   > > Hey,    
   > >    
   > > I would blame Bill Anderson, but I had too much fun. One thing I really    
   > > liked about this farce is that the musical interludes were tolerable and    
   > > not sopranos baying at the moon. The rest is the Marx Brothers, that says   
   it all.    
   > >   
   > Oh I will happily take blame for this. You have reminded me that one day    
   > when I was in training to be a docent at the Library of Congress I held    
   > this very letter in my in my own two hands. I was awestruck.    
   >    
   > https://lettersofnote.com/2011/02/21/i-had-no-idea-that-the-ci   
   y-of-casablanca-belonged-exclusively-to-warner-bros/    
   >    
   The FBI suspected Marx of being a Communist and suggested HUAC publicly   
   interview him. HUAC passed, "he'll tear us apart."   
      
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