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DGA QUARTERLY 69 CASABLANCA (1942) > Casablanca was known for many things: as a rousing call to arms during the war years, its colorful ensemble cast, Bogart's breakthrough performance, and its revolving door of scribes. "The screenwriters didn't have an easy time working with Curtiz, whose story conception often relied on his mind's eye with the camera," writes Rode. The author quotes one of the fi lm's co-screenwriters, Julius Epstein: "Curtiz was marvel- ous on the visual side of direct- ing," recalled the Oscar winner. "He knew just when the cigarette smoke should curl backward…"