On this day in 1942, Warner Brothers released a small ‘B’ movie that no one wanted anything to do with called CASABLANCA. Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ and starring HUMPHREY BOGART, INGRID BERGMAN, PAUL HENREID, CLAUDE RAINS and the best character actors on the WB lot, CASABLANCA went on to win 3 Academy Awards and become one of the most popular movies of all time.