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Aljean harmetz biography

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  • The Making of Casablanca

  • Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
  • By: Aljean Harmetz
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
  • Unabridged

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  • Performance

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Critically acclaimed when published in 1992 as Round Up the Usual Suspects, The Making of Casablanca offers the ultimate insider's look at the politics and personalities behind the most celebrated movie of all time - Casablanca....

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Aljean Harmetz’s many books about the movies include The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II .

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Aljean Harmetz

American journalist and film historian

Aljean Meltsir Harmetz (born December 30, 1929)[citation needed] is an American journalist and film historian. She was the Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times from 1978 to 1990.

Her film books include The Making of The Wizard of Oz (1977), a detailed study of the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II (1992).

Early life and education

Born Aljean Meltsir Levin, Harmetz grew up in Southern California, near the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios. Her mother, Rose Meltzer, worked at MGM's wardrobe department from 1937 to 1951, as an accountant and then the assistant department head.[1][2] As a teenager, Harmetz held a summer job at MGM working in the fan mail department. During her lunch breaks, she walked around the studio backlot and dreamed of becoming an actress.[3] Harmetz wrote, "I wanted to be a movie star more than anything in the world. The closest I came w

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