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Rick's Cafe: Bringing the Film Legend to Life in Casablanca Hardcover - 2012

by Kathy Kriger; Cathy del Gandel


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For more than 60 years, tourists visiting Casablanca tried to visit Rick's Caf Americain only to discover that Warner Brothers had built the entire set on a studio back lot. It was a Hollywood fantasy--until Kathy Kriger came along, that is, and decided after 9/11 to bring the imaginary gin joint to life. In RICK'S CAFE, she takes us through souk back alleys, the March Central's overflowing food stalls, and the shadowy Moroccan business world, all while producing, directing, casting, and playing lead actress in her own story. Instead of letters of transit, she begged for letters of credit; the governor of Casablanca watched her back instead of Captain Renault; and at the piano, playing As Time Goes By, sits not Sam but Issam. She encountered paper pushers, absent architects, dedicated craftsmen, mad chefs, and surprising allies. It took over two years, but now, as Captain Renault says to Major Strasser, Everybody comes to Rick's. Here is the remarkable story of a woman who turned Hollywood fantasy into Moroccan reality and made her dream come true.

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  • Title Rick's Cafe: Bringing the Film Legend to Life in Casablanca
  • Author Kathy Kriger; Cathy del Gandel
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lyons Press, Qd11
  • Date 2012-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780762772896 / 0762772891
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 5.6 x 1.2 in (19.30 x 14.22 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Rick's Cafe (Casablanca, Morocco), Nightclubs - Morocco - Casablanca
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012027900
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Kathy Kriger was born and raised near Portland, Oregon, where she founded her own travel agency before traveling the world. After four years in the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in Morocco, she created Rick's Caf, which opened in 2004 to rave reviews. She has been interviewed by CNN, AP, PBS, Travel Channel, and More magazine among others.
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