It is considered an iconic line from the golden era of movies, uttered by a lovelorn Ingrid Bergman requesting a meaningful tune on the piano.
But the phrase Ilsa Lund delivers to Sam in Casablanca as she mourns her lost romance with Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine has emerged as one of the most misquoted in film.
Rather than “Play it again, Sam”, in the 1942 film the actress actually entreats “Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By”.