Stage: Appeared (as "Max Granada") in "Festival" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack. Directed by Albert Marre. Longacre Theatre: 18 Jan 1955-5 Feb 1955 (23 performances). Cast: Ann Barlow, Leslie Alan Blatt, Patricia Englund, Betty Field (as "Sally Ann Peters"), Pat Hingle (as "Joe Foster"), Harry Shaw Lowe, Luba Malina, James Reese, Abbott Lee Ruskin, George Voskovec. Produced by Walter Fried in association with Felix Brentano.
Was wary about appearing in Casablanca (1942) for fear that it would
ruin his image and cause him to fade from the public eye. Ironically,
it's the very film which immortalized him.
