Bess Meredyth

[Julius Epstein] 'When we had a story conference [for 'Casablanca'] and Mike [Michael Curtiz] came in the next day and made criticisms or suggestions, we knew they were Bess Meredyth’s ideas, not his, so it was easy to trip him up. We’d make a change and say, ‘What do you think, Mike?’ and he’d have to go back and ask Bess.'