 "As Time Goes By" was written by lifelong bachelor  Herman Hupfeld (qv) and debuted in 1931s Broadway show  "Everybodys Welcome", sung by Frances Williams (II) (qv), It had  been a personal favorite of playwright and high school teacher  Murray Burnett (I) (qv) who, seven years later, visited Vienna  just after the Nazis had entered. Later, after visiting a cafe in  south France where a black pianist had entertained a mixed crowd of  Nazis, French and refugees, Burnett was inspired to write the  melodrama "Everybody Comes To Ricks", which was optioned for  production by Martin Gabel (qv) and Carly Wharton (qv), and  later, Warners. Aftr the films release, "As Time Goes By" stayed on  radios "Hit Parade" for 21 weeks. However, because of the  coincidental musicians union recording ban, the 1931  Rudy Vallee (qv) version became the smash hit. (It contains the  rarely