 Other actresses considered for the part of Ilsa were  Edwige Feuillère (qv), Michèle Morgan (qv) and  Tamara Toumanova (qv). Ingrid Bergman (I) (qv) was one of the  first choices, but she was under contract to  David O. Selznick (qv), who was stalling because he wanted her for  _For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)_ (qv). Selznick finally agreed when  he learned that the Epstein brothers and Michael Curtiz (qv) were  working on the film, all of whom he respected and trusted. Warner  Bros. also agreed to loan Selznick the services of  Olivia de Havilland (qv) in return.