invasion setting. Eventually  he gave in, though, and producer Hal B. Wallis (qv) prepared to  shoot an epilogue where Humphrey Bogart (qv) and  Claude Rains (qv) hear about the invasion. However, before Rains  could travel to the studio for this, David O. Selznick (qv) (whose  studio owned Bergmans contract) previewed the film and urged Warner  to release it unaltered and as fast as possible. Warner agreed and  the premiered in New York on November 26. It did not play in Los  Angeles until its general release the following January, and hence  competed against 1943 films for the Oscars.