Humphrey Bogart-Superstar

[Soft Pillow]

What more can possibly be said about this legendary actor? No one before or since has had the same charismatic appeal. I believe his blatant honesty in both his professional & personal life speaks louder than words.

W/Admiration,
SP


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[Sam Spade]

He is without doubt, my favourite actor, i can list many of his films in my top 20 (The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, African Queen, Casablanca, High Sierra, Key Largo etc)


He could portray such menace, and in a time when censors would not allow gratuitous violence, and was just as good at portraying villains (Treasure of the Sierra Madre) as he was heroes (The Maltese Falcon)

We will never see his like again.

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[Bovon]

Yep, agree with all that's been said - and if for no other role, he should have been honoured for playing-against-type as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny.

[brausch]

How good was he? It was his acting that completely changed the end of The Maltese Falcon. In the book Spade turns O'Shaunessy in without much trouble showing himself to be a hollow empty cynic, Bogart gives him real feelings and conflict making Spade far more interesting. Its Bogart's skill that elevates The Caine Mutiny from a fairly dull film to real drama, giving the audience sympathy with a character who could have just been a petty martinet in lesser hands. One of Bogart's very best performances doesn't get mentioned as often as it should, In A Lonely Place, get the DVD if you haven't and check out his early horror turn in The Return Of Dr X (in the great value R1 DVD box Hollywood's Legends Of Horror Collection) and look what's coming later this year http://www.amazon.com/Casablanca-Ultimate-Collectors-Blu-ray-Humphrey/dp/B001EL6EH2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1220866411&sr=1-1



"Heavy, what is it?"
"The stuff dreams are made of"

[Lena]

I love all the Bogart movies, even the older ones when he's always a gangster, but I think my favorite is Conflict because his character progressively falls apart after murdering his domineering wife. He starts as a well respected and liked man and ends up a little despicable worm!

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[Bovon]

If I'm not mistaken, he also gave the 'jaded/laconic hack' the Bogie-treatment in The Barefoot Contessa (?). May be wrong of course, but I'm sure its him? Ava Gardner - stunning. The point with Bogart is, and I'm no expert, is that he raises even mudane material above the level of watchable. Apparently, he was even a decent stage actor, if my memory serves?
Also, here's one for you fans: What was the name of the film where he has (early version) plastic surgery? He'd just broke outta de pen etc. I can't remember the name, but I think it was a decent film?

[elf4736]

Very good movie with Lauren Bacall.

Also one of may favorite Bogie movies is Were No Angles

he's very funny in it.

[johnwillie7]

Without doubt, the coolest man on the planet, in his day, and still no-one has come close.

[free4440273]

Key Largo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040506/): possibly my favorite film of his (Edward G Robinson in top form also) :)

[doyle]

The plastic surgery film shot from his POV? "Dark Passage"(1947).
One of my favorites; he doesn't appear till near the end. He got this film made - his wife, Lauren Bacall's career was slowing down and she needed a vehicle. I've been by the apartment house on Nob Hill where Bacall's character lived; it looks exactly the same today.
And he didn't die of lung cancer, apparently. He died of cancer of the esophagus, which is somehow linked to heavy drinking and smoking.

[anklebiter]

What a great idea for a thread.I love Bogart.I'm one of the few people my age who looks forward to an old b&w movie with actors who make movies great-not just computer generated graphics, and special effects.
My fave Bogart role was a supporting role to James Cagney, in Angels with dirty faces.Even when he wasn't the star, he stole the show.
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[harterdonner]

I must say I do really enjoy old movies. Much more acting, and heavy with meaningful dialog. Not really a Bogart fan. IMOHO he was the first real Action Drama caricature actor, others had more acting presentation, and range. Then again as in anything dealing with media, it could have well been those are the only kind of roles he was used in, and may have had talents well beyond those I have seen.

Without question we have not ever had, nor never will have another Bogart, and his place in history should remain as one of the top actors of all time.

[Sid ney]

I almost had Sidney Greenstreet as my avatar. So under-rated.

[MaxJoker]

Nowadays it`s common practice to call the latest actor the new such and such because with some rare exceptions they`re more or less interchangeable . That is never and could never be said of the true greats like Bogart ,and it`s not just that he was of his era . If he was around today he`d still quickly rise above this centuries highest paid nonentities sorry i mean movie stars , as even when placed alongside the legends he`s still uniquely one of a kind.

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What`s my definition of a screen legend ? .It`s an actor who`s film history you immediately know when you first see him , and then just as immediately forget the moment he moves a muscle and pulls you into the reality of his characters story :cool:

[kiwi]

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is up there in my top ten films of all time. I've watched it about 50 times over the years. My wife doesn't understand how I can watch the same film(s) again and again.

I joke with her every time I watch the Great Escape that I am hoping Steve (R.I.P.) will clear the barbed-wire & make it to Switzerland. He still hasn't but I live in hope ...

Kiwi

[moonvisage]

Humphrey Bogart was a magnificent actor,and added such immense quality to all the films he appeared in.The famous Hollywood costume designer John Orry Kelly made ALL Humphrey Bogarts Trenchcoats he wore in his films,including Casablanca.Contrary to all reports,the trenchcoats were not made by Burberry or Aquascutum,or,supplied by Humphrey Bogart himself from his personal wardrobe.

[LeroyLargeCar]

It's still Christmas Day in America and it should be noted that today is Bogie's birthday as well. For anyone who can receive it, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is running several of his movies as a birthday tribute. Casablanca just ended, the Big Sleep is on now, and in about 1 hour and 45 minutes they'll be running The Maltese Falcon. (That's approx. 11:00 pm, U.S. central time.) :) Hope some of you fans are still awake to enjoy it.

[snorkie]

In the his film "Hammett" Wim Wenders tries to show how events in Dashell Hammett's life could be found in his writing (actually true to a point). The irony is most of the supposed real life examples shown were actually mannerisms Bogart used to flesh out his Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon!" How's that for a lasting influence?

You know, The Maltese Falcon had been filmed twice before, but it took Bogart (and, John Huston, dir.) to make the third version a classic.

[Trip]

He is without doubt, my favourite actor, i can list many of his films in my top 20
(The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, African Queen, Casablanca, High Sierra, Key Largo etc)

We will never see his like again.



He could also play such a hero, unmatched by any of today.
I still have Maltese Falcon and Casablanca on VHS.

Plus it's good to notice and look at the times.
In African Queen, while he was normal man, not
ripped and all muscly, and yet he pulled it off.

Today's actors appear to have to be on steroids and
glistening with veiny muscles to do what HB did with
that boat in that river. Classic.

Along with a few classic Brando films, I just
watched African Queen over the holidays, and man
your boy kicks ass, Sam. He really was the best.

[snorkie]

You Bogart fans may want to pick up the DVD of "The Big Sleep." It has the version that was shelved for nearly a year, and the classic version that was released after re-takes, and editing. There is also a documentary explaining why the film had to be re-shot. Pretty interesting stuff.

BTW, apparently the writers at one point were stumped by one of the story's many convoluted plot points. They called Raymond Chandler to ask who killed the Sternwood's chauffeur, Owen Taylor. Chandler reportedly replied, "I don't know!" Also, in the movie, they sort of skip/gloss over who killed Reagon, the man who's disappearance started the story. The Robert Mitchem re-make was just a little more faithful to the novel regarding the Reagon killing. That version has two problems: 1. Mitchem was just a little to old for the part, and 2. He just wasn't Bogart!

Enjoy:)

[haldane4]

I watched him in The Harder They Fall on television the other day - not rated as one of his better films but he acted everyone, including Rod Steiger, off the screen with a kind of laconic brilliance.

It's a pity Huston didn't get The Man Who Would Be King off the ground with Bogart and Gable, that would have been some kind of movie. :)

[Bubba Hotep]

For some reason I must have missed this topic! Great to read Bogart is still appreciated nowadays.

I am a huge fan and collector of classic movies. Especially the crime/gangster and film noir genres rank among my favorites. Warner Bros. was the big studio for the crime-genre in the 30's and 40's, and luckily this studio released some excellent dvd box-sets over the past years. Many of those including plenty of titles with Bogart, Cagney and Edward G. Robinson. Most of Bogart's Warner-classics have been released in terrific form. The Bogart Signature Collections, as well as the Tough Guys and Warner Gangster sets, are all highly recommend!


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[COP11]

The Greatest Ever

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[doyle]

Has anyone seen The Return of Doctor X? I haven't looked it up on the IMDB lately, but I understand it's out of print.
He plays a vampire! "I've been in more lousy movies than anyone else in Hollywood", he once said. This was one of his early efforts he wanted to slide under the carpet. I'll take Hump's word for it - but I'd still like to see it...

[rlg118]

Here's looking at you, kid.

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[tygrkhat40]

Bogie was the star of two of my favorite classic movies, Casablanca and Sahara. And I don't think it's a coincidence that both films featured a non-stereotyped black character, something rarely seen in Hollywood movies of that era.

In Casablanca, it's Sam, played by Dooley Wilson. Sure Sam works for Rick, but to Rick, Sam isn't just a valued employee, but his friend. They've been together through out thick and thin and he's the one who can talk to Rick no matter what. And the only time where anything seems condescending to Sam is when Ilsa calls him the "boy playing the piano."

In Sahara, it's a Sudanese soldier who's a sergeant in the British Army. All the characters (except the Nazi POW, of course) treat him with honor and the dignity his rank deserves. One of the best scenes in the movie is when the sergeant, a Muslim, explains to one of the soldiers about the Muslim custom of multiple wives and tells him that the prophet says that four is the ideal number of wives. The soldier asks the sergeant if he has four wives, who replies that his wife wouldn't allow it.

[cutilaie]

I have been a Bogie fan for many years and had a chance to take photos of the house he lived in and visited his grave.



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[cutilaie]

I love the way Bogie wore his hats. If I could ever find one that he actually wore, I'd buy it.


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[Norbert84]

A great one for sure. There were many great actors from that era. I like the authentic, down-to-earth attitude Bogart and the likes had. Another great actor from that era and within the film noir genre was Sterling Hayden. Never compare them to those ridiculous macho douchebags in todays "cinema".

[cutilaie]

A great one for sure. There were many great actors from that era. I like the authentic, down-to-earth attitude Bogart and the likes had. Another great actor from that era and within the film noir genre was Sterling Hayden. Never compare them to those ridiculous macho douchebags in todays "cinema".

I had to google Sterling Hayden (March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) because I've never heard of him. The only movie I recognized him from was the Godfather where he played the corrupt police captain. Evidently, he was in many more movies. Hayden became a print model and later signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, who dubbed the 6' 5" actor "The Most Beautiful Man in the Movies" and "The Beautiful Blond Viking God". His first film starred Madeleine Carroll, with whom he fell in love and married. He has an interesting Bio. He was quite the free spirit wanderer.

[Norbert84]

Sterling Hayden could have become an icon just like Bogart but he never took all the Hollywood star thing seriously. He was a man of life and an adventurer. You can also see him in Kubrick's "The Killing" and "Dr. Strangelove". His most notable film noir appearances were in "The Asphalt Jungle" and "Crime Wave". Apart from his dislike for Hollywood, he has been blacklisted because of his brief membership in the Communist Party which is another reason why he never had a "career". I'm glad he took another path because he obviously lived his dream.

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