Classic Humphrey Bogart Movies
Humphrey Bogart one of the luminous stars in the history of Hollywood is remembered and celebrated on this lens. His steller talent illuminated the black and white (and later on in color) screen of 75 films. We will look at some of the best.
Humphrey Bogart A Short bio
Humprhey Bogart A Short Biography (from his official site)
The son of a Manhattan surgeon and a magazine illustrator, Humphrey Bogart was educated at Trinity School, NYC, and sent to Phillips Academy in Andover in preparation for medical studies at Yale. He was expelled from Phillips and joined the U.S. Navy. While serving, he was wounded in the shelling of the Leviathan; the resulting partial paralysis caused his signature snarl and lisp.
From 1920 to 1922, he managed a stage company owned by family friend William S. Brady, performing a variety of tasks at Brady's film studio in New York. After this, he began regular stage performances. Alexander Woollcott described his acting in a 1922 play as "inadequate".
In 1930, he got a contract with Fox and his feature film debut in a 10 minute short Broadway's Like That (1930), co-starring Ruth Etting and Joan Blondell. Fox released him after two years. After five more years of stage and minor film roles, he broke through with The Petrified Forest (1936); he got the part over Edward G. Robinson, only after the star, Leslie Howard, threatened to quit unless accompanied by his fellow actor from the Broadway production. The movie led to a long-term contract with Warners.
From 1936 to 1940, he appeared in 28 films, usually as a gangster, twice in Westerns. 1941 was his landmark year, first in High Sierra (1941) and then as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941). These were followed by Casablanca (1942), 0038355 and Key Largo (1948).
In 1947, he joined Lauren Bacall and others protesting the witch hunts of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He also formed his own production company and the next year made The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). "Bogey" received the Best Actor Academy Award for The African Queen (1951) and nomination for Casablanca (1942) and as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny (1954), a film made when he was already seriously ill.
He died in his sleep at his Hollywood home following an operation for throat cancer.
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Humphrey Bogart on the Web
- HUMPHREY BOGART - THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- HumphreyBogart.com - The Official Website of Humphrey Bogart.
- IMDb Filmography of Humphrey Bogart
- Humphrey Bogart on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
- Humphrey Bogart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- According to Wikipedia Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death.
- Mystique: Humphrey Bogart the Peak Years
- From hard boiled Sam Spade to cynical Rick Blaine, from wisecracking shamus Philip Marlowe to down-on-his-luck Fred C. Dobbs, Humphrey Bogart created a gallery of unforgettable characters.
Casablanca
Key Largo (Keepcase)
Key Largo benefits as much from its stunning performances as from its stylish film noir look and masterful narrative pacing. Once again, Humphrey Bogart plays the cynical loner who ends up as the good guy who gets the girl - admittedly, he is starting to look typecast but his performance is still impeccable. Lauren Bacall is as eye-catching as ever in this, her fourth pairing with Bogart (her real-life husband). Claire Trevor won the film's one and only Oscar, in the Best Supporting Actress category, for her tortured portrayal of the gangster moll Gaye Dawn. (From Review by James Travers) Humphrey Bogart on Wikipedia
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957)Ontario County Times birth announcement, 10 January 1900.Birthday of Reckoning. was an American actor.
After trying various jobs, Bogart began acting in 1921 and became a regular in Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s. When the stock market crash of 1929 reduced the demand for plays, Bogart turned to film. His first great success was as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936), and this led to a period of typecasting as a gangster film with films such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and B-movies like The Return of Doctor X (1939). His breakthrough came in 1941, with High Sierra (1941) and The Maltese Falcon (1941). The next year, his performance as Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942) raised him to the peak of his profession and at the same time, cemented his trademark film persona, that of the hard-boiled cynic who ultimately shows his noble side. Other successes followed, including To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), with his wife Lauren Bacall; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); The African Queen (1951), for which he won his only Academy Award; Sabrina (1954), and The Caine Mutiny (1954) His last movie was The Harder They Fall. During a film career of almost thirty years, he appeared in 75 feature films.
At the time of his death from cancer in 1957, Bogart was one of the most respected figures in American cinema. Since his death, his personal and film performances have been considered as having a lasting impact and have led to him being described as a cultural icon. In 1997, Entertainment Weekly magazine named him the number one movie legend of all time. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the Greatest Male Star of All Time.
Humphrey Bogart on Amazon
Bogie and Bacall - The Signature Collection (The Big Sleep / Dark Passage / Key Largo / To Have and Have Not)
Amazon Price: $18.99 (as of 12/21/2009) 
To Have and Have Not (Keepcase)
Amazon Price: $5.79 (as of 12/21/2009)
The Big Sleep
Amazon Price: $5.79 (as of 12/21/2009)
Key Largo on YouTube
Humphrey Bogart on eBay
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Casablanca
Although it was an A-list movie, with established stars and first-rate writers, nobody expected Casablanca to be anything out of the ordinary; it was just one of dozens of pictures being churned out by Hollywood every year. The film was a solid, if unspectacular success in its initial release, but continues to grow in popularity as time goes by, consistently ranking near the top of lists of great films.
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