Tag Archives: Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall: “He was a very special human being, Bogart.”

Posted on April 1, 2005 by sheila

A funny article here which gives you a glimpse of Bacall, age 80, on her book tour. I like, in particular, this quote from Bacall: “I am always associated with [Bogart] in people’s minds — ‘the greatest love story ever … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Imaginary Dinner

Posted on January 4, 2005 by sheila

THE AUTHORS Christopher Marlowe. I have a TON of questions to ask that guy. Charles Dickens. Just because I have a feeling that the dude was a blast. He could sit at the head of the table, keep the liquor … Continue reading →

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Sidney Lumet: On Murder on the Orient Express

Posted on December 21, 2004 by sheila

Movie stars vs. theatre stars. Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: A charming thing happened at the first reading of Murder on the Orient Express. Five stars of the English theatre were appearing in the West End at … Continue reading →

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More On That Howard Hawks Woman

Posted on September 8, 2004 by sheila

Recently, I noticed an interesting thing, which somehow (I think) illuminates what I was trying to write about here, in my piece about “the Howard Hawks woman“. Howard Hawks directed Only Angels Have Wings in 1939, and To Have and … Continue reading →

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The Howard Hawks Woman

Posted on August 20, 2004 by sheila

Howard Hawks is THE director for portraying the delicious war between the sexes. (That’s why his films resonate so deeply, I think, for me. Yes, there is a war between the sexes, but oh, isn’t it a lovely war? And … Continue reading →

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Cary Grant’s “Comic Signature”

Posted on August 6, 2004 by sheila

Richard Schickel describes the acting in The Awful Truth … no one overplays their underplaying and … the pace is all of a piece. In the little world that the director, Leo McCarey, created for thisfilm — and he won … Continue reading →

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Bogart and Bacall: Early Publicity Shot

Posted on June 25, 2004 by sheila

Bogart hated doing publicity shots, and got out of them as often as he could, which, of course, was much easier once he was a huge star. Martin Weiser, the studio photographer who had been personally assigned to Lauren Bacall … Continue reading →

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The Last Exchange in The Big Sleep

Posted on June 24, 2004 by sheila

She: And what about me? He: You? What’s wrong with you? She: Nothing you can’t fix.

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One More For the Road

Posted on June 22, 2004 by sheila
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Bacall and Truman

Posted on June 22, 2004 by sheila

Truman regretted this photo later, but nobody else did! She’s 20 years old. She married Bogie a month or so later. This was in her period of white-hot new celebrity, which was soon to end. (Not for good, she would … Continue reading →

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