Tag Archives: Humphrey Bogart

R.I.P. Lauren Bacall

Posted on August 12, 2014 by sheila

This was the magazine cover that started it all. Howard Hawks was looking for a protege, a girl he could mold into his perfect woman who could play in those fabulous macho movies he made. His wife, “Slim” Hawks, saw … Continue reading →

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The Great Escape (1963), Possessed (1947), Three on a Match (1932)

Posted on August 23, 2013 by sheila

The Great Escape Directed by John Sturges I saw this for the first time on the big screen, at a packed showing at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. It’s meant to be seen large. It’s meant to be seen … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II, by Aljean Harmetz

Posted on March 30, 2012 by sheila

Next book on the Hollywood shelf: The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II, by Aljean Harmetz The book was first published under the title Round Up the Usual Suspects, which I like better, but that’s neither here … Continue reading →

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Review: The African Queen (2011)

Posted on February 2, 2011 by sheila

This originally appeared on Capital New York. See ‘The African Queen’ with a crowd; marvel at Hepburn’s pallor The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston, has endured as a classic with audiences who love the humorous sparring between the … Continue reading →

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The African Queen Restored

Posted on February 2, 2011 by sheila

This year is the 60th anniversary of John Huston’s The African Queen, and the film, which has been seen in a pasty muddy-colored print for decades has finally been restored to its original brilliant luster. You can buy the restored … Continue reading →

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Movie Marathon on Block Island

Posted on February 6, 2010 by sheila

While I had tons of time to read, and walk, and have visitors, and write, and dream, I also had an orgy of movie-watching out on the Island. I brought some movies with me, but for the most part, I … Continue reading →

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20 Favorite Actors

Posted on August 28, 2009 by sheila

Joining the fun that’s been going on, and to quote Nathaniel who started this whole thing: “In no particular order and extremely subject to change.” For example: where the hell is Robert Mitchum? And William H. Macy? And Sean Penn … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Howard Hawks

Posted on August 5, 2009 by sheila

Peter Bogdanovich: [Cary] Grant is a much more vulnerable character [in Only Angels Have Wings] than any of the other leading men in your pictures. Howard Hawks: Much more sensitive. Bogart rode right over it. [John] Wayne will get, not … Continue reading →

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Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep: “She Got the Idea All Right.”

Posted on May 29, 2009 by sheila

Martha Vickers, a young pretty actress, was unforgettable and creepy as the sociopathic thumb-sucking nymphomaniac in The Big Sleep. How on earth did THAT get by the censors?? There’s a really cute story about her and the filming of The … Continue reading →

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Today in history: November 26, 1942

Posted on November 26, 2008 by sheila

Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City. It was not expected to be a long-lasting mythical evocation of the quintessential American ideals we all aspire to, from generation to generation. It was just supposed to be another … Continue reading →

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