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Tag Archives: The Maltese Falcon
“I was never totally involved in movies. I was making someone else’s dream come true. Not mine.” — Mary Astor
“The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.” — Mary Astor It’s her birthday today. Her memoir is great, by the way. Her story was told – by everyone else – … Continue reading
“I have respect for my profession. I worked hard at it.” — Humphrey Bogart
What an unlikely movie star, on the face of it. Consider the face. The face is now iconic, and “movie star” makes total sense in retrospect. He feels inevitable. But in the ’30s there was no prediction that he would … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, The Maltese Falcon
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Top 5 lines Said By Humphrey Bogart
1. “I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. I don’t like them myself. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them long winter evenings.” – The Big Sleep (another good one from The Big Sleep is: “She tried to … Continue reading
Bogart’s First Screen Kiss
Bogart, after doing film after film after film where he played a villain in the early 30s, where he always seemed to get shot by Edward G. Robinson, finally got a chance to show another side to his character in … Continue reading
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Tagged Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, John Huston, Mary Astor, The Maltese Falcon
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George Raft’s Shortsightedness
Letter to Jack Warner, from George Raft turning down the role in The Maltese Falcon: “As you know, I strongly feel that The Maltese Falcon is not an important picture.”