Humphrey Bogart. The Man in the Trenchcoat and Soft Felt Hat.
Off screen as tough a guy as on, always larger than life, Bogie was Hollywood's sweet-water dose of late-night rum, who at the darkest hour would intoxicate an entire culture and by a generation's dreams earn himself immortality.
He was Sam Spade, Philip Marlow, Duke Mantee, Rick, Captain Queeg.
He married four times: most violently to Mayo Methot, who tried to carve him up with a kitchen knife: most happily to Lauren Bacall, 25 years his junior. This is his story, the real legend of Bogie.
Humphrey Bogart. The Man in the Trenchcoat and Soft Felt Hat.
Off screen as tough a guy as on, always larger than life, Bogie was Hollywood's sweet-water dose of late-night rum, who at the darkest hour would intoxicate an entire culture and by a generation's dreams earn himself immortality.
He was Sam Spade, Philip Marlow, Duke Mantee, Rick, Captain Queeg.
He married four times: most violently to Mayo Methot, who tried to carve him up with a kitchen knife: most happily to Lauren Bacall, 25 years his junior. This is his story, the real legend of Bogie.