Documentary

42:30

1995

Dell Jack , Cress Darwin

Planet Group Entertainment

BOGEY FOR REAL...

“Bogie said that dead is dead and life is for the living, and that you’ve got to move on…and if you don’t, it’s self indulgent and does the dead no good. He said it dishonored them because, if they gave you so little care for your own life, then they didn’t leave you with very much” –Lauren Bacall
Ranked #1 on The American Film Institute’s list of the greatest screen actors, Bogart was the son of a Manhattan surgeon and a magazine illustrator. He got his start in New York working as a stage manager. Bit parts followed and an early contract with Fox showed promise, but went nowhere. A few years later and back on Broadway, he performed in “Petrified Forest” with Leslie Howard. The play was a hit and Bogart once again traveled to Hollywood to star in the film version. From there his career took off. His characterizations as a tough guy-gangster type made him a super star. In 1941 he made two break-through films: ‘High Sierra” and “The Maltese Falcon” (In roles which were both turned down by George Raft). “Casablanca” made in 1942 guaranteed his superstardom. In 1947 he and his wife Lauren Bacall went to Washington to protest the Communist witch-hunts generated by Senator McCarthy. A pop culture icon to generations of movie-goers, Bogie will forever be remembered for his role in “The African Queen” opposite Kate Hepburn in the early 1951. (1899-1957) From the Hollywood Leading Men Series, Bogart is a masterful documentary rich with detail, film trailers, and other content that tells the full Bogart story.