Orgetorix
Call Me a Cab
- Messages
- 2,241
Dapper Dan said:
Hmm. Interesting. I'd say he's a long way from completely without hair there--my father has less than that (but still has a bit on the sides), and he's been balding for 30+ years.
-
The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.
Bald Bogart?
- Thread starter Orgetorix
- Start date
Hmm. Interesting. I'd say he's a long way from completely without hair there--my father has less than that (but still has a bit on the sides), and he's been balding for 30+ years.
MikeBravo
One Too Many
- Messages
- 1,301
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
Dapper Dan said:
He's definitely losing it there. There's a portrait of the Bogart family a few months before his death, and he is almost completely without hair in it.
That's an interesting pic. Looks like it was taken in Australia, though I didn't know Bogie and Bing had been in Australia at the same time.
Anyone know where it was taken?
In case anyone was wondering about Bing's hat, it is an Australian Army "slouch hat". (We claim it as ours but it was actually copied from the Cape Town, South Africa Police force during the Boer War)
And by the way, didn't Bogie love his bow ties?!?! I was watching a documentary on him a while ago and he often wore one off screen. Anyone seen him in a bow tie in a movie?
MikeBravo
One Too Many
- Messages
- 1,301
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
Oh yes,
he wore one in Sabrina
he wore one in Sabrina
The Wingnut
One Too Many
- Messages
- 1,711
- Location
- .
Dapper Dan said:
I know what you mean. I feel a bit of that as well. It's nice to think of Bogie as the 'everyman' actor of the '30s, sort of an exception to the 'beautiful people' that Hollywood revolves around.
Everyone's got their problems...no excuse, of course, just an explanation. He was still a great actor and personality.
Featured products
-
Alden 403 Moc Toe Boot - Brown Chromexcel - $680 The classic "Indy" style Alden Boot in the classic Horween brown Chromexcel. -
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - #395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. -
Himel Bros. - The Ross Mk. 1 Leather Jacket Classic D-pocket motorcycle/aviator style jacket.
BegintheBeguine
My Mail is Forwarded Here
- Messages
- 3,498
I never believe everything I read. Heck, I don't believe most of the stuff I remember.
Feraud
Bartender
- Messages
- 17,190
- Location
- Hardlucksville, NY
In a Lonely Place, Casablanca.MikeBravo said:
Dapper Dan
One of the Regulars
- Messages
- 136
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Speaking of "In a Lonely Place," that was a helluva movie, eh? I think that's one of the few Bogie movies I've seen where the man is just about completely unlikeable. I'm not counting the movies in the '30s where he was always the badguy gangster second male lead, just the ones he starred in.
It's like they took everything likeable about Bogart (toughness, masculinity, frankness) and heightened the qualities until they became brutality and paranoia. Very interesting watch.
It's like they took everything likeable about Bogart (toughness, masculinity, frankness) and heightened the qualities until they became brutality and paranoia. Very interesting watch.
Feraud
Bartender
- Messages
- 17,190
- Location
- Hardlucksville, NY
It is a great film. I never tire of talking about this one.Dapper Dan said:
Bogey certainly shows how his acting skills in the film. He is not playing a one dimensional "tough guy" but a person with real problems.
His problems are not given a lot of screen time other than a quick mention but they come into play in a big way in the film. This is so unlike modern films that need to desperately give the characters a back story for us to identify with.
A classic.
