Bogie's best movie?

[Seb Lucas]

Casablanca for me. It seems to say more than the others.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Have to share this shot of Audrey Hepburn washing a car on the set of Sabrina.

 

[MisterCairo]

Casablanca, then Falcon, then African Queen, Sabrina, Key Largo.

The last two could switch places, the first three are set in stone for me!

 

[DanielJones]

Well, his best scene was with the book shop girl in The Big Sleep. Plenty left for the imagination with lots of chemistry there.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Trenchfriend]

Well, his best scene was with the book shop girl in The Big Sleep. Plenty left for the imagination with lots of chemistry there.

Cheers!

Dan

Yeah. This was Bogie on perfection, I think!

 

[2jakes]

“It Never Rains in Southern California”



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“It Never Rains in Southern California”



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There are a ridiculous amount of things done well in that scene, from Bogie's delivery of the books' names and details in gatling-gun fashion to Dorothy Malone turning her pilot light up at the perfect moment, several times.

 

[DanielJones]

Just picked up this Bogart collection at Target for $10. $ good films especially Across the Pacific.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

There are a ridiculous amount of things done well in that scene, from Bogie's delivery of the books' names and details in gatling-gun fashion to Dorothy Malone turning her pilot light up at the perfect moment, several times.

Yeah, makes you wonder what could have been in that story if Marlowe just finished up the case, and then came wandering back in to her book store. In the rain of course.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[skydog757]

Bogart is pretty consistent in most of his roles: loner with a past, plays pretty fast and loose with the law, tries to come off as unsentimental but really isn't, has his own particular code of honor and is usually down on his luck or scuffling. I can't say that I have seen all of his films, but I've never seen a bad one. If pressed I'd say The Treasure of Sierra Madre simply because of how well Bogart portrays Dobbs' descent into the blackest aspects of his character. He isn't at all likable in Treasure, but he is very believable. It's quite a performance.

 

[BogartxNoire]

What do you guys think was Bogie's best movie? I'm going to go with the obvious choice and say Casablanca.
Also, I'm trying to get a friend into Bogie. She's watched Elvis movies before and some Monroe pictures, so she's open to 'retro' things but her era is mainly the 1950s - she'd love to live in the '50s if she could. What movie of Bogarts do you think would be best to start her off with? She's 22.

I've grown fond of Vudu which was part of the smart TV I bought. which has nearly if not all of his movies, so I will be watching them someday. I was thrilled to find them available. The ones I've seen were either bought or rented from the library.

I've seen Key Largo, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (good book too), The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, The African Queen and Dark Passage. I would say The Maltese Falcon is my favorite, but they're all pretty good. There are others I'm excited to see, like To Have and Have Not or some of his war movies.

 

[BogartxNoire]

Bogart is pretty consistent in most of his roles: loner with a past, plays pretty fast and loose with the law, tries to come off as unsentimental but really isn't, has his own particular code of honor and is usually down on his luck or scuffling. I can't say that I have seen all of his films, but I've never seen a bad one. If pressed I'd say The Treasure of Sierra Madre simply because of how well Bogart portrays Dobbs' descent into the blackest aspects of his character. He isn't at all likable in Treasure, but he is very believable. It's quite a performance.

And they finally gave him the Oscar for it! It is a good performance, from start to finish, into Dobbs' psyche, did very well from the book's take on his madness.

 

[Benzadmiral]

And they finally gave him the Oscar for it! It is a good performance, from start to finish, into Dobbs' psyche, did very well from the book's take on his madness.

When it comes to performances, though, his Captain Queeg from Caine Mutiny ranks with anybody's best. I'd have loved to see Lloyd Nolan's Queeg in the stage play of Caine Mutiny Court Martial -- but Bogart probably topped him.

 

[JackieMatra]

Best films as male lead, in chronological order:
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Casablanca (1942)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Key Largo (1948)

Next best films as male lead, in chronological order:
High Sierra (1941)
The Big Sleep (original unreleased version) (1946)
Dead Reckoning (1947)
In A Lonely Place (1950)
The Enforcer (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The Harder They Fall (1956)

Best films as supporting player, in chronological order:
Bullets Or Ballots (1936)
Dead End (1937)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Next best films as supporting player, in chronological order:
Three On A Match (1932)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Kid Galahad (1937)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Dark Victory (1939)

 

[JackieMatra]

And they finally gave him the Oscar for it! It is a good performance, from start to finish, into Dobbs' psyche, did very well from the book's take on his madness.

Walter Huston received the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award for his role in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", the only Academy Award that he received.
Humphrey Bogart did not even receive an Academy Award nomination for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". He received his first and only Academy Award for his performance in "The African Queen", three years later.

I have never held the Academy Awards in very high regard, rather like George C. Scott.
Just look at all the great performances and films that never received an Oscar or were never even nominated for one. In a career spanning about four decades of stardom and remarkable performances, Edward G. Robinson, for just one example, was never even nominated a single time for an Academy Award.

 

[DavidJones]

"Treasure of the Sierra Madre" is my favorite Bogart Movie. "The African Queen comes in second IMHO.

 

[Old Rogue]

Every movie mentioned in this thread is a fine choice and good arguments are made for everyone's favorite. Mine is Casablanca, but I've enjoyed everything I've ever watched with Bogie in it. It's very difficult to pick a number two, but if pressed I'd probably say The Big Sleep.

 

[2jakes]

Every movie mentioned in this thread is a fine choice and good arguments are made for everyone's favorite. Mine is Casablanca, but I've enjoyed everything I've ever watched with Bogie in it. It's very difficult to pick a number two, but if pressed I'd probably say The Big Sleep.

Let me be the first with a “thumbs up”!

The Big Sleep is also my second choice as well.

THE BIG SLEEP

After this scene, Bogie soon after drives the sister back to the estate.
Note that in the car scene, Bogie looks directly at the camera.
It’s only on for a second, but is typical of Bogie,
as if to say...wtf are you looking at?
Love it !

There are two versions of this film,
1945 & 1946,
not sure which one has this scene.

And although Oliver Hardy did the “look” towards the camera,

but that was more of a prolonged exasperation
because of his partner who never quite got it right the second time.

 

[Fading Fast]

The scene that sold me on the too-confusing-to-follow-for-my-small-brain "The Big Sleep" was the one where Bogie "meets" Dorothy Malone in the book store - an unbelievable scene of sexual power through innuendo and nuance.

 

[2jakes]

The scene that sold me on the too-confusing-to-follow-for-my-small-brain "The Big Sleep" was the one where Bogie “meets" Dorothy Malone in the book store - an unbelievable scene of sexual power through innuendo and nuance.

For my money....when the lady taxi driver hands Bogie her calling card.
And the line about her being available at night!