Your TOP Bogart movie..?

[Stanley Doble]

Bogart was known as a juvenile in upper crust comedies, "tennis anyone" is exactly right. He actually did come from a wealthy New York family. And it was Petrified Forest that gave him the chance to play the heavy for the first time. In his younger years he could have killed in Sabrina but not when he was in his fifties.

 

[Angus Forbes]

Bogart made so many good films that I can't begin to pick my favorite. But his best performance, in my opinion, is that of LCDR Queeg in Caine Mutiny, in particular the famous scene wherein he is on the witness stand and begins to roll the steel balls in his hand. Every time I see it, I am impressed by his skill as an actor.

 

[Fading Fast]

Bogart made so many good films that I can't begin to pick my favorite. But his best performance, in my opinion, is that of LCDR Queeg in Caine Mutiny, in particular the famous scene wherein he is on the witness stand and begins to roll the steel balls in his hand. Every time I see it, I am impressed by his skill as an actor.

I believe that last time I watched "Caine Mutiny" on TCM, the host (I think it was Ben Mankiewicz) said the the cast and crew applauded when Bogart finished that scene as they all knew he absolutely nailed it and that they had a just seen a true professional give a captivating performance. I am blown away by that scene every time I see it - from facial ticks to voice inflections, he is completely convincing as a man slowly losing control.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Does anyone have an idea of which film this photo is from? (click for larger)

 

[Hercule]

I believe that last time I watched "Caine Mutiny" on TCM, the host (I think it was Ben Mankiewicz) said the the cast and crew applauded when Bogart finished that scene as they all knew he absolutely nailed it and that they had a just seen a true professional give a captivating performance. I am blown away by that scene every time I see it - from facial ticks to voice inflections, he is completely convincing as a man slowly losing control.

I agree. I've long said that Bogart was pretty amazing at capturing the minutest details of characterization. - just the look in his eyes, the way he exhales. Almost imperceptible changes in demeanor.

 

[Zombie_61]

Does anyone have an idea of which film this photo is from? (click for larger)

The Big Sleep. I'm not sure if Philip Marlowe ever looked more rumpled.

 

[Doctor Damage]

The Big Sleep. I'm not sure if Philip Marlowe ever looked more rumpled.

Oh heck, I should have known that one! Thanks.

 

[Kenneth Lawson]

There are so many great Bogie movie,
My favorites weren't mentioned so far,(At least not that I saw)
1. To have and Have Not,
2. Dark Passage,
3. Casablanca, I've seen that on the Big screen a few years when TCM was doing the 70-anniversary showing of it.
4. The Big Sleep,
5. And some I don't remember right now...

 

[Tiki Tom]

Just had to post this article: All the tiny filming/timing errors in Casablanca. Do Colonel Strasser’s epaulets really appear and disappear in the final scene? Does Rick really put the letters of transit in one pocket And then, a few minutes later, remove them from a different pocket? Do Karl’s glasses jump all over his head in one scene? This gives me the excuse to watch it again this weekend.

https://ew.com/movies/casablanca-continuity-errors-essential-viewing/

 

[ChazfromCali]

Dark Passage.
Agnes Morehead is stellar. Tom D'Andrea as the loopy cabby, and others, so many great supporting roles. And Lauren Bacall, oofff..... she was sexy. Cool idea to tell the story from Bogie's POV.

 

[Blackthorn]

I love that one, too, the first one Bogie and Bacall made after they got married. I also love that it's filmed in San Francisco, back in the day.

 

[Haversack]

The owner of the apartment in the Malloch Building on Telegraph Hill that was used as Bacall's in the movie keeps a life-size, black&white, cardboard cut-out of Bogart in the window. You can see it here as well as other then-and-now photos of places used in the movie.

 

[Fading Fast]

The owner of the apartment in the Malloch Building on Telegraph Hill that was used as Bacall's in the movie keeps a life-size, black&white, cardboard cut-out of Bogart in the window. You can see it here as well as other then-and-now photos of places used in the movie.

Really enjoyable article and pics - thank you for posting it.

 

[Blackthorn]

The owner of the apartment in the Malloch Building on Telegraph Hill that was used as Bacall's in the movie keeps a life-size, black&white, cardboard cut-out of Bogart in the window. You can see it here as well as other then-and-now photos of places used in the movie.

I never knew that. I've been to SF so many times, wish I had known.

 

[ChazfromCali]

The owner of the apartment in the Malloch Building on Telegraph Hill that was used as Bacall's in the movie keeps a life-size, black&white, cardboard cut-out of Bogart in the window. You can see it here as well as other then-and-now photos of places used in the movie.

Thanks!
I'm going to watch Dark Passage tonight with that link / website handy, ;-)

So many great scenes. The Madge's apartment scene where she falls out the window caught me by surprise the first time I saw it. Wasn't expecting that. Her building too, it's so "San Francisco."

My favorite scene of all: Bogie and Bacall in Peru. He gets away and gets the girl!

 

[Kenneth Lawson]

Dark Passage.
Agnes Morehead is stellar. Tom D'Andrea as the loopy cabby, and others, so many great supporting roles. And Lauren Bacall, oofff..... she was sexy. Cool idea to tell the story from Bogie's POV.

As far as I know, it was one of the first to use first-person POV in a movie , I can only think of one other movie off the top of my head that uses for the whole movie.
It's a Film Noir move; 1947 "Lady In The Lake" It shows the entire move form Marlow's POV, with only seeing him in mirrors,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_in_the_Lake

 

[Blackthorn]

Good point, Kenneth

 

[Harp]

Voted for Casablanca here... Casablanca has it all, though - the comedy, the sharp dialogue, the amusing propaganda edge, even the perfectly crafted ending that flies in the face of "romance" nonsense... it has it all. Truly a film you'd never see made right today. You can guarantee they'd screw up the ending...

That ending indeed. A man struggling with himself, achieves moral clarity and once freed from the
chain of conscience finds himself still shackled by the staunch and supple cobweb spun by fate.

 

[Kenneth Lawson]

Thanks!
I'm going to watch Dark Passage tonight with that link / website handy, ;-)

So many great scenes. The Madge's apartment scene where she falls out the window caught me by surprise the first time I saw it. Wasn't expecting that. Her building too, it's so "San Francisco."

My favorite scene of all: Bogie and Bacall in Peru. He gets away and gets the girl!

This was the first movie where the main character "got away with it"
Before that according to the HAyes Code, if you killed someone in a movie, the character had to either go to jail or die, or in some way pay for it. At least that's my understanding.

 

[Kenneth Lawson]

That ending indeed. A man struggling with himself, achieves moral clarity and once freed from the
chain of conscience finds himself still shackled by the staunch and supple cobweb spun by fate.

One could make a case that Casablanca is still relevant today, at least in its broader themes