The Essential Humphrey Bogart
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The Essential Humphrey Bogart

  1. 249 pages
  2. English
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The Essential Humphrey Bogart

About this book

Many film fans consider Humphrey Bogart the ultimate star of Hollywood's golden era. He rose from supporting roles in the early 1930s to become a superstar by the end of the decade. Bogart appeared in more classic films than just about any other actor in American cinema. In addition to The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, and The African Queen, Bogart starred in dozens of other highly regarded films until his death in 1956.

In The Essential Humphrey Bogart, Constantine Santas looks at the most important films of this Hollywood legend's career. Along with the established classics, this book discusses other films that showcase Bogart's superb acting talents, such as High Sierra, To Have and Have Not, Key Largo, In a Lonely Place, Beat the Devil, The Caine Mutiny, Sabrina, and The Desperate Hours. Presented in chronological order, these films chart the actor's ascent from stereotypical roles as gangsters in The Petrified Forest and Dead End to iconic roles like that of Sam Spade, Rick Blaine, and Philip Marlowe. In all of these performances Bogart showed his versatility, playing a variety of characters from tough detectives and war heroes to a lawyer, writer, gold prospector, river rat, and even a priest.

Containing a brief biographical sketch of the actor, this volume then looks at each of Bogart's most significant films. Each entry states why the particular movie was included and is followed by a plot analysis, critical views from film historians, and DVD/Blu-ray availability. A key to the ranking system helps the reader select what film to view at his or her leisure. Highlighting more than thirty-five films, The Essential Humphrey Bogart is a must-have companion for every fan of this actor's work and will no doubt introduce viewers to other films to put on their must-see list.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. KEY
  5. Chapter 1. THE PETRIFIED FOREST (Warner Bros., 1936)
  6. Chapter 2. BULLETS OR BALLOTS (First National/Warner Bros., 1936)
  7. Chapter 3. BLACK LEGION (Warner Bros., 1937)
  8. Chapter 4. MARKED WOMAN (First National/ Warner Bros., 1937)
  9. Chapter 5. KID GALAHAD (Warner Bros., 1937)
  10. Chapter 6. DEAD END (United Artists/Samuel Goldwyn, 1937)
  11. Chapter 7. THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (First National/Warner Bros., 1938)
  12. Chapter 8. THE ROARING TWENTIES (Warner Bros., 1939)
  13. Chapter 9. IT ALL CAME TRUE (Warner Bros./First National, 1940)
  14. Chapter 10. THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (Warner Bros./First National, 1940)
  15. Chapter 11. HIGH SIERRA (Warner Bros./First National, 1941)
  16. Chapter 12. THE MALTESE FALCON (Warner Bros./First National, 1941)
  17. Chapter 13. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (Warner Bros./First National, 1942)
  18. Chapter 14. ACROSS THE PACIFIC (Warner Bros./First National, 1942)
  19. Chapter 15. CASABLANCA (Warner Bros./First National, 1942)
  20. Chapter 16. ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC (Warner Bros./First National, 1943)
  21. Chapter 17. SAHARA (Columbia Pictures, 1943)
  22. Chapter 18. PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (Warner Bros./First National, 1944)
  23. Chapter 19. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Warner Bros./First National, 1944)
  24. Chapter 20. THE BIG SLEEP (Warner Bros./First National, 1946)
  25. Chapter 21. DEAD RECKONING (Columbia Pictures, 1947)
  26. Chapter 22. DARK PASSAGE (Warner Bros./First National, 1947)
  27. Chapter 23. THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE (Warner Bros./First National, 1948)
  28. Chapter 24. KEY LARGO (Warner Bros./First National, 1948)
  29. Chapter 25. KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (Santana Productions, 1949)
  30. Chapter 26. TOKYO JOE (Santana Productions, 1949)
  31. Chapter 27. IN A LONELY PLACE (Santana Productions, 1950)
  32. Chapter 28. SIROCCO (Santana Productions, 1951)
  33. Chapter 29. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (Horizon-Romulus Productions, 1951)
  34. Chapter 30. THE ENFORCER (United States Pictures/Warner Bros., 1951)
  35. Chapter 31. BATTLE CIRCUS (MGM, 1953)
  36. Chapter 32. BEAT THE DEVIL (Santana-Romulus Productions, 1954)
  37. Chapter 33. THE CAINE MUTINY (Stanley Kramer Productions, 1954)
  38. Chapter 34. SABRINA (Paramount Pictures, 1954)
  39. Chapter 35. THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA (United Artists, 1954)
  40. Chapter 36. THE LEFT HAND OF GOD (20th Century Fox, 1955)
  41. Chapter 37. THE DESPERATE HOURS (Paramount Pictures, 1955)
  42. Chapter 38. THE HARDER THEY FALL (Columbia Pictures, 1956)
  43. FILMOGRAPHY
  44. NOTES
  45. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  46. INDEX
  47. ABOUT THE AUTHOR