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11-19-05, 11:21 AM
In another thread, in another forum, Rev. Chuck asked if I'd ever seen the movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. His question was prompted by my current sig line, an homage to a line from that movie. In the film, the character Gold Hat, played by Alfonso Bedoya, and his band of bandits, claim to be Federales. When asked to show their badges, Gold Hat answers, "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. We don't got to show you no stinkin' badges." John Belushi parodied this line in his old Saturday Night Live "Killer Bee" sketches. Chuck was asking if I knew the line from its original source.
I told the good Rev that I had seen the movie a time or two, and that all of my favorite movies starred Humphrey Bogart.
Bogart was a movie star in the classic, studio system meaning of the term. But he was an unusual star. With his basset hound face, he was not truly handsome. In spite of this he is the star of five of the American Film Institutes top 100 movie romances. He stood only 5'8" and spoke with a lisp, yet he played menacing tough guy roles convincingly. He wore a fedora and a trench coat with real flair.
I will watch any movie just because Bogey is in it.
That doesn't mean that every movie he ever made was good. Other than his noir movies, his genre films were pretty bad. He played the mad doctor in a horror flick called The Return of Doctor X. It was awful. He played the heavy in a western titled The Oklahoma Kid (opposite good guy Jimmy Cagney). It was laughable. But Bogart's good movies are some of the greatest ever made.
Both cynical and romantic, Casablanca is arguably the best movie of all time.
The Maltese Falcon is a terrific adaptation of a great novel. The supporting cast (Sidney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Elisha Cook Jr.) are superb. It doesn't get better.
The African Queen, The Big Sleep, Sabrina, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Caine Mutiny, Key Largo, To Have and Have Not...everyone a masterpiece. Even second tier Bogart is worth watching. The Petrified Forest is stagey and dated, but fascinating. Knock on Any Door, a pet project for Bogart, was preachy but still compelling.
So, this is my tribute to one of the greats. Feel free to join the Bogey-lovefest, tell about your favorite Bogart flick, or add a tribute to your own favorite movie star.
I told the good Rev that I had seen the movie a time or two, and that all of my favorite movies starred Humphrey Bogart.
Bogart was a movie star in the classic, studio system meaning of the term. But he was an unusual star. With his basset hound face, he was not truly handsome. In spite of this he is the star of five of the American Film Institutes top 100 movie romances. He stood only 5'8" and spoke with a lisp, yet he played menacing tough guy roles convincingly. He wore a fedora and a trench coat with real flair.
I will watch any movie just because Bogey is in it.
That doesn't mean that every movie he ever made was good. Other than his noir movies, his genre films were pretty bad. He played the mad doctor in a horror flick called The Return of Doctor X. It was awful. He played the heavy in a western titled The Oklahoma Kid (opposite good guy Jimmy Cagney). It was laughable. But Bogart's good movies are some of the greatest ever made.
Both cynical and romantic, Casablanca is arguably the best movie of all time.
The Maltese Falcon is a terrific adaptation of a great novel. The supporting cast (Sidney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Elisha Cook Jr.) are superb. It doesn't get better.
The African Queen, The Big Sleep, Sabrina, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Caine Mutiny, Key Largo, To Have and Have Not...everyone a masterpiece. Even second tier Bogart is worth watching. The Petrified Forest is stagey and dated, but fascinating. Knock on Any Door, a pet project for Bogart, was preachy but still compelling.
So, this is my tribute to one of the greats. Feel free to join the Bogey-lovefest, tell about your favorite Bogart flick, or add a tribute to your own favorite movie star.