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Humphrey Bogart: Films
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Synopsis: Humphrey Bogart considered this World War II action epic from director Zoltan Korda one of his finest films. Sergeant Joe Gunn (Bogart) is the commander of an American M-3 tank crew allied to the British Eighth Army, which is defeated by the Germans at Tobruk. Joining the scattered retreat acrossRead More
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In 1956 Bogart finished his last film, THE HARDER THEY FALL, he was diagnosed with cancer and died on January 14, 1957. He had brought a depth and complexity to the character’s he played in the Film-noir genre and was one of the most bankable stars of the 1940’s. Humphrey Bogart is the American Film Institute's choice for biggest silver screen legend of all time.
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In his last films, it was not the theatre Humphrey who overcame Bogey, but the real man, Humphrey Bogart, whose fundamental inertia had always menaced his career. As a dead soul waiting for release in death in The Desperate Hours, he was incomparable until, unaccountably, a sentimental heart began to beat, and he handed over the film to Fredric March.
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Bogart had always treated his body poorly, drunk and smoked heavily, and he came down with cancer. In 1955, he made several films but his health was failing. True to his code, he almost never spoke of the disease that made his body waste away. He would not see a doctor until January of 1956, and by then surgery of his esophagus, two lymph nodes and a rib was too little, too late. He was only 80 pounds when he died on January 14, 1957.
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This tribute to one of the screen's enduring icons includes the 1953 film BEAT THE DEVIL, along with a 1953 episode of television's THE JACK BENNY SHOW, in which Bogart guests, lampooning his gangster screen persona. Also included is an audio CD of music from the era, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, King Cole Trio, Django Reinhardt, Lena Horne, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and more.
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