Post by topbilled on Feb 20, 2024 15:01:56 GMT
When Howard Hawks was looking to cast a fresh face opposite Humphrey Bogart in the production of Ernest Hemingway’s TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, the opportunity of a lifetime was presented to Lauren Bacall. She had been discovered by Hawks’ wife and brought to the director’s attention. It goes without saying she caught the attention of studio mogul Jack Warner who signed her to a contract, and that she caught the attention of Bogart who would soon become her husband and the father of her first two children. Altogether, Bogart and Bacall appeared in four motion pictures at Warners in the 1940s. All of them were crime dramas, and all of them were instant classics with movie watchers. Bacall stayed with the studio until the early 50s. In addition to Bogart, she was cast opposite Charles Boyer, Gary Cooper and lifelong friend Kirk Douglas during her time at the studio.
Check out:
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)
CONFIDENTIAL AGENT (1945)
YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950)