Star Of The Month

Humphrey Bogart

welcome to a new feature I deiced to add to my blog and I thought of Bogie for the month of December. not only was he born in December but he is also one of the most well known Hollywood gods of the 40s and 50s. now there was a man, hes what my aunt would call rough aroud the edges.

Bogart like most actors in those days came from money he was born on Christmas Day 1899. in retrospect I don't think the world could have asked for a better Christmas present. even as a infant he gained some fame threw his mother who was an artist and used a drawing of baby Humphrey in a well-known ad campaign, for Mellins Baby-Food.

after he left the navy he found a love for acting. after a string of small parts he landed his first big starring role in the petrified forest. which then type cast him as the bad guy or the gangster. leading to his reputation as a tough guy. In real life his widow Lauren Bacall says that Bogie was a gentilmen "a last centurey boy" as he called it. it wasent until his most infamous role as Sam Spade In the maltise falcon did they finnaly start casting Bogie as the love intrest. leading him to gain his most infamous role as Rick in Casablanca.



what is it about Bogart that draws us to him. maybe its the need for a dominate male figure in our lives that we lacked as children. or perhaps its the danger that we crave in our humdrum everyday lives. for me the answer is simple. its all about how we see people. I see Bogart as the way Lauren saw him. as the tall dark hansom stranger we always hear of but never see. the last of a generation of gentlemen and shivery. the kind of man my generation has forgotten.

also I found this video from youtube that pretty much goes alone with what I'm saying. a special thanks to TheDudar for uploading this video