Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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Humphrey Bogart was involved in a serious automobile accident during production of this film, which knocked out several of his teeth and hindered his ability to speak. John Huston hired a young British actor noted for his mimicry skills to rerecord some of Bogart's spoken lines during post-production looping. Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is Peter Sellers who provides Bogart's voice during some of the scenes in this movie.
CRAY-ZEE good or CRAY-ZEE bad, Frank?
Yes. Seriously, Huston and Capote were totally taking the piss out of the adventure movie genre. Unfortunately, they didn't tell Bogie for some reason, and it shows. The rest of the cast is having a riot, though. It's been forever since I've seen it, but my big reaction was "WTF?".
Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is Peter Sellers who provides Bogart's voice during some of the scenes in this movie.
OK, that I didn't know.
more fun with Bogey trivia
There is an inordinate amount of smoking done by the main actors in this film. That was deliberate. Studio head Jack L. Warner had decreed that smoking should be kept to a minimum in all films, so pranksters Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre thought it would be fun to annoy Warner by smoking as often as possible, and they got their fellow actors to go along with it. According to then-studio employee Jerome Stuart, John Huston ran interference for his cast by convincing the studio that the smoking added the right amount of atmospheric tension to the story.
Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is Peter Sellers who provides Bogart's voice during some of the scenes in this movie.
Wow. That's cool.
Yes. Seriously, Huston and Capote were totally taking the piss out of the adventure movie genre. Unfortunately, they didn't tell Bogie for some reason, and it shows. The rest of the cast is having a riot, though. It's been forever since I've seen it, but my big reaction was "WTF?".
Huh. Didn't know Capote was involved. Still, sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre has long been a favorite of mine. My dad showed it to me when I was maybe pre-teen. Somewhere in there. Anyway, it was definitely at an age where I was not terribly inclined to be interested in black and white movies.
I *loved* it. Gold prospecting! Dangerous banditos (We don't need no stinking badges!)! An American down on his luck (I finally get the Bugs Bunny joke!)!
As S pointed out when we were discussing this just now, it is a very "boy" movie
I remember a story from Kate Hepburn's biography, I think, about how Bogey and Kate used to tease Huston about never washing/changing his clothes, even though he insisted that he did daily, he just had several of the same shirt.
At the beginning of the shoot in Africa for African Queen, Kate marked Huston's safari shirt with a pencil. At the end of the shoot in Africa months later - she showed him the mark still on the shirt. They checked for it everyday and everyday - SAME SHIRT.
Still, sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
Oh, it's definitely worth seeing. But it's seriously goofball. I mean, Bogie and Gina Lolabridgida as a married couple?
At the beginning of the shoot in Africa for African Queen, Kate marked Huston's safari shirt with a pencil. At the end of the shoot in Africa months later - she showed him the mark still on the shirt. They checked for it everyday and everyday - SAME SHIRT.
Although, in Houston's defense, I suspect that for that movie in particular (and most Houston movies in general), trying to keep your clothes clean is a swiftly losing battle. I doubt I'd bother under those conditions either.
Still funny.
But it's seriously goofball. I mean, Bogie and Gina Lolabridgida as a married couple?
If I knew how to make those anime-boggle-eyes smileys, I would make one.
Beat the Devil wasn't my type of movie. Probably because I never got the feeling that it was making fun of the adventure genre. But that may be because some of my detectors in that area are pretty defective and not any problem with the movie itself.
In This Our Life is one of those Bette Davis melodramas that you can enjoy straight up or as camp. But I don't think Bogart is in it.
I haven't seen Across the Pacific.
I'd probably pick Key Largo. But on a different day and in a different mood, I could very easily go with Maltese Falcon.
Man, I agree that Beat The Devil is nuts. And I'd go Sierra Madre or Maltese Falcon over Key Largo or African Queen.