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Birth Name: Joseph Sauers Birthdate: August 29, 1906 Number of Films that Joe Sawyer Made with Humphrey Bogart: 6 The Lowdown There were two actors that inspired me to start ‘The Usual Suspects’ portion of this blog. The first was a character actor named Ben Weldon. The second was Joe Sawyer. read more

My Review —Worth a Watch— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Anatole Litvak The Lowdown A wealthy physician (Edward G. Robinson) moonlights as a gangster to do research on the criminal mind. What I Thought Go ahead and get all the giggles out over the name of the film. read more

Name: Francis Curray McHugh Birthdate: May 23, 1898 Number of Films Frank McHugh made with Humphrey Bogart: 5 The Lowdown I have yet to talk to anyone that doesn’t love Frank McHugh. Every time he pops up in a film, no matter how large or how small the role, McHugh always makes it better. Start read more

My Review —Lots of Fun, If a Bit Overindulgent— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Michael Curtiz The Lowdown Union officer Kerry Bradford (Errol Flynn) escapes from a confederate prison with two friends (Alan Hale and Guinn Williams) only to later bump into his old Conf read more

Name: James Francis Cagney, Jr. Birthdate: July 17, 1899 Number of Films James Cagney made with Humphrey Bogart: 3 The Lowdown Although I’ve always enjoyed James Cagney, it wasn’t until I began to write for this blog that I discovered my true love for the man. Rivaled only by Bogart as far as read more

My Review —A Must See Cagney Film— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 bogies! Director: Michael Curtiz The Lowdown Two childhood friends (James Cagney and Pat O’Brien) grow up and go down very different paths after a run-in with the police. One becomes a gangster, and the other a priest. read more

One of the great things about participating in the classic film blog community is that I get to meet and chat with so many great folks who are passionately writing about their favorite film topics. This week I was lucky enough to talk with Ginevra Di Verduno (a pen name), an Italian who runs the Le read more

My Review —A Good Film with a Few Hiccups— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Lowdown A millionaire playboy (Warren Stevens) hires a has-been film director (Bogart) to find a fresh new face from Spain (Ava Gardner) and put her in a film. Thus beg read more

My Review —Hilarious Show / Depressing Sponsor—  Your Bogie Film Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Ralph Levy The Lowdown In a sketch on The Jack Benny Show, notorious gangster ‘Babyface’ Bogart (Humphrey Bogart) is arrested and interrogated by Det. Lt. Benny (Jack Benny). What I read more

My Review    —A Great Addition to Any Bogart Library—  Your Bogie Film Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Thornton Freeland The Lowdown Carol Owen (Dorothy Mackaill) is a wealthy young socialite who falls for a local flight instructor (Humphrey Bogart), while at the same time keeping read more

Birth Name: Eliza Susan Pitts Birthdate: January 3, 1894 Number of films Zasu Pitts made with Humphrey Bogart: 2 The Lowdown: Named after her father’s two sisters, Eliza Susan Pitts would later legally adopt the stage name “Zasu” (pronounced SAY-ZOO by the actress). Cutting her teeth in the read more

My Review —Well, I did promise to watch them all…— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 bogies! Director: Frank McDonald The Lowdown A newly married pearl trader (Humphrey Bogart) in the South Pacific becomes fond of a man (Donald Woods) that he saves from a shipwreck, only to find read more

Name: Leslie Howard (Steiner) Birthdate: April 3, 1893 Number of Films Made With Humphrey Bogart:  2 The Lowdown: If you were going to make a “Top 3” list of actors that deserve to be listed under “The Usual Suspects” portion of this blog, first on the list would probably have to be Lauren read more

My Review —Great Hitchcock-like Thriller— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Curtis Bernhardt The Lowdown A wealthy engineer (Humphrey Bogart) murders his wife (Rose Hobart) hoping that he can then move on to her younger sister (Alexis Smith). The only problem? The suppos read more

My Review —Great for Robinson Fans—  Producer:  Cecil B. DeMille  Honorary Bogie Fix:  out of 5 Radio Bogies! The Lowdown A cop (Edward G. Robinson) goes undercover to bust up the organization of a big time racketeer (Otto Kruger).  All the while, he has to keep his numbers running read more

My Review —A Mixed Bag—  Your Bogie Film Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Lewis Seiler The Lowdown A gang of inner city youths (The “Dead End” Kids) are sent to a reformatory school that’s in the process of its own reformation when the new Deputy Commissioner of Corrections (Humphrey read more

My Review —Recaptures a Lot of the Fun—  Producer:  William Keighley  Honorary Bogie Fix:  out of 5 Honorary Bogies! The Lowdown Charter boat captain Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) works as a fishing guide for tourists in Fort de France, Martinique during World War II and does his best read more

My Review —Deserves a Better Reputation—  Your Bogie Film Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Stuart Heisler The Lowdown Veteran war pilot Matt Brennan (Humphrey Bogart) returns home to take a job as a test pilot and ends up working with/for an old friend (Richard Whorf) who happens to read more

A review and interview with The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre‘s author Stephen D. Youngkin, and researcher/web guru Cheryl Morris. In my experience, there are two kinds of celebrity biographies – the ones that stay close to the surface and are meant for a quick and enjoyable read, and the read more

My Review —A Solid War Dramedy— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Richard Brooks The Lowdown Major Jed Webbe (Humphrey Bogart) deals with the stress of being a surgeon during the Korean war by drinking heavily and bedding nurses. When Lieutenant Ruth McGara (June Allys read more