Humphrey bogart biography movie
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Unlike most biopics, Bogie was actually made by people who had worked with the star. Director Vincent Sherman helmed All Through the Night () and writer Daniel Taradash provided the screenplay for Knock on Any Door (). Yet this movie’s inability to even suggest the man behind the legend makes you doubt that anyone associated with this biopic had ever watched a Bogart movie, much less worked on one.
The movie does depict a lot of lesser known facts about Bogart’s life, but reveals them in such a clumsy mode that it robs itself of any drama. In the lead role, Kevin O’Connor is too often required to utter lines of dialogue that sound like “quotes” forced into the scen. He’s even provided with an opportunity to do a stand-up routine, allowing him to cram in a few more one-liners.
Another clumsy device, this one used to depict the passing of time, are mocked-up photos of O’Connor posing as some of Bogart&rsquo
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After he was expelled from school, Maud Humphrey told her son, “You’re on your own from now on.” For Ferguson, the pair’s complicated bond naturally anchored Bogart’s origin story. “[Maud] was one of the highest-paid artists at the turn of the century and a leading suffragette,” Ferguson says. “While she was obviously incredibly prolific and successful, he felt that she wasn’t the mother that he needed—and I feel like this goes on to shape the trajectory of his life and his love life.”
The film follows Bogart’s tough beginnings as an actor, convinced he’ll never make a career of it while struggling with alcoholism and a string of “dreadful” parts. Within that relatively established narrative, we get to know another side of his early years. Ferguson examines Bogart’s relationship with his first wife, actress Helen Menken, by zeroing in on her participation in the play The Captive, a controversial and radical piece depicting women in love. As Life Comes in Flashes tells it, Bogar
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‘Nothing Compares’ Director Kathryn Ferguson Sets Humphrey Bogart Feature Doc at Universal Pictures Content Group (EXCLUSIVE)
“Nothing Compares” director Kathryn Ferguson has set her new feature, a documentary about Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart, at Universal Pictures Content Group.
Titled “Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes,” it is the first documentary about the star endorsed by his estate.
“The film focuses on the icon of Hollywood’s golden age, Humphrey Bogart, and is framed around his relationships with the fem formidable women in his life &#; his mother and his four wives, including Lauren Bacall,” reads the logline. “Featuring unprecedented access to rare footage from the estate, and narrated exclusively in his own words, ‘Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes’ explores his journey to become the of star of timeless classics ‘Casablanca,’ ‘Maltese Falcon’’ and ‘The Big Sleep.