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My Review —Good Charisma, TERRIBLE Script— Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Busby Berkeley The Lowdown Jimmy Hall (Wayne Morris) grows jealous when his girlfriend Linda (Priscilla Lane) starts advancing in her advertising career and becomes the object of attention for sever read more

Name: William Joseph Patrick O’Brien Birthdate: November 11, 1899 Number of Films Pat O’Brien Made with Humphrey Bogart: 4 The Lowdown It took me four films to warm up to Pat O’Brien, but that’s largely due to the fact that I started with his two worst Bogart collaborations (China Clipper read more

My Review —A Fun Flynn RomCom—  Bogie Film Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  James V. Kern The Lowdown A divorced artist (Errol Flynn) tries to control his appetite for women while attempting to win back the heart of his ex (Eleanor Parker). What I Thought I’ve always made the argument read more

Name: Bert DeWayne Morris Birthdate: February 17, 1914 Number of Films that Wayne Morris made with Humphrey Bogart: 4 The Lowdown My first Wayne Morris film was Kid Galahad, and I have to admit that it wasn’t an auspicious start for my journey through his Bogart collaborations. But the more I read more

For the second, and hopefully last time, I’m off schedule this holiday season! I have two big deadlines this Saturday. One is a short film that I’ve been working on for a year. One is a theater show I’m doing with some friends on Saturday night. (Last night for you Sunday morni read more

My Review —Watchable with Solid Performances— Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: William Dieterle The Lowdown An overly legalistic cop (Pat O’Brien) reexamines his life after inadvertently pushing a man (Humphrey Bogart) to commit a robbery. What I Thought I’ve really read more

My Review —A Fun Thriller That Deserves a Look— Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Peter Godfrey The Lowdown After losing his invalid wife, a depressed and troubled painter (Humphrey Bogart) marries another woman (Barbara Stanwyk), but the honeymoon phase of their relationshi read more

For those of you regular readers, this weekend will be the first time since we began in April where we’ll go a Sunday without a post!  Not to fear!  The Bogie Film Blog will be back in the New Year!  (And perhaps sooner!)  We’ve got posts on The Great O’Malley and The Two Mrs. read more

Honorary Bogie Fix: 4 Bookish Bogies! There’s a lot to love about Dr. Sheri Chinen Biesen’s Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir. For the casual fan, Blackout is fantastic primer that can lead you by the hand through the history of American film noir, film by film, giving you a read more

My Review —A Confused, but Watchable Film— Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Lewis Seiler The Lowdown A doctor (Kay Francis) follows gangsterJoe Gurney (Humphrey Bogart) to a small town in the hope of clearing her name after her husband (John Elderidge) is killed while helpi read more

I’m pretty excited to feature another Twitter acquaintance on the blog this week, as this podcaster (whose real name and location have been withheld upon request) has so deviously snuck an all new, almost completely unexplored, hobby into my life. Until I began to chat with @MeanStsOTRPod on read more

My Review —No Bogie, but Some Fun to be Had— Bogie Film Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Raoul Walsh The Lowdown Two marines (Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe) travel the world and fall in love with the same woman (Greta Nissen) while an impish lackey (El Brendel) follows in tow. What read more

Birth Name:  George Ranft Birthdate: September 26, 1901 Number of Films that George Raft Made with Humphrey Bogart:  2 The Lowdown While Leslie Howard might have given Bogart a jumpstart on his film career by insisting on his casting in The Petrified Forest, George Raft could be given equal, althou read more

My Review —Definitely Deserves a Watch— Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Nicholas Ray The Lowdown An attorney (Humphrey Bogart) who escaped a history of crime and poverty must defend a young hoodlum (John Derek) accused of murdering a policeman. What I Thought First of all read more

Over the course of writing for the Bogie Film Blog, I’ve had the pleasure to meet and chat with folks from all over the world about their passion for classic films.  One of the first folks that I came across on Twitter was a man by the name of Marc Forester (@TimelessMovieM) who runs the film memor read more

My Review —Some Decent Melodrama—  Bogie Film Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Raoul Walsh The Lowdown The Fabrini brothers (George Raft and Humphrey Bogart) do their best to maintain a living as long distance truckers despite the constant threats of dangerous roads, sleep deprivation, read more

My Review —A Very Funny Guest Appearance— Honorary Bogie Fix: out of 5 Radio Bogies! The Lowdown Sponsored by Chase & Sanborn Coffee, Bogart shows up to chat with Charlie McCarthy about opening up a new “high class” prison while promoting his latest film, Conflict. What I Thought read more

My rating –Great Film, Excellent Bogart— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Raoul Walsh The Lowdown Immediately after being released from prison, ex-con Roy Earle (Bogart) signs on for one more heist at a high class resort. As he and his partners prepare for the robbery read more

Birth Name:  Travers John Heagerty Birthdate: March 5, 1874 Number of Films that Henry Travers Made with Humphrey Bogart:  3 The Lowdown It probably shows how little I truly know about classic film to admit that I learned Henry Travers was an English actor while researching this post!  I’m embarras read more

My Review —Better than You Might Think— Your Bogie Film Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: Lloyd Bacon The Lowdown A recently released convict (George Raft) does his best to go straight after prison, but his conscience gives way to the need to support his family. What I Thought This was read more