Lauren Bacall Articles
Sidney Lumet Dies: TWELVE ANGRY MEN, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NETWORK
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sidney Lumet, Murder on the Orient Express Sidney Lumet, whose performers ranged from Katharine Hepburn to Sharon Stone, from Ralph Richardson to Marlon Brando, from Anna Magnani to Al Pacino, from Lauren Bacall to Jane Fonda, from Simone Signoret to River Phoenix, from Paul Newman to Vin Diesel, from Wendy Hiller and John Gielgud to Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, and [...]
CASABLANCA Review Pt.5 – DVD: Lauren Bacall Documentary BACALL ON BOGART
Dooley Wilson, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca CASABLANCA Review Part IV – Ingrid Bergman The ending is good — Louie and Rick talk of leaving Casablanca after Louie covers for Rick's killing the Nazi Major Strasser — but there is nothing either actor does that lifts the scene above its own well-written basis. Then there is Strasser's portrayer, Conrad Veidt, an actor [...]
Honorary Oscars Bypass Women: Deborah Kerr, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo Exceptions to the Rule
Mary Pickford At the 1936 Academy Awards ceremony, D.W. Griffith became the first individual to win an Honorary Award for his body of work. Seventy-five years and 84 (my count*) Honorary Oscar winners later — including last year's Eli Wallach, Kevin Brownlow, and Jean-Luc Godard — a mere nine women have been recognized for their cinematic oeuvre and/or for their pioneering film work. The chosen [...]
Lauren Bacall vs. Juliette Binoche: Major Oscar Upset Pt.2
Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart in Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep Lauren Bacall and the 1997 Academy Awards: Part I Now, I believe that the Academy committed a major injustice when they gave Juliette Binoche the Best Supporting Actress Oscar that year. Let's ignore the fact that Lauren Bacall had been around for more than five decades, had never been nominated for an Oscar before, and [...]