Hollywood couple Humphrey Bogart And Lauren Bacall He is best known for the films he starred in during the 1940s, but his son, Stephen Humphrey BogartStill shocked that his parents’ legacy is lost on most of today’s youth.
“I go to the doctors and the assistant comes in and I ask him, and the doctor says, ‘Hey, you know who this is? He’s Humphrey Bogart’s son.’ And she goes, ‘Who?'” Bogart, 75, told EXCLUSIVELY We weekly While promoting his new documentary Bogart: Life goes on shining. “That was two months ago. And she’s a smart woman.”
Stephen added that when asked about Lauren Bacall’s names, Marlon Brandoor Dustin Hoffman Rang the bell, same answer. “So kids don’t really know because it’s hard when you’re looking at your phone and you want to watch the latest Marvel,” he explained. “Not that I have anything against Marvel. I used to collect comic books, but they’re not very familiar with the past.
Clarifying that her surprise at Hollywood’s lack of knowledge is not just about her parents but about a movie star from the past, she quipped that the younger generations “lack awareness.” Lack” regularly “boggles his mind”.
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Those well versed in cinema history will surely recognize the names of Stephen’s parents immediately: known for films such as Humphrey. Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, Sabrina And African queen – which won him the 1952 Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Bickel won two Tony Awards during this time. Applause And Woman of the Year And acted in films like Murder on the Orient Express, the fan And Portrait. The couple also shared the screen together in the same films. Is and is not, big sleep, key largo And Two boys from Milwaukee, Making them a famous silver screen couple of the 40s.
Offscreen, the couple married for 12 years, welcoming Stephen in 1949. Buckle died in 2014 at the age of 89 after suffering a stroke.
Now, Stephen is trying to find more than his parents’ romance. Life in Flashes. Directed by Catherine Fergusonthe film delves into Humphrey’s relationships with all four of his wives, as well as his mother, and how they influenced the trajectory of his career.
Stephen, for his part, hopes that the doc will “allow people to look back on their lives and trace the arc of the people in their lives that continue to lead them to where they are today.”
Like considering his father’s career of working with great directors John Huston And Michael CurtisStephen gave. us Some insight into which directors in today’s generation think their father would have done well.
“Maybe Greta Gerwig [if she was] doing the right thing,” Stephen said. “I think the thinking directors and people … he wasn’t. [an] An action movie kind of guy. He was in the process of thinking. “Another possibility?”Spielberg “Maybe,” he said. “Just because he’s not into CGI and all that stuff, people like that.”
There were other directors that Stephen believes his father wouldn’t mesh with. “No James CameronI don’t think so,” he quipped, before adding that for Humphrey, it was more about the quality of the script.
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“George Raft Didn’t want to The Maltese Falcon Because they didn’t want to work with a first-time director,” Stephen added before joking, “Well, there was a first-time director. John Huston. There George, didn’t you?
Bogart: Life goes on shining. Now in theaters and streaming on Apple TV.
