Tough Without a Gun - Kanfer, Stefan
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Humphrey Bogart died in 1957, yet the persona he created on-screen in some 79 movies remains etched into our cultural memory over a half century later. Kanfer paints a full portrait of the young Humphrey and explores the series of events that led first to his early years on Broadway, and then to his decision to try his luck in Hollywood. Kanfer appraises each of his films with an unfailing critical eye, weaving in lively accounts of behind-the-scenes fun and friendships. What emerges in these pages is a portrait of a great Hollywood life.
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Humphrey Bogart died in 1957, yet the persona he created on-screen in some 79 movies remains etched into our cultural memory over a half century later. Kanfer paints a full portrait of the young Humphrey and explores the series of events that led first to his early years on Broadway, and then to his decision to try his luck in Hollywood. Kanfer appraises each of his films with an unfailing critical eye, weaving in lively accounts of behind-the-scenes fun and friendships. What emerges in these pages is a portrait of a great Hollywood life.
In this comprehensive biography of one of the great movie icons of our time, Stefan Kanfer, the acclaimed biographer of Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, and Marlon Brando, illuminates the life and career of Humphrey Bogart. Along the way, Kanfer gives us a wide-reaching cultural appraisal of the movies many of us know and love as masterpieces of American cinema: The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, and countless others. He appraises each of the films with an unfailing critical eye, weaving in lively accounts of behind-the-scenes fun and friendships, including, of course, the great love story of Bogart and Lauren Bacall. What emerges in these pages is a portrait of a great Hollywood life, and the final word on why there can only ever be one Bogie.
Autorenporträt
Stefan Kanfer’s books include Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball; Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America; and Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando. He was a writer and editor at Time for more than twenty years and was its first bylined film critic, a post he held between 1967 and 1972. He is also the primary interviewer in the Academy Award–nominated documentary The Line King and editor of an anthology of Groucho Marx’s comedy, The Essential Groucho. He is a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and recipient of numerous writing awards. He lives in New York and on Cape Cod.