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Bogart extravaganze on TCM this Wednesday

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Mike K

Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and African
Queen, one right after the other, on Wednesday evening.

Personally I prefer The Big Sleep to TOTSM, but I'll still watch these
4 gems. I esp. like MF, as I just love Sydney Greenstreet's performance
therein.

Don't miss it if you can.
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Follow Ups:

That IS a Bogart extravaganza! - musetap 13:05:05 12/13/09 (1)
Last Wednesday was The Oklahoma Kid, The Roaring Twenties, They Drive by Night and High Sierra with it being Bogie Month on TCM.
Caught the middle two, TDBN for the third time (George Raft, Ida Lupino and Alan Hale were GREAT in that, Bogie alright).
Mostly B- grade Bogart though, except HS which he is marvelous in.

Next Wednesday's line-up is most definitely A grade Bogart. Where else can you see four such truly classic films in a row, uncut, for free, but on TCM?
AND have Robert Osborne looking sharp, being intelligent and genuinely enthusiastic about films he's discussed (and introduced) scores of times?

Not the most versatile actor, but 40 years down the line of enjoying Bogart as an actor I still very much appreciate his talent, and am noticing there's much more
nuance and technique going on with him than his "star" quality has always seemed to frequently overshadow.

Greenstreet shines in his brief Casablanca role, and Claude Rains remains my main man in that film, great as everyone in it is.

Thanks for the head's up!

� Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination. � -Michael McClure
- An interesting side note about these 4 films - Mike K 16:35:55 12/13/09 (0)
  is that they all made the top 30 in AFI's first 100 best list that
  came out in 1998 (Casablanca 2, African Queen 17, TOTSM 23, and
  Maltese Falcon 30 - I think I'm remembering the order correctly). Pretty
  damn good for an actor who never seemed to disappear into his
  character - he was always just Bogie. No other actor or actress or
  director placed 4 in the top 30 on that list.
  
  Mike

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