Movie Stars: Bogart–Disdain for Hollywood, Phoniness

Bogart had advised Robert Mitchum that the only way to stay alive in Hollywood was to be an “againster.”

1 Bogart: Eulogy by Director John Huston (Tracy Too Upset)

At Humphrey Bogart’s funeral, Lauren Bacall asked Bogey’s close friend, Spencer Tracy to give the eulogy, but he was too upset to do it. Instead, John Huston, Bogart’s most frequent and favorite director, who had catapulted to major stardom in 1941 with The Malteste Falcon, spoke: 

Oscar Directors: Gilbert, Lewis–Filmography (Diverse, James Bond)

Lewis Gilbert Filmography; Output: 37; Career Span: 1947-2002: 55 years

Oscar Actors: Harvey, Laurence–Filmography

Year Title Role Director Producer Studio/Distributor Other cast members Notes Refs. 1948 House of Darkness Francis Merryman Oswald Mitchell Gordon Myers International Motion Pictures Lesley Brook, John Stuart 1949 Man on the Run Detective Sergeant Lawson Lawrence Huntington Associated British Picture Corporation Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins The Man from Yesterday John Matthews Oswald Mitchell International […]

Death in Hollywood: Gilbert, John, Aged 38 (July 10, 1897–Jan 9, 1936)

Gilbert suffered a second heart attack at his Bel Air home on January 9, 1936, which was fatal.