I would like to add to a comment, to a previous one.
At the conclusion of this film, Bogart was signed to star in "The Good Shepherd," a British naval story set in World War II.
There was a color Film Screen Test, of Bogart in a military uniform, for this never made movie. "The Good Shepherd," . I saw it on a documentary, quite a while back.
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I believe Bogart would have retired by the mid 1960s like Cary Grant did. While some films were still good, it was not the same and their time had passed. Maybe he would have turned to TV
shareI would not have liked to have seen him on TV, even though I'm a huge fan. I think his characters are more suited for movies, and even movies before the time right after he died. By the mid-fifties, movies were competing with TV, and had to be bigger, better, and have more effects. I would not want Bogie to have garbage roles that don't utilize his acting ability.
shareI think that television would be terrible for Bogart. He is just not the type of actor who could act in a series without breaking down due to his irritations with his costars. I heard that he was constantly coaching Ava Gardner during "The Barefoot Contessa" as well as his wife. Bogart's the type of person who values professionalism in acting.
He would also despise the limited acting potentional in television because it would damper his acting. Movies allow you to extend yourself far more than the typical sitcoms and made-for-televison dramas that air on the weekends and weekdays.
So, to tell the truth, Bogart has so much more to offer his audiences than lousy, intellectually cheap, flicks on the "boob tube."
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Agreed. But hey, even if it was on TV more of him certainly would've been awesome. If he had lived longer I would've killed to see him in a smaller role in 70s film like Gregory Peck did in 'Boys from Brazil' or Edward G. Robinson in 'Soylent Green'.
shareSadly, Max Baer would be the second main cast member to pass away early, three years later in 1959.
shareBogart did appear on TV . I wish his. Health had matched Cagney's.
sharemay i respectfully disagree?? i think that with mr. allnut and captain queeg, mr bogart showed that he was getting out of the hard-boiled characters and into a whole 'say, this is new, let's try it' mode. i think that for him, the sky was the limit. he would have gone to tv only if the 'studio system' was blocking him from doing what he wanted to do. just what i think. be well.
shareBogart really wanted to play the male lead in Come Back Little Sheba opposite Shirley Booth. Burt Lancaster lobbied hard for it, and got it, partly due to some producers reservations about Bogart's reliability.
It's too bad, beccause Bogart shows himself to be fully capable of such a nuanced character in his work in the 1950s. Lancaster was very good, but Bogart would have been so much better because of his greater range (at the time), his personal experiences with drinking and the fact that he would have been the correct age and had the right look for such a character.
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I also think he might have moved well into TV, not into a sitcom but into the many excellent series that basically put on one-act plays, like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, General Electric Theater or ABC Playhouse, etc. Those series allowed lots of actors to do occasional short-term work of a fairly serious nature with high quality results.
shareI think Bogart did make a few TV appearances, if I recall rightly he was in a TV play version of 'The Petrified Forest' in the 50s, reprising his movie role from the 1930s.
shareThat seems to have been his only TV drama - maybe he was testing the waters and considering more TV work. Somewhere in this thread it was suggested he could have retired but I'm not sure he was wealthy enough to do that in his 50s. I've read that he often complained producers beat him down on salary because they knew he wanted a part so much.
shareInevitable really given that Bogey was a functioning alcoholic and a chain smoker for over 20 years. Then you have to consider what cancer treatments were in 56 vs today.
Well for that matter so was Robert Mitchum but he almost made it to 80. In Mitchum's last interview he had no regrets and said "I've had a helluva time".
Bogart was operated on in March, 1956 and for 6 or 7 months, it looked good until towards the end. He was probably too weak to take on any acting roles in 1956.
If only his health had met Cagney's or Robinson's.
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