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December 27: Six degrees of Humphrey Bogart. Our players: Hoagy Carmichael and Sydney Greenstreet
Thu Dec 27, 2018: December 27: Six degrees of Humphrey Bogart
Hoagy Carmichael
Carmichael in 1947
Born November 22, 1899, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Died December 27, 1981 (aged 82), Rancho Mirage, California, United States
Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. American composer and author Alec Wilder described Carmichael as the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen" of pop songs in the first half of the twentieth century. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies, such as television and the use of electronic microphones and sound recordings.
Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including fifty that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul" (in collaboration with lyricist Frank Loesser), four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on "Lazybones" and "Skylark." Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946 (from Canyon Passage, in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule); "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951. Carmichael also appeared as a character actor and musical performer in 14 motion pictures, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.
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1940s
Carmichael and Harold Russell play a duet in The Best Years of Our Lives as Fredric March watches
Carmichael appeared as an actor in 14 motion pictures, performing at least one of his songs in each. He described his on-screen persona as the "hound-dog-faced old musical philosopher noodling on the honky-tonk piano, saying to a tart with a heart of gold: 'He'll be back, honey. He's all man.'" In 1944 Carmichael played Cricket in the screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, opposite Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He sang "Hong Kong Blues" and "The Rhumba Jumps", and played piano as Bacall sang "How Little We Know". In the multi-Academy Award-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Myrna Loy and Fredric March, Carmichael's character teaches a disabled veteran with metal prostheses to play "Chopsticks", and also performs "Lazy River".[62] Carmichael played Hi Linnett in Canyon Passage (1946), a Universal Pictures western that starred Dana Andrews (his costar in The Best Years of Our Lives and Night Song), Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. He also composed several songs for the film, including "Ole Buttermilk Sky," an Academy Award nominee.
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1950s
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During the 1950s the public's musical preferences shifted toward rhythm and blues and rock and roll, ending the careers of most He was also a regular cast member, playing the character role of Jonesy the ranch hand in the first season of NBC's western series Laramie (1959–63).
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Carmichael in 1947
Born November 22, 1899, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Died December 27, 1981 (aged 82), Rancho Mirage, California, United States
Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. American composer and author Alec Wilder described Carmichael as the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen" of pop songs in the first half of the twentieth century. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies, such as television and the use of electronic microphones and sound recordings.
Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including fifty that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul" (in collaboration with lyricist Frank Loesser), four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on "Lazybones" and "Skylark." Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946 (from Canyon Passage, in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule); "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951. Carmichael also appeared as a character actor and musical performer in 14 motion pictures, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.
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1940s
Carmichael and Harold Russell play a duet in The Best Years of Our Lives as Fredric March watches
Carmichael appeared as an actor in 14 motion pictures, performing at least one of his songs in each. He described his on-screen persona as the "hound-dog-faced old musical philosopher noodling on the honky-tonk piano, saying to a tart with a heart of gold: 'He'll be back, honey. He's all man.'" In 1944 Carmichael played Cricket in the screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, opposite Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He sang "Hong Kong Blues" and "The Rhumba Jumps", and played piano as Bacall sang "How Little We Know". In the multi-Academy Award-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Myrna Loy and Fredric March, Carmichael's character teaches a disabled veteran with metal prostheses to play "Chopsticks", and also performs "Lazy River".[62] Carmichael played Hi Linnett in Canyon Passage (1946), a Universal Pictures western that starred Dana Andrews (his costar in The Best Years of Our Lives and Night Song), Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. He also composed several songs for the film, including "Ole Buttermilk Sky," an Academy Award nominee.
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1950s
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During the 1950s the public's musical preferences shifted toward rhythm and blues and rock and roll, ending the careers of most He was also a regular cast member, playing the character role of Jonesy the ranch hand in the first season of NBC's western series Laramie (1959–63).
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Sydney Greenstreet
Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (27 December 1879 – 18 January 1954) was a British actor. While he did not work in films until the age of 62, he had a run of significant films in a Hollywood career lasting for under a decade. He is best remembered for his Warner Bros. films with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, which include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944). He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1925. He portrayed Nero Wolfe on radio from 1950 to 1951.
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Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Greenstreet and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)
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Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (27 December 1879 – 18 January 1954) was a British actor. While he did not work in films until the age of 62, he had a run of significant films in a Hollywood career lasting for under a decade. He is best remembered for his Warner Bros. films with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, which include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944). He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1925. He portrayed Nero Wolfe on radio from 1950 to 1951.
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Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Greenstreet and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)
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This is a great little video clip. Who are the other musicians? I'm sure IMDb has the answer.
I didn't get around to posting my favorite "modern" Christmas song, "The Christmas Song," performed by Nat King Cole, this year. This should compensate. What a glorious Capitol Records recording this is.
Live:
One more:
Enough about Hoagy. "Let's talk about the bird."
More Peter Lorre? Of course.
Oh, and Humphrey Bogart himself? He was born on Christmas Day, 1899.
Humphrey Bogart
Born Humphrey DeForest Bogart, December 25, 1899, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died January 14, 1957 (aged 57), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Education: Trinity School, Phillips Academy
Website: Official website
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (/ˈboʊɡɑːrt/; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American film and stage actor. His performances in numerous films from the Classical Hollywood era made him a cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the greatest male star of American cinema.
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Born Humphrey DeForest Bogart, December 25, 1899, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died January 14, 1957 (aged 57), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Education: Trinity School, Phillips Academy
Website: Official website
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (/ˈboʊɡɑːrt/; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American film and stage actor. His performances in numerous films from the Classical Hollywood era made him a cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the greatest male star of American cinema.
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Splitting the difference:
Actor Elisha Cook Jr. was #BornOnThisDay Dec. 26, 1903. Remembered for his numerous #noir films: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Phantom Lady (1944), Born to Kill (1947), Shane (1953), & Rosemary's Baby (1968).Passed in 1993 (age 91) from a #stoke. #RIP #noiralley #GoneButNotForgotten
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