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Things we learned from this movie.......


Let me start, only one though.

1.Never *beep* with Bogey, even if your friends with him.

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Don't go to Bogey's house late at night, nothing good will come of it.

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People getting beat up is a front page headline.

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Yes, apparently there was nothing more exciting happening in Los Angeles at that time, even though one of the other headlines talks about a bank robbery....

*Not answering your phone could be disastrous to your personal relationships.

*Screenwriters are "nobody."

*Bogie's got a nice face.

*Screenwriters are better at solving crimes than cops.

"GOD--WAS--WRONG!"--James Mason, Bigger Than Life

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If you think things can't get worse, they get worse.

Love is not the strongest force on the world but it makes things worth living and it takes strengt and work.

More than anything, violence resolves nothing, even righteous anger. It makes you crazy, bitter and alone.

Alcohol is bad for you.


"Ça va by me, madame...Ça va by me!" - The Red Shoes

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The star quarterback for UCLA's football team is not very tough. He can be beaten within an inch of his life by 50 year old Humphrey Bogart with his bare hands.

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Bogart needs to be reminded to buy ties.

-- "Quoth the raven: NM"
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Men who served in WWI apparently still served in combat in WWII.

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Don't expect your masseuse to be there to pick up the pieces when this goes south.

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A masseuse can talk with a cigarette in her mouth.

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Was the audience supposed to wonder for a minute if the masseuse strangled the coat check girl with her strong hands, or was that just me?


"Boy that was really exciting. I bet you're a big Lee Marvin fan aren't ya."

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Men who served in WWI apparently still served in combat in WWII.

That's totally plausible. America's involvement in WWI took place from April 1917 through the end of 1918. America's involvement in WWII took place from the end of 1941 through August of 1945.

A person such as Bogart born in 1899 would have been about 18 when the first war involved America. It's possible to spend over 30 years in the military. An 18 year old in 1917 would be a 46 year old in 1945 after 28 years of service. Bogart was addressed by the detective as "Major", so it's very plausible he enlisted for the first war, earned a battlefield commission, and then promoted to the rank of Major during the second war.

The character of Col. Potter on M*A*S*H was a WWI and WWII veteran serving on active duty in Korea in the 50's. I used to attend church with an elderly veteran that served from the end of WWII through Korea and then Vietnam, and he retired as a Major.

Joe "We're authorized" Fontana: I can do this all day, Mitch. How about you?

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Granted it is plausible, but it is unlikely, although not, I admit, impossible that he would be in a position to win the Medal of Honor.

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Semi OT, if you ever get a chance to watch it, check out Thunderbolt, a wartime film documenting part of the Italian air war during WWII. It aired on TCM recently and one thing that surprised me was a 24 year old Lt. Colonel.

Here's the IMDB link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038171/

Joe "We're authorized" Fontana: I can do this all day, Mitch. How about you?

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WWI and WWII were only 21 years apart. Quite a few men served in combat in their late teens or early twenties, and were still enlisted, or rejoined, in their late thirties or forties and saw action again. It was not uncommon.

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Teddy Roosevelt's son Teddy Jr served in both wars.

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Well he was the starting QB for UCLA, I dare say that would be front page news.

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- Your gay masseuse knows what she's talking about, so listen to her sage advice.

- That lady, Frances, is stupid times two. 1. She denied Bogie beat her up after the fact - even though he broke her nose. 2. She still doesn't mind associating with him. What an ass.

- Killing your girlfriend for breaking one date with you makes you is as bad as Dixon Steele popping everyone in the face for breathing incorrectly.

- There's no business like show business.

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Don't get mad at Bogie for crashing into your car.....he will beat your ass down.

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When someone asks you to marry them, if you're worried that they can't handle rejection, it's best to agree and have them buy you an expensive engagement ring when they insist, so long as you can schedule a flight for a few hours later and disappear.


"Boy that was really exciting. I bet you're a big Lee Marvin fan aren't ya."

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If you go visit Boogie be forwarned that he's too lazy to give you a ride home and will expect you to go to cab stop on the streets of LA at 12:30 at night.

If the above happens and you end up dead, your consolation will be two dozen roses sent anonymously.

If on the other hand, he beats the crap out of you, you can expect $400 sent from a pseudonym.

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If you are the wife of a burly cop who is working on a murder case, don't let him think too hard about it while he has his arm around your neck!

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He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good... St. Matthew 5:45

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Road rage was originated by Bogie.

People thought it fashionable and have been doing it ever since.




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Don't hire a masseuse who looks like a prison matron who got fired because she was too mean to work in a place with hardened criminals.

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In LA in 1950 you could dryly tell a flower shop keeper to send flowers to someone who's address you don't know and who's murder is in the paper, hand the paper to said flower shop keeper and tell him to look up the address - and he'll do it.

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-- In 1950, a working-class cop could afford to buy an ocean-view house in Malibu Canyon.

-- Abusive screenwriters like Ham and eggs for dinner and grapefruit and coffee for breakfast.

-- In Malibu, you can go swimming at night in the ocean and the water "isn't even cold".


"Who's running this airline?!"

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You can light two cigarette in a convertible doing 70mph. I love that scene LOL

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Driver and his mate were both wearing seat belts, so it was do-able. Nicotine contributes to driving ability, when driver is a mite irritable.

E pluribus unum

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A girl can be yelling "Help! Help!", then later killed, thus setting up extra good reason to suspect the man she was visiting - and then it never be even mentioned.

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