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Originally Posted by JD10367
While I've grown to enjoy "Casablanca", I never saw the fascination with it. I've never been a fan of Humphrey Bogart's acting style and the dude looked 60 all his life even when playing a supposedly young guy...
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What always got me about Casablanca was Bogart and the name 'Rick' just didn't fit the face. My favorites with Bogart was of course the Caine Mutiny, but in that film which had so many great actors, it was more of ensemble cast with probably Van Johnson and Fred McMurray as the lead. Also hard to believe was Van Johnson was gay. He played a dinner theater in St. Pete in the 70's and I knew a server and she said, he had his boyfriend with him.
As the lead I liked Bogart in A Lonely Place (1950) and Key Largo (1948) and in the same way you did, I've grown to like the Maltese Falcon, only because TCM shows it so often. Probably my all time favorite film is B&W, Sunset Blvd from 1950 with William Holden, it just draws me in whenever I see it.
Back to Love Boat, who would of believed Gopher would of become a US Representative.
