FOWC with Fandango — Whistle
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart (1944)
“Just put your lips together and BLOW!,” she said.
He blew.
Note: Lauren Bacall’s “real” name was Betty Persky, but Humphrey Bogart’s name was Humphrey Bogart, Jr.
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And in those days an effort was made to keep the names neutral. No ‘foreign sounding names’ –which covered a LOT of territory, and unless you were a comedic actor, you got a name that was more ‘suitable”. Judy Garland, for instance, was Frances Gumm.
Found this, it’s obvious why the names were changed, partly for simplicity sake: Let’s face it, Leonard Slye sounds more like a raggedy looking gangster than a singing cowboy, right?
1. Frederic Austerlitz: Fred Astaire
2. Benjamin Kubelsky: Jack Benny
3. Edward Israel Iskowitz: Eddie Cantor
4. Lucille Fay LeSueur: Joan Crawford
5. Harry Lillis Crosby: Bing Crosby
6. Frank James Cooper: Gary Cooper
7. Ruth Elizabeth Davis: Bette Davis
8. Milton Berlinger: Milton Berle
9. Nathan Birnbaum: George Burns
10. Doris Kappelhoff: Doris Day
11. Frances Smith: Dale Evans
12. Leonard Slye: Roy Rogers
13. Norma Jean Baker: Marilyn Monroe
14. Frances Gumm: Judy Garland
15. Archibald Leach: Cary Grant
16. Margarita Cansino: Rita Hayworth
17. Joseph Levitch: Jerry Lewis
18. Dino Crocetti: Dean Martin
19. Ruby Stevens: Barbara Stanwyck
20. Julia Jean Turner: Lana Turner
21. Marion Morrison: John Wayne
22. Bernard Schwartz: Tony Curtis
23. William Beedle: William Holden
24. William Henry Pratt: Boris Karloff
25. Béla Blaskó: Bela Lugosi
26. Asa Yoelson: Al Jolson
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I must be defective because it doesn’t work for me. I can not whistle. At all. Never have, and I guess I never will…
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I can’t whistle either. It sometimes, when I work at it, sounds like vaguely musical wind.
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I loved that movie! It, for me, is timeless!
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Even for me, it’s timeless. For one thing, it’s about two people falling in love who ARE falling in love. It’s such a pleasure watching them.
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Isn’t it? Not like today’s wham bam done deal cramp.
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I love the sly, sexy looks and all the “come on” firting.
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It simply drew you in. I couldn’t agree more!
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Bogart and Bacall were a great pairing in movies and offscreen despite the age difference.
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They were so obviously in love. It was nice to see. The look on his face in this little clip is just great.
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That was their first film together wasn’t it? She was about 19 I think but I always thought she looked so sophisticated and mature.
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And sexy, but classy. It’s a hard combination to come by 🙂
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Bacall was catnip for Bogie who didn’t suffer fools.
In a long ago interview, Gregory Peck admitted his affection for “Betty’s sharp sense of wit”.
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I read both their biographies and I think she was probably the best thing that ever happened to him.
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Some how Lauren Bacall sounds better than Betty Persky.
Leslie
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But personally, everyone called her Betty 😀
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makes sense…..
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Yes, it does. But her friends referred to her as “Betty Bacall”.
Another example: Stewart Granger’s real name was James Stewart. You see the problem, right? Friends, like Richard Burton, referred to Stewart Granger as “Jimmy Granger”.
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all done to create the image.
Leslie
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Actually, there’s a movie union law that two people can’t use the same name on screen so Stewart Granger had to change his name since someone else had it. It’s a union rule to keep actors from completely confusing viewers.
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That’s a good way to deal with that situation.
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True. Very True.
Robert Taylor
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