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Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart Film Noir classic The Big Sleep 2 1945-2015 Poster
by David Lee Guss
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Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart Film Noir classic The Big Sleep 2 1945-2015 poster by David Lee Guss. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at... more
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"I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look." - Lauren (Betty) Bacall, 1924-2014
"I came out here with one suit and everybody said I looked like a bum. Twenty years later Marlon Brando came out with only a sweatshirt and the town drooled over him. That shows how much Hollywood has progressed." - Humphrey Bogart, 1899-1957
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colours flowers, so does art colour life. -- Congratulations on your recent sale of this amazing Work!
Bill Cannon
Congratulations on your sale!!!!
David Lee Guss replied:
Hi, Thanks. Bogie and Betty are still a compelling couple. They were both 5'8". Note how he is much taller here. When co-starring with Bergman in "Casablanca" there was a real problem since she was an inch taller. He wore a special pair of shoes with elevated heels. There is only one known photo of the foot wear.