Humphrey Bogart News

True love doesn't always conquer all, not even in the movies. But that can be romantic as well.

In the days and weeks leading up to this Sunday's Valentine's Day, a smattering of real-life romances have emerged as potential threats to outshine some of the classics like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall , Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward , and Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown .

For a lot of folks, Casablanca conjures up an idealized image as a city full of love and international intrigue.

KatherineHepburn and Humphrey Bogart make an unlikely pair in "The African Queen," on eof the films in the Capitol Theatre's Sunday Classics Brunch and Movie Series.

As Valentine's Day draws near, the panic over dinner reservations is palpable. Granted, there are plenty of posh, special occasion restaurants to help set the romantic tone for the evening on Feb.

It's a wonder that, with all this revolutionary technology maximizing our abilities to exchange information with others instantaneously, contemporary Hollywood has failed to produce a film as intriguing as Delmer Daves' 1947 film-noir sensation Dark Passage.

Publisher: Faber & Faber, $14 each. Review: These slim volumes -- the first four in a series of film biographies -- are informal, breezy and useful, although not particularly revelatory.

You can say this for David Thomson -- he doesn't rest on his laurels. And he's got a lot of laurels to rest on.

Author Nicholas Sparks calls "Dear John," based on his best-selling novel, an updated version of "Casablanca," the 1942 classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

"Here's looking at you, kid," the talented actor Humphrey Bogart whispered to the ever-so lovely Ingrid Bergman in that famous movie "Casablanca." Those who believe in love's magic breathed a sigh for romance.

By John Nagenda THE above is an interesting statement often thrown upon the air by persons of little logic as they discuss a coming election, in this case the Uganda presidential one of 2011.

Alexander Tytler did. You know, Alexander Tytler. Yeah, Tytler, not Tyler. He was a British lawyer that died in 1813.

First there was Sam Spade - think Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" - then there was Philip Marlowe - Bogey again in "The Big Sleep." They were the great private detectives of American fiction.

More stories by this author... Just back from some rest and relaxation - a little time on the beach, literally, in Monterey, and a sweet indulgence I haven't made time for in many years - a mystery novel.

Bogie's last film, Antonio Banderas 20 years ago and the silent comedy styling of Hal Roach light up the big screen on Mount Pony this weekend.

Movie buffs can watch the Humphrey Bogart classic "Casablanca" tonight at Riverbank's Galaxy Theater.

The only knowledge younger generations have of Humphrey Bogart typically comes from the occasional cultural reference to Casablanca : "Here's looking at you, kid" has eternally scorched its place in cinematic history.

"Bette Davis," "Gary Cooper," "Humphrey Bogart" and "Ingrid Bergman" four biographies by David Thomson You can say this for David Thomson - he doesn't rest on his laurels.

Philip Marlowe studies Famous First Editions at the Hollywood Public Library, in The Big Sleep .

There is a reason that novels and movies and TV shows are done about private detectives with a heart of gold.