Lauren Bacall (born September 16, 1924), first began her acting career as leading lady in film noirs, The Big Sleep (1946), directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. A film about the process of a criminal investigation instead of its results. Dark Passage (1947), the film is based on the novel of the same name by David Goodis. It was the third of four films real-life couple Bacall and Bogart made together. Bacall also performed as a comedian in, How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)along with Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe as fortune hunters with William Powell, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun, Cameron Mitchell, Alexander D'Arcy, and Fred Clark. Designing Woman (1957). A film about fashion, with Gregory Peck. George Wells won an Academy Award for the screenplay. Bacall has also worked in the Broadway musical, gaining Tony Awards for Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981. Her performance in the movie The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination.
Video: From the film: To Have and Have Not. Song: How little we know. A romance-war-adventure film. Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, in her first film. Loosely based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. Please click on Lauren Bacall's name, in the tag line, located at the bottom of the post, to learn more about Lauren Bacall.
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