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| Dec-01-02 | | Samuel Maverick: Ten Best Bogart films (in chronological order): The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
To Have And Have Not
The Big Sleep
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Key Largo
In A Lonely Place
The African Queen
The Caine Mutiny
The Harder They Fall |
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| Feb-09-03 | | BLD9802: Is it true that there is a chess scene in the movie "Casablanca?" I was wondering if there is some relationship between this movie's title ("Casablanca"), which was released in 1942, and the death of a chess legend (Capablanca) in 1942. |
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Feb-09-03
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| Feb-10-03 | | judokausa1: Interesting tidbit. I read in a chess life 15 years ago where some GM was talking about him and said his playing strength was around that of a strong expert today. |
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| Aug-25-03 | | seoulmama: That first game doesn't support this view though. |
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| Nov-20-03 | | northernsoul: I heard that before he made it into the movies, Bogart was a chess hustler... Anyone confirm or contradict...? |
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| Dec-12-03 | | Texas Time Traveler: Sneaky: I read something in Chess Life, too, regarding Bogart. Maybe the same article Judokausal refers to. As best as I can remember, Bogart was analyzing a position in the French Defense [Black side?]. During the confusion of the several takes of that scene, the position shown in the movie had been set up incorrectly [by Bogart?]. |
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| Dec-12-03 | | Texas Time Traveler: Bogart in "Chess Life and Review": He was on the cover of the June-July 1945 issue playing Charles Boyer [French actor], with Herman Steiner [US Champion, 1948] and Lauren Bacall looking on. The picture was taken in Boyer's dressing room between takes of "The Confidential Agent", a movie Boyer was staring in. The article that accompanies the picture says, "... he [Bogart] is helping to popularize it [Chess] by serving as one of the directors of the United States Chess Federation." |
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| Dec-12-03 | | Calli: Pictures from Casablanca
http://www.chessgraphics.net/bog.htm
Rick, Rick! You got to save me! |
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| Dec-12-03 | | technical draw: That chessboard that Bogart is playing on is one of the cheapest sets you can buy. It's very flimsy and those plastic pieces fall over with the tiniest move. It's a good set to play on when you're losing, the slightest nudge and all the pieces scatter. |
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| Dec-13-03 | | Spitecheck: Ahh but it's a set like that one which gave me some of my first memories of the noble game. You are right with the weight though if you place a piece with any sort of confidence the other's will all jump about 3mm above the playing surface. :) Spitecheck |
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| Mar-07-04 | | badbadLeroyBrown: I knew a guy who filled those cheap plastic pieces with modeling clay. Afterwards they worked fine. |
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| Mar-12-04 | | bogie: Hello People,
In the late 1980's chess life magazine did a 5 part series about chess and the movies. Much was said in regards to Bogart. He was a very strong player and was very active in in the chess community.
The title of the movie casablanca mean white house. Ronald Reagan was picked to play Rick but turned it down
I wish there were more of Bogart's games available.
Favorite Bogart movie Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Favorite chess movie The Seventh Seal. A swedish movie made in 1956. |
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Mar-12-04
| | Sneaky: You ever been stung by a dead bee? |
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| Mar-12-04 | | Lawrence: Sneaky, the bee dies after it stings you, not before. ;-) |
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Mar-12-04
| | Sneaky: You gotta be careful of them dead bees...
sometimes they're worse than live ones. |
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Mar-12-04
| | Sneaky: Bogie, I think The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is probably my favorite as well, although I really love African Queen, Key Largo, and (of course) To Have and Have Not. It's so hard to pick. |
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| Mar-12-04 | | Lawrence: Sneaky, please explain, I've never seen "To Have and Have Not". From Google I learn that Walter Brennan says "You ever been stung by a dead bee?" What's that all about? I'll bet I'm not the only person who missed what you were talking about though I'm sure bogie didn't. |
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Mar-12-04
| | Sneaky: In "To Have and Have Not", the old sailor Eddie (Walter Brennan) was fond of striking up conversation with people by asking them, "You ever been stung by a dead bee?" For those who lent him their ear, he'd go on to explain that if a bee dies and you step on it, it can sting you worse than a live one. But don't take my word for it... see the movie!! I like it for its sizzling romance scenes betwen Bogie and Bacall, who first met on the set of the movie. |
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| Mar-12-04 | | karnak64: Treasure of Sierra Madre ("we don't need no stinking badges!") is my pick. Anyone who could take Koltanowski to 41 moves and be only a pawn down -- okay, a pawn about to queen -- has my chessical respect! |
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| Mar-12-04 | | chess 2003: I played a postal game against an old fellow who said that while he was stationed in California in the Air force he had played Bogart many times. He said Bogart was neither friendly nor talkative, but that he was always ready to play. I told him I'd heard that Bogey was expert strength, but he dismissed that notion, saying he was probably a strong A player. (Given all the rating inflation a 1950's A player might be an expert these days!) He said it was ironic that Bogart played tough guys in the movies, because he was actually quite anassumung physically and something of a highbrow!! Go figure.... |
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| Mar-13-04 | | badbadLeroyBrown: Some more information about Bogie. In his early career he had a wife (well before he met Bacall) with whom he did not get along. Their knockdown/dragout brawls were a Hollywood legend. Supposedly almost every night a brawl would break out and many dishes would be broken! They were called "The Battling Bogarts". I never heard of what happened to his first wife after the divorce. Favorite Bogart movies...1) Treasure of Sierra Madre 2)African Queen 3)Sahara 4)The Big Sleep. Best line from any Bogie movie- "You know how to whistle don't ya? Just put your lips together and blow". |
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| Mar-13-04 | | shadowmaster: Here's a link to an article by Bill Wall on Bogie's longstanding relationship with chess: http://www.geocities.com/siliconval... |
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| Mar-13-04 | | iron maiden: I read somewhere that, among other movie stars, John Wayne and Charlie Chaplin were also said to be keen chess players. |
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| Jun-09-04 | | MoonlitKnight: As for directors, Stanley Kubrick was a passionate chess player. |
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