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Humphrey Bogart: The Making of a Legend ReviewIf this were classified as fiction, I'd probably give this one 5* because it is one salacious and interesting tale. As a biography, it leaves something to be desired. The author makes a lot of assertions in this book, including an affair Bogart conducted with Bette Davis and an affair that supposedly went on between Ingrid Bergman and Bogie during the making of Casablanca. Since I don't know if there is any truth regarding either claim, it seems in the realm of possible but not exactly probable even though these two women had fairly busy sex lives. The author also asserts that Bogart's 3rd wife (the original crazy lady/booze-aholic Mayo Methot) was ploting to have Bogart murdered. While she was certainly capable of doing so as evidenced by documented behavior during a liquor fueled marriage in which both of the participants continually tried to one-up each other in the outrageous behavior department, it's a good yarn which apparently has never been reliably documented.
It gets better and it gets juicier as one reads on. Bogart's parents are supposedly upscale morphine addicts. There are winks at possible affairs both parents may have had. Bogart was a talented actor who was also a talented lover, having bedded over 1,000 women. He even played watchdog over FDR after a near drowning while FDR was visiting a just revealed new mistress near the Bogart family's summer place. In this book, Bogart is a 20th century Waldo even as a child as he just seems to be everywhere when something is happening.
The trick to writing a 'biography' like this is that there are enough facts (verifiable information) mixed with crazy assertions to make this yarn believable. By the end of this book, it is hard to decipher the truth from the fiction. In an odd way, it can be compared to RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow. Everthing is tied together in some strange patchwork that blends fact with fiction.
My advice is read this book if you choose, but remember that a lot of it may not ring true and very well probably isn't.Humphrey Bogart: The Making of a Legend Overview

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