December 27: Six degrees of Humphrey Bogart. Our players: Hoagy Carmichael, Sydney Greenstreet, and Elisha Cook Jr.

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Hoagy Carmichael, who died on December 27, 1981, performed with Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall both performed with and was married to Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey Bogart was born on December 25, 1899, one month and three days after Hoagy Carmichael was born, on November 22, 1899. Humphrey Bogart performed with Sydney Greenstreet, who was born on December 27, 1879. Both Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet performed with Elisha Cook Jr., who was born on December 26, 1903.

Somehow, Peter Lorre missed out on the festivities.

Whew.

Hoagy Carmichael


Carmichael in 1947

Born: November 22, 1899, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Died: December 27, 1981 (aged 82), Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. American composer and author Alec Wilder described Carmichael as the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen" of pop songs in the first half of the twentieth century. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies, such as television and the use of electronic microphones and sound recordings.

Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including fifty that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul" (in collaboration with lyricist Frank Loesser), four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on "Lazybones" and "Skylark." Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946 (from Canyon Passage, in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule); "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951. Carmichael also appeared as a character actor and musical performer in 14 motion pictures, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.

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Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (27 December 1879 – 18 January 1954) was a British actor. While he did not work in films until the age of 62, he had a run of significant films in a Hollywood career lasting for under a decade. He is best remembered for his Warner Bros. films with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, which include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944). He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1925. He portrayed Nero Wolfe on radio from 1950 to 1951.

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Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon (1941)


Greenstreet and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)

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This is a great little video clip. Who are the other musicians? I'm sure IMDb has the answer.

Enough about Hoagy. "Let's talk about the bird."

More Peter Lorre? Of course.

Humphrey Bogart himself? He was born on Christmas Day, 1899.

Humphrey Bogart

Born: Humphrey DeForest Bogart, December 25, 1899, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: January 14, 1957 (aged 57), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Education: Trinity School, Phillips Academy

Website: Official website

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (/ˈboʊɡɑːrt/; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American film and stage actor. His performances in numerous films from the Classical Hollywood era made him a cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the greatest male star of American cinema.

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Splitting the difference, Elisha Cook Jr.:

Actor Elisha Cook Jr. was #BornOnThisDay Dec. 26, 1903. Remembered for his numerous #noir films: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Phantom Lady (1944), Born to Kill (1947), Shane (1953), & Rosemary's Baby (1968).Passed in 1993 (age 91) from a #stoke. #RIP #noiralley #GoneButNotForgotten

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1. Great actors and clips, thanks!

I saw Mary Astor’s film debut at a silent film festival last year; she was just 15, and was filmed right here in Augusta, Maine.