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Posted by tinear on March 20, 2008 at 06:16:01:
fashionable to damn the great but Bogart was versatile, playing villains, heroes, and lovers all with nonpareil skill. I think you're forgetting that for many years, Warner Bros. cast him in dozens of gangster films and he had a hell of a time breaking out of that stereotype.
Anyhow, Bogey is Bogey: the list of his great films is surpassed by none.
One hears your same hooey about many great actors, including Olivier: one critic said that Sir Lawrence seemed to think that every film line was written by Shakespeare.
I think what happens is that actors with extremely powerful personalities and that have long careers make it difficult for some viewers to see them as other characters.
I mean, can you forget that Alec Guiness was the Colonel in Kwai while watching him in Star Wars? I guess you could say he's playing the same guy?
How about Brando?
Wayne?
Cooper?
Mitchum?
Grant?
Davis?