Brief review of "Bogart" by Ann Sperber and Eric Lax

This brief book review is my contribution to the Classic Film Reading Challenge, run by Raquel Stecher of the Out of the Past blog. (I originally posted a variant of this on Goodreads.)

Ann Sperber and Eric Lax's biography Bogart is a fabulous book on the life and career of one of the most important Hollywood figures of the 20th century. The book is weighted towards Humphrey Bogart's nearly twenty years with Warner Bros., due to the extensive research done in that studio's archives. That is an understandable focus given the importance of those years and the films Bogart made in that period. The other parts of his life, particularly his Broadway and early Hollywood years, get less detailed attention, but are still significantly covered. I can’t recommend this strongly enough for anyone interested in the classic Hollywood era, in general, and Humphrey Bogart, in particular.

Comments

[RaquelStecher]

I have a couple Bogie bios but I have never heard of this one! Thanks for the review.