Before George, my life hadn’t made much sense. I never had much of a home, and I didn’t like what I had. George gave me roots. When he went overseas, I came here to stay with his father. . . and the roots took hold.
Now I’m like one of those mangroves.
Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall) in “Key Largo”
“The whole world is about three drinks behind.” - Humphrey Bogart
These are the two giant stuffed pandas from Bogie’s ‘Panda Incident’ in 1949 (TIME magazine did a write-up about it). His wife also mentioned in on pg 198 of her autobiography.
To sum it up;
After dropping off Bacall at the hotel at 10 p.m., Bogart and an old Broadway drinking buddy decided to continue the revelry at New York’s chic El Morocco Club. En route they picked up a pair of large stuffed animals, pandas, to serve as their drinking dates. At about 3:45 in the morning a pair of young ladies, a model and a socialite, decided they would make off with the pandas. In the process of thwarting the attempted panda-napping, Bogart may or may not have shoved the women to the floor. A brouhaha ensued, with Bogart trading a volley of plates with the socialite’s boyfriend, an actual gangster.
Bogart was dragged into court the next morning to face charges of assault and battery. Flippant and cool, he suggested the ladies were merely publicity seekers and the pandas had done them no wrong. The case was dismissed. At least in the eyes of the law.
“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you” - Audrey Hepburn
“A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?” - Lauren Bacall
Originally from rural Kentucky, I live in central Japan in the shadow of Mt. Fuji.
I enjoy the artsy-fartsy, as well as film and digital photography.
My REAL hobbies include eating, and generally making a nuance of myself.
