{"product_id":"the-real-bogie-and-bacall-9781399074025","title":"The Real Bogie and Bacall","description":"\u003cb\u003eChronicles the turbulent Hollywood love story of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, navigating fame, adversity, and enduring passion against all odds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was the Hollywood romance that warmed hearts and thrilled audiences, but the path to true love was littered with alcoholism, abandonment and bitter disappointments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHumphrey Bogart had crawled up the hard way, leaving behind a childhood without affection for a life as the idol of millions. Bogie's road to stardom had been long and tough, forging a superstar who hated being in the spotlight as much as he loved being in the bar. With three marriages to his name and a reputation as one of the hardest drinkers in Hollywood, happiness was always fleeting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLauren Bacall grew up in New York as the apple of her hard-working mother's eye, dreaming of a life in the limelight. Modelling by day and tearing tickets at night, when she was summoned to Hollywood to make a screentest, young Betty Bacall grabbed it with both hands. There she was reborn as the vampish Lauren Bacall, a teenage nobody who would make her debut in \u003ci\u003eTo Have and Have Not\u003c\/i\u003e opposite the quintessential Hollywood tough guy, Humphrey Bogart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody expected what came next, but the love affair between Bogie and Bacall took the world by storm. \u003ci\u003eThe Real Bogie \u0026amp; Bacall\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of two people whose romance shouldn't have worked... but did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e White Owl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399074025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Catherine Curzon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848943366325,"sku":"9781399074025","price":31.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3ed18bfb-ce5f-417f-bbbc-c857f93b4557.jpg?v=1732634357","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-real-bogie-and-bacall-9781399074025","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}