Bogie stayed on the O’Moore boat that night. The next day he had to go back to his own - Mayo would return sometime during the day. I was going to stay the day and drive home late. Around lunchtime he came over to say goodbye to me - we were always saying goodbye - and suddenly Pat called down, ‘Christ, Mayo’s heading this way.’ I thought I’d drop dead from fright. There was nowhere to go. Bogie shoved me into the head, where I sat holding on to the door with my heart pounding so loudly I was sure it could be heard all over the boat. I could hear them talking - I heard her say, ‘Let’s sit down and have a drink.’ Oh God, don’t let it happen now - I was so scared I was shaking - what a hopeless confrontation that would have been. The O’Moores said they had to go onshore to get something - Bogie said he wanted to go too - at last they left. Pat walked down the dock with Bogie and Mayo - Zelma called down, called to me that the coast was clear. When I could come up on deck, what a relief to be able to breathe the air again!

Lauren Bacall

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You know, before I ever met him, I thought Bogie really talked like he did in all those gangster films. I was shocked to discover that he didn’t. Offscreen, he bore little resemblance to the parts he played. He was a gent. In his words, “a last century boy.” His own man, standards high, true character and integrity. He would not tolerate a lie. So what people called “toughness” was not toughness. It was conviction.

- Lauren Bacall

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Home video of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

So Bogie became a father at the age of 49, and more than a bit awed by it… There he was, the man who never thought he’d have a family, with a family. A wife he loved who loved him, and a beautiful son and daughter. 

- Lauren Bacall

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Home video from Bogie & Bacall’s wedding on May 21, 1945

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