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"Imagination is the highest kite that can journey." - Lauren Bacall A lot of printer ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential characters, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most significant women and men in the time it takes to complete a commute, learning interesting facts long overlooked or undiscovered. It's exceedingly difficult to think about Lauren Bacall without also thinking of her famous partner, Humphrey Bogart. In the end, it is not any incident that Bacall was entirely undiscovered before starring at only twenty years old with her husband to be in Howard Hawks' famous film To Have and Have Not in 1944. And undoubtedly, Bogart's infatuation with the young celebrity helped ensure she would continue being cast in videos with him moving forward. "Bogie and Bacall" are one among a number of legendary romantic display screen duos in film background, and there were other famous display screen lovers who made headlines from the set as well, but few compare in terms of success. In the wake of their first film together, Bacall and Bogart captivated viewers in other motion pictures during the ten years, including The Big Rest (1946), Dark Triumph (1947), and Key Largo (1948). Even though they didn't appear in a large quantity of films together, the popularity and cultural need for these motion pictures solidified the position of "Bogie and Bacall" as one of the premier romantic lovers in film background. When Bogart died in 1957, Bacall was still in her 30s, yet from 1957 onward her name scarcely surface types in popular culture, as though Bacall was simply wiped away with her past due husband.
