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Reckless Driving | Screenwriter
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Best Performances of the Month July | 1950 | Humphrey
Best Pictures of the Month July For | 1950
Best Pictures of the Month (July) | 1950
In her essay "Humphrey and Bogey", Louise Brooks wrote that more than any other role that Humphrey Bogart played, it was the role of Dixon Steele in this movie that came closest to the real Bogart she knew.
Producer Robert Lord was worried about having Nicholas Ray and Gloria Grahame, then husband and wife whose marriage was on the rocks, working together. He made Grahame sign a contract stipulating that "my husband shall be entitled to direct, control, advise, instruct, and even command my actions during the hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., every day except Sunday. I acknowledge that in every conceivable situations his will and judgment shall be considered superior to mine, and shall prevail." Grahame was also forbidden to "nag, cajole, tease, or in any other feminine fashion seek to distract or influence him."
The pianist and singer in the film is Hadda Brooks. While she originally came to prominence with boogie woogie, she was best known for ballads and, unusual for singers of her day, she wrote many of her own songs. She continued to perform into the 1990s.
Gloria Grahame and husband and Director Nicholas Ray quietly separated during filming, keeping it a secret for fear that one of them would be replaced. Ray slept on the studio set, saying that he needed to work late on preparation for the remainder of the film. It worked, and nobody suspected that their marriage was on the rocks.
Gloria Grahame, at the time, was estranged from her husband, Director Nicholas Ray. She would subsequently go on to marry her stepson, Ray's son from a previous marriage.
"Dixon Steele: I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me."
"Capt. Lochner: Why didn't you call for a cab? Isn't that what a gentleman usually does under the circumstances? Dixon Steele: Oh I didn't say I was a gentleman. I said I was tired."
