The Barefoot Contessa
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The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien. The plot focuses on social positioning and high-powered politics within the world of film and high society.
Gardner as Maria Vargas
Bogart as director Harry Dawes
Gardner in a trailer for the film
Humphrey Bogart
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Humphrey DeForest Bogart, colloquially nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.
Plaque commemorating Bogart's birthplace, 245 W. 103rd St., New York City
Maud Humphrey in the 1897 book American Women
Enlisting at 18 in the U.S. Navy in 1918, Bogart was recorded as a model sailor.