Word: hammit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bogart perfectly in the role of Sam Spade--by letting Bogart do Bogart, but without the "sentimentalist" soft spots of Rick in "Casablanca" or the nervousness of the hunted criminal in "Petrified Forest." Bogart is nothing more nor less than leather-skinned in this role: cool, jaded, manipulative. Dashiell Hammit included a last scene in his book during which the reader really grasps what a contemptible specimen Spade is. But Huston thankfully understood that a film version could dispense with this redeeming moralism especially at the expense of Bogart's persona. A remarkably sophisticated insight for a director so seemingly...
...Bogart perfectly in the role of Sam Spade--by letting Bogart do Bogart, but without the "sentimantalist" soft spots of Rick in Casablanca or the nervousness of the hunted criminal in Petrified Forest. Bogart is nothing more nor less than leather-skinned in this role: cool, jaded, manipulative. Dashiell Hammit included a last scene in his book during which the reader really grasps what a contemptible specimen Spade is. But Huston thankfully understood that a film version could dispense with this redeeming moralism especially at the expense of Bogart's persona. A remarkably sophisticated insight for a director so seemingly...
Despite the miserable conditions, a rusty contingent of Tom Repps skippering with Long and Jim Hammit with crew Dave Poor took second place behind the home team, New York Maritime. Though Tufts, the team's biggest rival, was not at the event, it was an impressive finish nonetheless. Especially considering the mid-Atlantic competition in the regatta had already been on the water three weeks...
...Black and Chris Hoering manned the boat in the A division, Tony Legget and Tom Repps in the B division, Ogden Ross and David Poore in the J.V. division, and Jim Hammit and Russell Long in the Freshman division...
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