At 18 years old, it was her first film. Her screen test was the unforgettable "You know how to whistle, don't you?" That wasn't intended to go into the film but, well, the director knew when he had a winner.
There is a persistent rumor that an even younger Andy Williams dubbed the singing for this song. It isn't true, but Bacall's very low register was (and is) quite unusual. It really is her singing with the great Hoagy Carmichael here.
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That is some dame right there, boys. More than seventy years later she still smolders. Wow.
Ian Fleming said James Bond looked like Hoagy.
That other song, Hong Kong Blues had me gasping when I first heard it. The tempo, rhythm, and wording was just amazing. That man was something else again.
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