I double-checked the source where I read that Lupino did not
in fact refuse to work with Bogart (Sperber & Lax, BOGART
129-30, 142-43, 145, 1997). The authors' assertions are based
on a 1991 interview with Lupino (who flat-out said that
Warner's was lying about her refusal) and on an interview
with John Huston just before he died ('88 or thereabouts,
wasn't it?). It appears that Bogart and Lupino had indeed had
some difficulty at the end of High Sierra but overall a good
working relationship.
IIRC, it was actually George Raft who was instrumental in
having Bogart replaced by Robinson in Manpower, and then had
one of his bodyguards/thugs assault Robinson. Sounds like a
lovely human being.
Counterpoint. ;)
Vicky
Victoria Esposito-Shea, J.D. Legal Research and Writing
New and improved site at http://www.esposito-shea.com
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