![]() Key Largo‘s hero of the hour is Frank McCloud-that’s Frank, by John, out of Ellen-a former Army major traveling the country on his way to live the seafaring life aboard a fishing boat as “life on land’s become too complicated for my taste.” His last stop is Key Largo, specifically the Largo Hotel, to visit the family of one of the fallen soldiers from his command. No longer Warner Brothers’ resident “sniveling bastard” who gets plugged by the end, Bogie had now developed his own personal brand of cinematic heroism, the honest but laconic man-of-the-world who’s seen enough to be cynical when we-and our femme fatale du jour-meet him, until he ultimately finds his ideals in time to triumph over evil by the end. ![]() ![]() The claustrophobia of our characters’ forced isolation against the looming summer storm outside and the raging tension inside made it particularly impactful viewing during months in lockdown.īy this point, Humphrey Bogart had been firmly established as one of the biggest stars in the world, having risen over the decade thanks to iconic roles in movies like The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and most recently The Treasure of Sierra Madre, to name just a few. Released today in 1948, John Huston’s moody noir Key Largo marked the fourth and final of Bogie and Bacall’s on-screen collaborations, closing out their celluloid romance the way it began in To Have and Have Not (1944) with a talent-packed cast (including Dan Seymour as a heavy heavy) in a tropical locale shrouded in shadows, storms, and gunplay. Humphrey Bogart as Frank McCloud, taciturn war veteran and former newspaperman Given some of the problematic attribution of pieces in the Little John’s catalog of Stembridge Collection firearms, hopefully the National Firearms Museum has been able to fully authenticate the weapon.Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall on the set of Key Largo (1948) Vitals While none of the four PPKs sold by Little John’s Auction Service are found, one of the serial numbers is off by only one number, so there is a possibility that it appears on one of the invoices that I do not have a copy of myself. I also have a copy of one page of rental agreements for A View To A Kill. These agreements only list one PPK, though it is limited in scope to one of the two unit armourers (one was in Key West, the second in Mexico City, Veracruz, and Key West), so it is certain that additional PPKs not listed in the paperwork that I have for the 2nd unit were rented to the 1st unit. I own one PPK that was rented by Stembridge Gun Rentals to the production for Licence to Kill (see Movie Guns | James Bond Hero Walther PPK) and have the original rental agreements and other collateral listing that weapon by serial number. Regarding the PPK, I do have some information regarding Stembridge weapons rented to both Licence to Kill and A View To A Kill. ( YouTube LINK):īelow is the feature on the Walther PPK pistol attributed to Licence to Kill / A View To A Kill ( YouTube LINK): In addition to specifics about the subject pieces in each video is really good information about prop movie guns in general.īelow is the feature on the Colt Series 70 1911A pistol attributed to Magnum P.I. The two videos can be found on the NFMCurator’s Channel on YouTube: The series of installments, called “Curator’s Corner”, feature pieces attributed to Magnum P.I. The NRA’s National Firearms Museum has recently published some videos on YouTube related to original movie guns obtained from the Stembridge Collection ( as sold by Little John’s Auction Service in 2007).
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