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Who said you just put your lips together and blow?

Who said you just put your lips together and blow?

Lauren Bacall
This line is spoken by Slim, played by Lauren Bacall, in the film To Have and Have Not, directed by Howard Hawks (1944). Daaaaang. After sharing their first—and second—kiss, Slim (Lauren Bacall) tells Harry (Humphrey Bogart) that he doesn’t need to anything else to get her attention. “Except maybe whistle.”

Do you know how do you whistle don’t you just put your lips together and blow?

At the funeral for her husband, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall put a whistle in his coffin. It was a reference to the famous line in the film where she says to him: “You know how to whistle, don’t you? You just put your lips together and blow.”

Who did Humphrey Bogart call slim?

“Steve” and “Slim” were the nicknames that producer Howard Hawks and his wife Nancy Keith used for each other, so Bogie and Bacall decided to use the same nicknames in the film.

When did Bogart meet Bacall?

Hawks introduced Bacall to a 43-year-old Bogart in 1943. “There was no clap of thunder, no lightning bolt,” she later wrote about the encounter. However, she was excited when Hawks cast her in her first role opposite Bogart in To Have and Have Not.

Do you know how do you whistle don’t you Steve?

“You Know How to Whistle, Don’t You Steve?”: Remembering Lauren Bacall’s Greatest Scene. American actress Lauren Bacall, circa 1950. Never is that more apparent than in To Have and Have Not’s “whistle” scene, which has Bacall deliver one of the most famous lines in film history.

Who said if you want me just whistle?

Quote by Lauren Bacall: “If you want me, just whistle.

What movie is you know how do you whistle don’t you?

To Have and Have Not
Lauren Bacall’s famous invitation to Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 film “To Have and Have Not”: “You don’t have to say anything. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve?

How much older was Bogart than Bacall?

Lauren Bacall was just 19 when she met a married Humphrey Bogart on the set of 1944’s “To Have And Have Not,” but their 25-year age gap and Bogart’s marital status didn’t seem to stop a romance from forming.

Was you ever bit by a dead bee?

Eddie : Was you ever bit by a dead bee? Eddie : You know, you got to be careful of dead bees if you’re goin’ around barefooted, ’cause if you step on them they can sting you just as bad as if they was alive, especially if they was kind of mad when they got killed. I bet I been bit a hundred times that way.

Who said the line you know how do you whistle don’t you?

“You Know How to Whistle, Don’t You Steve?”: Remembering Lauren Bacall’s Greatest Scene. American actress Lauren Bacall, circa 1950. Lauren Bacall, the legendary actress whose husky voice was a staple of Hollywood’s golden age, passed away Tuesday.