Article: Bacall, by herself.(BOOKS)

Byline: Steve Goode, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lauren Bacall had just turned 20 when she became world famous starring opposite Humphrey Bogart in Howard Hawks' "To Have and Have Not." The on-screen pairing of the two was box office dynamite, a perfect chemistry despite the differences in age and status. Bogart, 25 years her senior, was world famous and Ms. Bacall an unknown.

But that changed overnight, once people saw the movie. All across America fans gleefully recalled the words Ms. Bacall says to Bogart in what has become the film's most famous scene: "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and . . . blow." And the words ...

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