Sweepea
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Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
Jun 14th 2010
“The trouble with the world is that everybody is three drinks behind.”
- Humphrey Bogart
Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
May 3rd 2010
“I should never have switched from scotch to martinis.”
– Humphrey Bogart (widely attributed as his last words)
Classic Drunk: Veronica Lake
Apr 13th 2010
Sexy blonde bombshell Veronica Lake was born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman on November 14, 1922. Expelled from a boarding school, Lake had a troubling childhood. Her mother contended that Veronica dealt with schizophrenia, but no formal diagnosis has been reported.
1941’s I Wanted Wings was her breakthrough role. The film was a box office hit. Later that year she starred in Hold Back the Dawn. Her more popular movies were Sullivan’s Travels, This Gun for Hire, and I Married a Witch.
Lake was considered one of the biggest box office draws in Hollywood during the early 1940s. Years later, Lake would quip, “I never did cheesecake; I just used my hair.” She became known for onscreen pairings with actor Alan Ladd. At first, the couple was teamed together merely out of physical necessity: Lake stood just 4 feet 11½ inches and Ladd was just 5 feet 5 inches tall. Veronica was the only actress then on the Paramount lot short enough to pair with Ladd, and they made four films together. More >
Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
Apr 8th 2010
“Drink is the greatest wrecker of men since women was invented.”
– Jimmy Durante, in On An Island With You
Classic Drunk: Robert Mitchum
Apr 1st 2010
Robert Mitchum was born in 1917 to the son of a sea captain’s daughter and a railroad worker. Mitchum was known as a prankster as a child, often involved in fights and creating havoc in the neighborhood. At age 14 while in Savannah, Georgia, he was arrested for vagrancy and put on a local chain gang; he escaped to return to his family in Delaware.
A nervous breakdown due to job-related stress led Robert to look for work as an actor or extra in movies. He appeared in a few B-movie westerns and appeared as a villain in several films between 1942 and 1943.
Mitchum would become most well-known due to his film noir films that were popular in the mid- to late-40’s. But his career was checkered with bad-boy activity. After a string of successful films for RKO, he and actress Lila Leeds were arrested for possession of marijuana. After serving a week at the county jail, he spent 43 days at a prison farm. The arrest didn’t affect Mitchum’s success in the long term. In fact, the conviction was later over-turned, as it was proven to be a setup. His studio, however, was embarrassed by the ordeal, and they ordered Mitchum to clean up his act or they would terminate his contract. More >
Bullitt Bar in Orlando, FL
Mar 29th 2010
Although the Steve McQueen film “Bullitt” took place in the streets of San Francisco, and held one of the best car chase sequences you will ever see, this film-inspired bar is in Orlando, Florida. But McQueen would definitely feel at home here, as it is decorated with a real Harley-Davidson, bullet holes in the walls, and more action-packed features that would inspire the late actor’s love of motorcycles and race cars.
Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
Mar 25th 2010
“I like my whiskey old and my women young.”
– Errol Flynn