“The trouble with the world is that everybody is three drinks behind.”
- Humphrey Bogart
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Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
“I should never have switched from scotch to martinis.”
– Humphrey Bogart (widely attributed as his last words)
Classic Drunk: Veronica Lake
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. Read more
Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
“Drink is the greatest wrecker of men since women was invented.”
– Jimmy Durante, in On An Island With You
Classic Drunk: Robert Mitchum
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. Read more
Bullitt Bar in Orlando, FL
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
“I like my whiskey old and my women young.”
– Errol Flynn
Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
“There are lots of methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.”
–John Barrymore, on acting
Classic Drunk: Peter Lawford
British-born Rat Pack member was most well-known for his film roles as WWII heroes. His puppy-dog eyes and thick eyebrows made him a ladies’ man, and his lust for life made him a celebrity, but he threw it all away for drugs and alcohol.
Peter Lawford was born to un-wed parents. This caused a scandal that drove the family to the United States, where they traveled constantly. Because of his family’s travels, Peter was never formally educated, and his lack of education was a sore subject. It contributed to his low self-esteem later on as a member of the Kennedy family (his brother-in-law was JFK), and throughout his adult life.
Injuring his arm in a childhood accident kept Peter from entering World War II, the greatest thing that could happen to his acting career. Hollywood was infatuated with heroic Englishmen, and as war movies were being churned out by the dozens, Peter Lawford was just what America was looking for.
Once he signed with MGM, his mother insisted that studio head Louis B. Mayer pay her a salary as Peter’s personal assistant. Mayer declined, so Mrs. Lawford responded by claiming her son to be homosexual and that he needed to be “supervised”. When Peter learned of his mother’s actions their relationship was never the same. Read more
Sweepea’s Drunk Quote o’ the Day
When a horse learns to buy martinis, I’ll learn to like horses.
– Steve McQueen
