Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart: A Look At Their Cinematic Legacy

On Tuesday, news broke that legendary actress Lauren Bacall passed away at the age of 89. Bacall, who received an honorary Oscar in 2009 and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination in 1997, was best known for her work in the 1940s and 50s.

However, many remember her for her famous romance with the iconic noir actor Humphrey Bogart. They became one of the most famous celebrity power couples in history. They were married in 1945 and stayed together until Bogart succumbed to cancer in 1975.

Bogart and Bacall were not only big in star magazines and gossip circles, their romance lead to critical success on screen as well in the four features they appeared in together.

In honor of their legendary romance and Bacall's powerful legacy, let's take a look at the four films that cemented the Bogart and Bacall love into Hollywood history.

In 1944, Lauren Bacall was discovered by Director Howard Hawks wife from a model photo on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. When Hawks saw Bacall, he found her and cast her right away, opposite Humphrey Bogart.

Bacall and Bogart began a romance almost immediately, despite Bogart being married to actress Mayo Methot, his third wife. Hawks disapproved of the affair because of the negative press he feared it would generate.

The budding romance would soon lead to Bacall and Bogart getting married a year later.

In To Have And Have Not, Bacall delivered one of her most famous lines, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow." It became one of the most famous cinematic lines ever.

One of Bogart's most famous films, this 1946 noir crime drama was adapted from a crime novel by celebrated author Raymond Chandler. The film stars Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe who is solved to hire a complex case that quickly becomes confusing and down-right convoluted.

However, Bacall and Bogart's undeniable screen chemistry was capitalized on greatly, with additional dialog added to increase the romance and sexual tension between Bogart's Marlowe and Bacall's Vivian Rutledge.

The Big Sleep was one of the first films to aggressively capitalize on the 'Bogie and Bacall' craze in America, and their relationship became one of the defining characteristics of the film.

In 1947, Bogart and Bacall made their third of four film appearances together in this film noir drama Dark Passage. In the film, Bogart plays Vincent Parry, a man who is convicted of murdering his wife and is fleeing from the police in an effort to prove his innocence.

Bacall plays Irene Jansen, a woman whose own father was falsely convicted of murder. Jansen discovered Parry on the run and agrees to help him prove that he didn't commit murder.

The film received decent reviews, but Bacall's performance stole the show. The film currently holds a 91% percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

In 1948, Bogart and Bacall appeared in their final film together. Key Largo is considered one of the best films of Bacall or Bogart's careers and is one of the most iconic films in the gangster genre.

Bogart plays Frank McCloud, a war vet who travels to an old hotel in Key Largo, Florida to pay tribute to an old fried who died in the war. At the hotel, he discovers that the place has been taken over by evil gangsters - led by Edward G. Robinson – and that his friend's widow and her father are being held hostage. Also, a hurricane in about to hit the city.

It's an amazing film, and sadly it was the last film the two appeared in together. They both went on to have amazing careers while staying married until 1957 when Bogart passed away due to cancer. But their mark on Hollywood will never be forgotten.