I have had a crush on Lauren Bacall for the last 10 years.

I was flipping channels and saw the last half of To Have and Have Not (movie still above) on AMC. I'd read the book so I thought I'd see what the movie was like. Turns out it had absolutely nothing at all to do with the the book.

But I did fall for the 20-year-old Lauren Bacall. I quickly watched the other three movies she did with her husband Humphrey Bogart: The Big Sleep, Key Largo, and Dark Passage (don't bother with that one).

I've also read her autobiography, By Myself, which won the National Book Award for Autobiography (I would heartily recommend the book).

Anyway. After 60 years of making movies, she's going to get an honorary Oscar this year for "extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement."

This seems like a perfect time to re-watch The Big Sleep (its really odd trailer is below).

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJlBnfyiI4?wmode=transparent]