Key Largo (song) romance the singer compares to that depicted by the stars of the 1948 film "Key Largo", Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The glamorous couple is recalled in the lyric "We had it all / Just like Bogie and Bacall / Starring in our own late late show / Sailin' away to Key Largo". (In the film, though, Bogart and Bacall do not sail to Key Largo; Bogart arrives on a bus, and Bacall is already living there.) The lyrics also draw from the film "Casablanca", in the lines "Here's looking at you, kid" and "Please say you will / Play
Humphrey Bogart contract ended. In 1955, though he was well established as an independent producer, his health was failing. In the wake of Santana, Bogart had formed a new company and had eager plans for a film, "Melville Goodwin, U.S.A.", in which he would play a general, and Bacall a press magnate. However, his persistent cough and difficulty eating became too serious to ignore, and he dropped the project. As a heavy smoker and drinker, Bogart developed esophageal cancer. He did not speak of his health and visited a doctor in January 1956, after much persistence from Bacall. The disease worsened several