# So what did Edward G. Robinson whisper to Lauren Bacall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306 "2011-10-30T20:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/1 "2011-10-30T20:06:27Z")
In [this scene](http://www.chien-andalou.com/index.php?showimage=2200&PHPSESSID=8e837aafe8e546f43f342abab4737be) in Key Largo? Not the characters, but the actors? Has Lauren Bacall ever discussed it? “Oh, Eddie talked about 17th C. Dutch art.” ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/2 "2011-10-30T22:07:56Z")
“Can’t make the link work.” ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/3 "2011-10-31T19:34:25Z")
Probably the same thing Maureen O’Hara whispered into John Wayne’s ear at the end of “The Quiet Man”. But Lauren Bacall doesn’t go that way. 🙂 I have no idea, but you’re probably right, something innocuous. She was a good actor. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/4 "2011-11-01T01:28:23Z")
“Where is your messiah now?” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/5 "2011-11-01T01:35:43Z")
Which way to the men’s room? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/6 "2011-11-01T15:23:48Z")
“If John [Huston] makes us do this scene again one more time, I’m gonna rip his tonsils out.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/7 "2011-11-01T15:38:16Z")
I know how to whistle. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/8 "2011-11-01T17:57:51Z")
“Silly Bastard in the third. I’m telling you…!” ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/9 "2011-11-01T22:21:14Z")
I was in the library and skimmed through her autobiography “By Myself”. She doesn’t really say much about Edward G Robinson except he was a good actor and had a good sense of humor. She liked the cast and really liked getting to know Lionel Barrymore’s sister Ethel. She does say that in the film Lionel defended FDR when in real life he detested him and spoke with clenched teeth. One of John Huston’s tricks. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/10 "2011-11-02T01:08:52Z")
“I have to go, but I won’t let that come between us.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/11 "2011-11-02T01:56:29Z")
“You really should shave your pits.” > **[Who decided women should shave their legs and underarms?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341795/who-decided-women-should-shave-their-legs-and-underarms)** ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/12 "2011-11-02T03:56:26Z")
“I’m not wearing any pants.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/13 "2011-11-02T05:50:17Z")
“Would I do this if my pal Rocky was in there?” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/14 "2011-11-02T13:54:08Z")
“Did you know that men from Bucharest all have incredibly big schlongs?” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/15 "2011-11-02T15:08:59Z")
Same thing Bill Murray whispered to Scarlett Johansson… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/16 "2011-11-02T15:36:42Z")
“Rosebud…!” ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/17 "2011-11-02T16:06:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > “Where is your messiah now?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/18 "2011-11-02T16:11:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I know how to whistle. For the win. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/19 "2011-11-02T18:03:36Z")
“I told you Kim’s marriage wouldn’t last.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/20 "2011-11-02T19:01:46Z")
“Ok, one more time, I promise. Show me how to whistle.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306.md?page=2)