March 12, 1953 –
John Huston’s very off-beat comedy, Beat the Devil, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre and Bernard Lee, opened in New York City on this date.
Humphrey Bogart challenged Truman Capote to an arm-wrestling bout and lost. When Bogart challenged him a second time, Capote insisted they wager $50, which the writer won by defeating the actor again. After a third match–and another victory for Capote–the evening degenerated to full-body wrestling and Capote again reportedly was triumphant. “He put Bogie on his ass,” John Huston later said. “He was a little bull.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 