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Hoagy Carmichael Carmichael appeared as an actor in a total of fourteen motion pictures, performing at least one of his songs in each film. Carmichael described his on-screen persona as the "hound-dog-faced old musical philosopher noodling on the honky-tonk piano, saying to a tart with a heart of gold: 'He'll be back, honey. He's all man.'"[59] In 1943 Carmichael played "Cricket" in the screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, opposite Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Carmichael sang "Hong Kong Blues" and "The Rhumba Jumps", and played piano as Bacall sang "How Little We Know".[60] In the multi-Academy Award-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Myrna Loy and Fredric March, Carmichael's character teaches a disabled veteran with metal prostheses to play "Chopsticks". Carmichael also performed his song "Lazy River" in the motion picture.[61] Carmichael played the role of "Hi Linnett" in Canyon Passage (1946), a Universal Pictures western that costarred Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. He also composed several songs for the film, including "Ole Buttermilk Sky," an Academy Award nominee.[62] In addition, Carmichael contributed songs to the Paramount Pictures release of Max Fleischer animated film Mister Bug Goes to Town in 1941 (later reissued as Hoppity Goes To Town).[citation needed]