'Lost art'? Whistling in the modern world

By Michael O'Reilly
Updated January 4 2017 - 3:08pm, first published 7:21am
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and … blow": Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in a scene from the 1944 film <i>To Have and to Have Not</i>.
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and … blow": Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in a scene from the 1944 film <i>To Have and to Have Not</i>.
Molly Lewis, who opened for Kirin J. Callinan at the Oxford Art Factory.
Molly Lewis, who opened for Kirin J. Callinan at the Oxford Art Factory.
A scene from Flo Rida's music clip for <i>Whistle</i>.
A scene from Flo Rida's music clip for <i>Whistle</i>.

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and … blow."

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