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Humphrey Bogart: Movies
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Though he started his career as Broadway stage player and B-movie actor during the 1920s and 1930s, Bogart's later accomplishments have made him a worldwide icon. French actors, such as Jean-Paul Belmondo, were deeply influenced by his work and image. India’s great national movie star, Ashok Kumar, listed Bogart as a major influence on his "natural" acting style. In the United States, Bogart is remembered in one of Woody Allen’s comic movies, Play It Again, Sam, which relates the story of a young man obsessed by his persona. In 1997, the United States Postal Service featured Bogart in its "Legends of Hollywood" series, and Entertainment Weekly magazine has named Bogart the number one movie legend of all time.
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On January 23rd, 1999, some movie fans celebrated what would have been Humphrey Bogart's 100th birthday, according to some sources, including the Internet Movie Database. Others believe that he was actually born on Christmas Day, 1899 (according to the official site from CMG).
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Bogart had been raised to believe that acting was beneath a gentleman. Acting in movies was even worse than on the stage, and playing depraved gunmen in "B" pictures for Warner Bros. was not something to be mentioned in polite company.
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Bogart is no less an icon in the country of his birth. One of Woody Allen's most popular comic films, Play It Again, Sam, is about a young man in love with Bogart's aura and intimidated by it. The title refers to a frequent misquote from Casablanca; Richard Blaine (Bogart's character) actually says "Play it, Sam". In 1997, the United States Postal Service featured Bogart in its "Legends of Hollywood" series. And Entertainment Weekly magazine has named Bogart the number one movie legend of all time.
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In 1918, Bogart briefly attended the Andover Academy in Massachusetts before joining the Navy. Having acquired a good deal of life experience (and the trademark scarring of his upper lip) in the Navy, he moved on to pursue his true calling.
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From his childhood, Bogart learned the manners of a gentleman, learned to stage manage appearances, to hate hypocrisy, and to channel his pain into caustic wit. All of these things played a part in his movie image.
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