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Humphrey Bogart: Phillips Academy
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In May 1918, after a brief term at the Andover Academy in Massachusetts, Bogart enlisted in the Navy. He was assigned to the Leviathan, his duties at which would result in the famous scar that marked the right corner of his upper lip. Despite numerous rumors... the injury was not a result of shrapnel. The following story is probably closest to the truth of what really happened. A Navy prisoner, whom Bogart was escorting, asked for a cigarette. When he reached for a match, the prisoner smashed Bogart across the mouth with his handcuffs and fled.
As a teen Bogie would stage his own plays, starring his friends at Seneca Point, where the Bogart summer home was located. He lived for the summers when he could stage a show for the parents. A horrible student, it was only because of the Bogart name that Humphrey was accepted to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. However, he didn't do well and was eventually kicked out. However, after facing his parents and their shame, Bogie went to Brooklyn and enlisted in the Naval Reserves to fight in the war. By the time his stint for active duty came up... the war was just about over.
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Humphrey began school at the Delancy school until fifth grade when he was enrolled in Trinity School. Later he went to the prestigious preparatory school Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts. They hoped he would go on to Yale, but in 1918, Bogart was expelled from Phillips Academy.
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