What was the movie that really made Humphrey Bogart famous?”
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. After trying various jobs, Bogart began acting in 1921 and became a regular in Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s. When the stock market crash of 1929 reduced the demand for plays, Bogart also turned to film. His first great success was as Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1936), and this led to a period of typecasting as a gangster in B-movies. His breakthrough came in 1941, with High Sierra (1941) and The Maltese Falcon (1941). The next year, his performance as Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942) raised him to the peak of his profession and at the same time, cemented his trademark film persona, that of the hard-boiled cynic who ultimately shows his noble side. Other successes followed, including To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), and Key Largo (1948), with his wife Lauren Bacall; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); The African Queen (1951), for which he won his only Ac
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor.Humphrey Bogart is one of Hollywoods greatest actors and perhaps represents Hollywood’s golden age better than any other actor. Bogart had a string of hugely successful films and classic roles in the 40’s. Humphrey started it off with the Maltese Falcon and his famous role as detective Sam Spade. Then, just a year later, Bogart played the lead in Casablanca, one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood. Humphrey Bogart is also famous for his on and off screen romance with Lauren Bacall. Other famous Humphrey Bogart movies include The Caine Mutiny, Key Largo, and The Treasure of Sierra Madre.
