Dazzling the Screen Humphrey Bogart

One of the top favorites of movie fans, American actor Humphrey Bogart was nicknamed Bogie. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. The American Film Institute selected Bogie as the greatest male star of classic American cinema in 1999. A heavy smoker and drinker, Bogart died from esophageal cancer in January 1957 at the age of 57.

Director John Huston directed the 1951 adventure film “The African Queen." The film was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by C.S. Forester. It starred Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Bogie won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The African Queen was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry in 1994.

The storyline revolves around a missionary, Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn), who is in Africa with her brother when they are attacked by German troops. After her brother is killed, Rose is offered safe passage by the captain of a riverboat, Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), but as the two fight more against each other than against the Germans, their time on the isolated river soon leads to a blossoming romance.

Director Howard Hawks directed the 1946 American film noir “The Big Sleep." The film was adapted from the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. It starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

The storyline revolves around the infamous private eye, Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart), who is hired by the wealthy General Sternwood (Charles Waldron) to settle an issue of blackmail regarding his youngest daughter. However, before that he meets the older daughter, Vivien (Lauren Bacall), who believes her father has hired a private eye for an alternative purpose involving her husband.

Director Michael Curtiz directed the 1942 American romantic drama "Casablanca." The film starred Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid (pictured above).

The storyline revolves around a cynical American and nightclub owner, Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns and operates one of the hottest spots in Casablanca, Morocco. While Rick has chiseled out a modest living and existence, his world is turned upside-down when his former flame, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), arrives with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henried), who is a well-known war rebel. With German troops in pursuit of Laszlo, Ilsa turns to Rick to help them escape the country, presenting him with a difficult choice that could change his life forever.

It includes the classic song “As Time Goes By” sung by Dooley Wilson in the film.

Director Howard Hawks directed the 1944 American romantic war adventure “To Have and Have Not." The film was loosely based on the 1937 novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, among others.

The storyline revolves around a fishing boat captain, Harry “Steve” Morgan (Humphrey Bogart), who, in an effort to stay out of politics, refuses to smuggle in any French Resistance fighters onto the island of Martinique. Later he reluctantly agrees to help a hotel owner secretly provide passage for a fighter and his wife. He has a romance with a wandering American woman, Marie "Slim" Browning (Lauren Bacall).

Director Raoul Walsh directed the 1941 American film noir “High Sierra." The film starred Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart. Parts of the film were shot on location at Whitney Portal, halfway up Mount Whitney.

The storyline revolves around career criminal Roy Earle (Humphrey Bogart), who becomes involved in a jewel heist in a resort town in the Sierra Nevada range in California along with former taxi dancer Marie Garson (Ida Lupino).

Director John Huston directed the 1948 American film noir crime drama “Key Largo." The film starred Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lauren Bacall. The film was adapted from the 1939 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson. This was the fourth and final film with both Bogie and Bacall.

The storyline revolves around war veteran Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart), who travels to Key Largo, Florida, to visit and pay respects to the family of his war buddy who was killed in action. There he meets the father of his friend James Temple (Lionel Barrymore) and his widow Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall), who own and operate a local hotel. Shortly after his arrival, Frank notices one of the hotel's guests is a notorious gangster, Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson), and eventually realizes that he and his men have taken control of the place, holding everyone there hostage.

Director John Huston directed the 1941 American film noir “The Maltese Falcon." It is the second film adapted from the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film starred Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor.

The storyline revolves around the private detective, Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), who is hired by a mysterious woman, Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor), to find her sister, who she believes has run off. Shortly after starting his investigation, Spade finds himself in the middle of a scheme orchestrated by several sketchy characters who are all in search of a priceless jewel-encrusted falcon statue known as the Maltese Falcon.

Director Archie Mayo directed the 1939 American crime drama “The Petrified Forest." The film was based on the 1934 drama of the same name by Robert E. Sherwood. The film starred Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. It was set in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

The storyline revolves around a failed writer and drifter, Alan Squier (Leslie Howard), who stops in a small off-road diner in Arizona where he meets a young and ambitious waitress, Gabrielle (Bette Davis). Their encounter is blissful until it is interrupted by gangster Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart), who is fleeing from the police and takes everyone in the diner as hostages.