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From Privilege To Persona
- Humphrey Bogart reinvented himself from a privileged but underachieving youth into a hard-boiled screen persona.
- His breakthrough identity as a cynic emerged slowly through stage and early film struggles.
Warner Bros. And The Everyman Outlaw
- Warner Bros. found Bogart's niche by casting him as the urban tough for Depression-era audiences.
- His ambiguous ethnicity allowed him to symbolize the American outlaw and connect widely.
Luck And Other Actors' Declines
- Leslie Howard insisted Bogart reprise his gangster role from The Petrified Forest in the film version, which changed his career.
- George Raft's refusals of key gangster parts repeatedly opened roles for Bogart.