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SCREENLAND
Strong, but Not Silent!
Humphrey Bogart plays those grimiipped characters on the screen, but he's not like that at all. Meet him in this amusing and revealing close-up
By Madeline Class
FOLLOWING my talk with Humphrey Bogart a publicity man asked him if he wished to read my article hefore I sent it to the Editor. "No," said Mr. Bogart. Then, to me: "You do the writing, darling, and I'll do the acting. Of course," he added, "I shall expect you to describe me as rivaling Robert Taylor in the matter of looks, having Clark Gable's romantic appeal, being as talented as Paul Muni, and possessing a dash of Leslie Howard's suave intellectuality."
"Right," said I, returning his grin, and he hurried away to the set where he was already fifteen minutes late.
Not since George Raft reformed and began playing civilized young men has there been so interesting a portrayer of underworld roles as Humphrey Bogart. His Duke Mantee in "The Petrified Forest" was a histrionic depth bomb. A smaller role in "Bullets or Ballots" had the explosive power of compression. After those two performances his studio gave him a sympathetic role in "Two Against the World," an assignment that made Mr. Bogart very unhappy. Unlike Mr. Raft, he has not repented and he doesn't want to reform. Then
You see the real Humphrey Bogart in the informal portrait at the left. The scene from "The Black Legion" shows him with Ann Sheridan. We picked a smiling "still" rather than a grim one because Mr. Bogart is good and tired of scowling all the time.
he was offered another gentleIk manly part in "China Clipper." He took the role, also a good share of the picture, but was still restive. The Warners dispelled the Bogart misgivings by giving him the part of a harried turncoat in "The Black Legion," a picture of marked sociological significance.
"Most of my first stage roles," he told me, "were those of tennis-racket-swinging juveniles or fatuous youngsters left on the stage to keep the show going while the principals changed their costumes. A man may be a poor workman in other professions and still be endurable, but there is nothing so futile as a bad actor. He smells ! For that reason I want strong roles that I can get my teeth into, preferably those which present turbulent or dangerous characters."
This from a man who was born on Christmas Day, and who attends the Episcopal Church ! Tsk, tsk ! But don't be fooled by all this. In real life Humphrey's vices are limited to an inordinate fondness for chess and the practice of smoking in bed. His father was a surgeon and it was Humphrey's intention to be one, also, had not Fate, personified by William A. Brady, theatrical producer, caused him to change his mind.
"I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist," said he, in answer to my question. "I am a fatalist. You know the sort of incident that may {Continued on page 92)