Humphrey Bogart Collection

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Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.

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 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 with films such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and B-movies like The Return of Doctor X (1939).

His breakthrough as a leading man came in 1941, with High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. 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), Dark Passage (1947), 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 Academy Award; Sabrina (1954), and The Caine Mutiny (1954). His last movie was The Harder They Fall (1956). During a film career of almost thirty years, he appeared in 75 feature films.

Bogart performed radio adaptations of some of his best known films, such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. He also recorded a long-running radio series called Bold Venture with Lauren Bacall.

Here is a collection of a few Bogart appearances on radio.

HumphreyBogart-01-theMalteseFalcon9-20-43.mp3
HumphreyBogart-02-LovesLonelyCounterfit3-8-45.mp3
HumphreyBogart-03-Casablanca4-26-43.mp3
HumphreyBogart-04-ToHaveOrHaveNot1-5-47.mp3
HumphreyBogart-05-TheAfricanQueen12-15-52.mp3
HumphreyBogart-06-TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre(4-18-49).mp3
HumphreyBogart-07-TheEddieCantorShow10-8-48.mp3
HumphreyBogart-08-DeadMan9-17-49.mp3
HumphreyBogart-09-TheQuanYenStatue10-21-51.mp3
HumphreyBogart-10-AcrossThePacific1-25-43.mp3



High Sierra from Screen Guild Theater aired on April 17, 1947 starring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. Considered by most to be the first role that made Humphrey Bogart a big star. Bogart plays Roy Mad Dog Earle and is broken out of prison by an old associate who wants him to help with an upcoming robbery. When Roy meets up with the two men who will be working for him, it turns out that one of them has also brought along a runaway young woman, Marie, played by Ida Lupino. The ending of the story is classic. It's gems like these that are a real treat for old time radio buffs. But even if you're new to the old thing, this story is well worth a listen.

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Bullets or Ballots from Lux Radio Theater aired April 17, 1939 starring Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Otto Kruger and Mary Astor. Tough police detective Edward G. Robinson as undercover cop Johnny Blake faces off against Humphrey Bogart as the no good gangster Nick Bugs Fenner, the ambitious enforcer for a big-time racketeer. When Warner Bros. Entertainment Depression-era gangster stories began to draw protests, the studio reinvigorated the genre with stories emphasizing law enforcers instead of lawbreakers. The swift, sturdy Bullets or Ballots reflects that, with Edward G. Robinson, as Johnny Blake, siding with the good guys. This is very suspenseful and intelligently told story with great performances. WHO Rules The Rackets?

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