How did Humphrey Bogart become an A-list star?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Humphrey Bogart is now remembered as one of the most iconic stars in movie history – and rightly so – but it took the actor a long time to escape B-movie villain roles. The American Film Institute has named Bogart as the greatest male movie star of all time. Bogart created the template for hard-boiled detectives in the film noir genre with his performances as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep.
But, even for an actor as talented and charismatic as Bogart, breaking into the A-list and landing regular leading roles isn’t easy. Bogart appeared in dozens of forgettable movies before becoming a star and headlining some of the greatest films ever made. After getting typecast with his performance in the villainous role of Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest, Bogart was stuck playing gangsters in more than 20 low-budget Warner Bros.
Things started to turn around when Bogart’s performance as Michael O’Leary in Dark Victory demonstrated his abilities as a romantic lead. But the movie that shot Bogart to stardom and established him as a leading man was High Sierra. According to the making-of documentary Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of High Sierra, Bogart had to fight for the lead role of Roy “Mad Dog” Earle. He convinced other actors to turn it down so that the studio would have to cast him.
Casablanca Cemented Humphrey Bogart's Hollywood Legacy Movies like High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon were huge boosts to Humphrey Bogart’s career, but it was Casablanca that cemented his legacy as one of Hollywood’s finest actors. The role of lovelorn expat Rick Blaine earned Bogart his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Bogart’s image would be incomplete without it, as it was his first romantic lead and showed off new sides of the actor.
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