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Old Time Radio - People - Humphrey DeForest Bogart

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Bogie is an actor who continues to rank near the top on everybody's list. What is not generally known is that he made many appearances on radio after he moved his act from Broadway to Hollywood. In 1930 he got a contract with Fox and his feature film debut was in a 1930 short "Broadway's Like That", co-starring Ruth Etting and Joan Blondell. Fox released him after two years. After another five years of stage and minor film roles, he broke through with "The Petrified Forest" in 1936. Leslie Howard was starring in the movie, and threatened to quit unless Bogie, his fellow actor from the Broadway production, played Duke Mantee in the film version with him. Bogie named one of his sons Leslie in gratitude for this big break.In fact, many of Bogart's radio appearances were versions of the great films he did, but often he did guest spots or played characters that weren't from films. These performances are not known to the millions of younger fans that weren't lucky enough to hear radio as it happened. This collection give everybody the chance to hear that great Bogart voice again, and enjoy just how special his acting was. Incidentally, while serving in the U.S. Navy after getting kicked out of Andover Academy, he was wounded in the shelling of the USS. Leviathan. The resulting partial facial paralysis caused by his wounds gave him that signature vocal and facial style he is known for.
Bogart on the radio: In Academy Awards Theater otr_ath stars and movies with Oscars were the idea, recreated their Academy Award roles for the show, or in other cases, fine actors played the parts and gave it a different character. - Its predecessor, Lux Radio Theater was the premier Hollywood old time radio show, and featured the major stars in their film roles. The one-and-only Cecil B. DeMille was host ('36-45) for a lavish production of what was to become a veritable film checklist of many of Hollywood's best films from the mid-30s right through the mid 50s. We have several of Bogie's greatest roles here, including a rehearsal for Bullets or Ballots. (the 1936 crime film classic with Edward G. Robinson and Joan Blondell). - Screen Guild Players did much the same, and again, Bogie gives us more of what we know Bogie for. - Command Performance was a WWII radio show was made to be sent overseas to support US troops. Begun in March of 1942, it became a weekly wartime 30 minutes show - and Bogie gets to break it up with Lauren Bacall and Frank Sinatra. - Guest spots on well-known shows incluea Jack Benny appearance. The guest spots are fun, and let Bogie play off of the tough-guy roles the world grew to expect him to do. - As the fifties got started, Bogie created Bold Venture along with Laura Bacall (Mrs. Bogart), who has had quite a career of her own. Here the two stars play at high adventure in steamy Cuba prior to Castro. Slate Shannon, Bogie's alter ego in this series. Shannon is the owner and proprietor of a dubious Havana hotel, and Bacall is Sailor Duval, his sulty, wisecracking sidekick, whose exact status is questionable. Jester Hairston plays the calypso-singing aide-de-camp King Moses, whose witty rhymes comment on the plot as it whips along. By the time it went into radio syndication, Bogie was in Africa working with another beauty on another boat called "The African Queen." - The Screen Guild Theater shows aired between 1940 and 1948 were originally sponsored by Lady Esther, but underwent a number of name changes as different sponsors supported the shows such as: The Gulf Screen Guild Show (Jan 1939 – April 1942), The Gulf Screen Guild Theater , The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater (October 1942 – July 1947) - Suspense was one of the classics of old time radio. The guiding light of this show was William Spier, who developed the formula into a human drama that attracted the finest of Hollywood's elite as well as the cream of radio's great actors. - Theater of Romance was nearly as beloved by its fans as Lux Radio Theater. It was only a half-hour show, but nearly always had a happy ending, as all good romances have.

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