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Article: Bogart: In Search of My Father.
- Article from:
- Video Age International
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
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Humphrey Bogart once said, "I'm not the greatest actor in the world. Gary Cooper is not a great actor. But when he comes on the screen you watch him. And I have that quality. That's what they call a star."
Perhaps Bogart did have some innate quality, a combination of coolness and lack of pretension that drew audiences to him. Or perhaps his appeal came from his concentration and dedication to his craft. In any case, his roles in such films as Casablanca and The Big Sleep earned him lasting fame, fame that was difficult for the offspring raised in its shadow. In Bogart: In Search of My Father (Dutton, 304 pp.), son Stephen Humphrey Bogart tells what it was like to be ...