Humphrey Bogart Quotes
(On Bette Davis) Even when I was carrying a gun, she scared the be-jesus out of me.
Meyers, Jeffrey. Bogart: A Life in Hollywood. Houghton Mifflin, 1997, p. 77.
The Flemmish city of Ghent needed a Governor. Du Bois approached Philip Van Artevelde whose father had been a successful governor to see if he would be interested in assuming the office. Many cities, while not democracies, did elect their ruler as for a time was done on Ancient Rome. This quotation is interesting in that Du Bois, a kingmaker politician, shows us what qualifications were perceived necessary for a Governor of a major city.
Humphrey DeForest Bogart, nicknamed Bogey, was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.