-- EVENT FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011 -- This Friday, June 24 at 7 PM, Humphrey Bogart is in town. This time he means business. 
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936): The setting is a rundown diner in the hot Arizona desert. Fugitive killer Duke Mantee wants to stay put to get past a manhunt. He has captives that can't go anywhere till the heat settles. Alan Squier, a holding disillusioned writer, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. The Petrified Forest, Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway success about survival of the fittest, made it to the screen a year later with Leslie Howard and Hunphrey Bogart brilliantly recreating their stage roles and Bette Davis ably reteaming with her Of Human Bondage co-star Howard. 
Sherwood first wanted Bogart for a smaller role. 'I thought Sherwood was right,' Bogart said. 'I couldn't picture myself playing a gangster. So what happened? I made a hit as the gangster.' So right was he that Howard refused to make the film without him . . . and helped launch Bogie's exceptional movie career." Directed by Archie L. Mayo, running time of The Petrified Forest is 82 minutes. 
If it were not for this film, Humphrey Bogart may never have become a household name. Due to the diligence of the film's star, Leslie Howard, who demanded that Bogart play the role, and not Edgar G. Robinson, Bogie soared to stardom as the ganster, Duke Mantee. Bogart he remained grateful to Howard throughout his life. He and his wife, Lauren Bacall, named their daughter Leslie Howard Bogart in honor of Howard, who had been killed in a plane crash under while on duty in World War II. 
Before the showing of THE PETRIFIED FOREST, be prepared to laugh till it hurts with a collection of Warner Bros. film bloopers from 1936, featuring Humphrey Bogart, Joe E. Brown, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Kay Francis, Leslie Howard, Paul Lukas, Barton MacLane, Fredric March, Paul Muni, Pat O’Brien, Claude Rains, and more. This event takes place at the ALL NEW Cafe Cinema now located at its new home. Click HERE for directions. Cafe Cinema has weekly screenings of great films and is a production of and local filmic venue outlet for Idyllwild Film Fest. Please visit our website, www.cafecinema.org for full reviews. You can follow us on our NEW Facebook page by clicking below. Admission is FREE - Showtime TBA Films shown in 2011 are now posted in our archives. Close Window Posts Tagged 'The Petrified Forest, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Idyllwild' | ||
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