Humphrey Bogart stage name, but Bogart declined it. The film version of "The Petrified Forest" was released in 1936, and Bogart's performance was called "brilliant", "compelling", and "superb". The film was highly successful, earning $500,000 at the box office, and making Bogart a star. He never forgot Howard's favor, and in 1952 named his only daughter "Leslie Howard Bogart" after Howard, who had died in World War II when a civilian plane he was flying in was shot down under mysterious circumstances. Robert E. Sherwood remained a close friend of Bogart's. Despite his success in "The Petrified Forest," an "A movie", Bogart
Paul Bogart Tracy Bogart (artist, actress, business owner of Malibu gift shop The West End and Chapel Hill Yoga Studio Triangle Yoga); daughter Jennifer Bogart (married twice to actor Elliott Gould), and son Peter Bogart (assistant director). Paul Bogart Paul Bogart (November 21, 1919 – April 15, 2012) was an American television and film director and producer. Bogart directed episodes of the television series "Coronet Blue" in 1967, "Get Smart", "The Dumplings" in 1976, and "All In The Family" from 1976 to 1979. Among his films are "Oh, God! You Devil", "Torch Song Trilogy", "Marlowe", "Halls of Anger", "Skin Game" (both starring