Humphrey Bogart of the play, "a peach ... a roaring Western melodrama ... Humphrey Bogart does the best work of his career as an actor." Bogart said that the play "marked my deliverance from the ranks of the sleek, sybaritic, stiff-shirted, swallow-tailed 'smoothies' to which I seemed condemned to life." This, however, did not yet mean felt secure. Warner Bros. bought the screen rights to "The Petrified Forest". The play seemed perfect for the studio, which was famous for its socially realistic, urban, low-budget action pictures, especially for a public entranced by real-life criminals like John Dillinger (whom Bogart resembled) and Dutch
Jacob C. Bogart a few years, Bogart became active in politics. Bogart was elected to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, serving during 1858–1861. Bogart was appointed President for the San Diego city Board of Trustees (informally called "Mayor") during 1859–1860. Bogart was elected State Senator (Democratic) serving during 1862–1863. Jacob C. Bogart Jacob C. Bogart (c. 1820–?) was a ship captain and American Democratic politician from San Diego, California. Jacob Bogart was born c. 1820 in New Jersey. Captain J. C. Bogart first visited San Diego in 1834 on the ship "Black Warrior." He then served as an agent for the