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
Charley Foy a small role in the drama, "Hell's Kitchen", which stars the Dead End Kids and Ronald Reagan. Foy also had the featured role of Slick in the Humphrey Bogart gangster film, "King of the Underworld", which marked Bogart's first starring role. Foy had a starring role in the William C. McGann comedy, "Sweepstakes Winner", which also stars Marie Wilson, Johnnie Davis and Allen Jenkins. In 1940, Foy had a small part in the John Garfield crime drama, "East of the River", which also stars Brenda Marshall and Marjorie Rambeau. Foy would again have a featured role in another Bogart film