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
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