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Auction History Result Lot #: 2202 PETRIFIED FOREST lobby card '36 best Humphrey Bogart scene!  Date Sold 12/21/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Warner Bros Movie Posters at Auction  Only $15.99The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. However, you can buy the auction catalog it appears in using the "Order" button above. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Petrified Forest, the classic 1936 Archie Mayo romantic crime thriller ("From Leslie Howard's Famous Stage Hit"; "The Stars of 'Of Human Bondage' Reunited For The First Time"; based on the play by Robert E. Sherwood; about an educated hobo, a pretty waitress, and a desperate criminal all interacting at a remote cafe) starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Charlie Grapewin, Humphrey Bogart (as Duke Mantee), Dick Foran, Genevieve Tobin, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Joe Sawyer, and Adrian Morris. Note that Humphrey Bogart is 4th billed, and was not pictured on many of the posters! He had begun acting on the stage in the 1920s, but to no real success. In 1930 he got a Hollywood contract at Fox Pictures, but he had little success there, and they released him after two years. He returned to the stage, and in 1936 finally was noticed in the small but vital role in the stage production of this classic play, where he appeared with Leslie Howard. Howard was signed for the movie version of the play, and he insisted, over studio objections, that Bogart be cast as well (he sent a telegram to Warners that read "No Bogart, no Howard"). Bogart never forgot this great kindness, and he much later named his daughter "Leslie". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that Humphrey Bogart was not the star of this movie (he is not even billed on this lobby card!). This was the movie where Leslie Howard insisted Warner Bros. bring Bogart from the Broadway stage to appear with him in Hollywood, and he sent the legendary wire, "No Bogart, no Howard"! Consequently, Bogart does not appear on the posters and only appears on two of the lobby cards. One is a scene with him standing by a car, and the other is this great scene in the tavern where the movie is set with all the principal characters! Condition: very good to fine. a pinhole in each corner (with a small piece of conservation tape on the back of each); a 1" tear in the upper part of the left blank border (repaired with tape from the back); a 1/2" tear in the middle of the right blank border (repaired with tape from the back); a few minor smudges in the white areas around the edges of the card; other than the above basically very minor defects, the card is in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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