HUMPHREY BOGART was Hollywood’s original tough guy – playing cold-hearted cops and killers and a world-weary "gin-joint" owner in the most romantic film ever.
But the US star of 1942 movie classic Casablanca, who died in 1957, aged 57, could be just as hard-bitten off-screen with family.
Inside Bogart's Rocky Relationships
The Oscar winner’s only son Stephen, 75, reveals he rarely saw Bogie — as the actor was known — and that his dad always put his career before his relationships.
The rocky relationships with his four wives are the basis of a new documentary from Universal Pictures, now available to download.
‘Functioning Alcoholic’
From Belfast director Kathryn Ferguson, Bogart: Life Comes In Flashes is narrated in the actor’s own words and explores his journey from a World War One veteran to the American Film Institute’s greatest-ever screen legend.
Bogart grew up in a wealthy part of New York City with his surgeon dad Belmont and illustrator mum Maud.
But his father was hooked on opium and blew his money on bad investments when Humphrey was a teenager.
‘Shooting at People’
During the peak years of his career he played gumshoe detective Sam Spade in 1941’s The Maltese Falcon and sharp-suited romantic Rick Blaine in Oscar-winning Casablanca with Ingrid Bergman.
But as Humphrey’s star was on the rise, his relationships with his wives were tumultuous, marked by boozy fights and dangerous incidents.
Happiness and Grace
Despite the challenges, Bogart found happiness with Lauren Bacall, his fourth and last wife. Their relationship blossomed on the set of To Have And Have Not in 1943.
For Stephen, Bogart's legacy goes beyond his tough-guy image. He remembers his father as a loyal friend and a wonderful actor, a true movie star.
Bogart: Life Comes In Flashes is available now on digital download across all popular platforms.
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