All you owe the public is a good performance.

Bogart was drawn to Bacall's high cheekbones green eyes tawny blond hair and lean body as well as her poise and earthy outspoken honesty. Robert E. She believes his scar had nothing to do with his distinctive speech pattern his "lip wound gave him no speech impediment either before or after it was mended.

Bogart's breakthrough as a leading man came in 1941 with High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25 1899 – January 14 1957) was an American actor and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon.