Including correspondence and photographs sent to Eloise Coats of Whittier, CA, who founded the first Bogart fan club in 1937. Highlights include 2 Typed Letters Signed ("Humphrey Bogart"), 2 pp, February 18, 1942 and November 4, 1943, to the "kids" of his fan club, the earlier letter mentioning John Huston, Mary Astor and Sidney Greenstreet, his Maltese Falcon collaborators, and the second mentioning the completion of Passage to Marseille (1944); 8 Typed Letters Signed and 3 Autograph Letters Signed ("Mayo"), 1942-1944, from Bogart's wife, Mayo Methot, to Eloise and the fan club, relaying information about Bogart's activities, including one written from the set of The Maltese Falcon (1941). The lot also includes approximately 12 secretarially signed letters from Bogart; 100 candid black-and-white photographs, various sizes, of Bogart by himself, on the studio lot, with his wife and secretaries, and with the fan club members, many annotated on the verso as to date and location; nearly 100 letters from Bogart's personal secretary Kathie Sloan, 1930s-1940s; 39 letters from his secretary Gale Beatty; plus letters from Bogart or Methot family members. Humphrey Bogart burst onto the scene in 1936 with his electrifying performance in The Petrified Forest (1936). For the next few years he was typecast in gangster roles, before landing his first leading man part in The Maltese Falcon . Eloise Coats saw his potential from the very beginning, founding the first fan club in 1937. Grateful for the support, Bogart corresponded regularly with Coats and her group, who in later years published a newsletter for the fan club titled The Bogart Broadcast. Letters: 8.5 x 11 in.
Including correspondence and photographs sent to Eloise Coats of Whittier, CA, who founded the first Bogart fan club in 1937. Highlights include 2 Typed Letters Signed ("Humphrey Bogart"), 2 pp, February 18, 1942 and November 4, 1943, to the "kids" of his fan club, the earlier letter mentioning John Huston, Mary Astor and Sidney Greenstreet, his Maltese Falcon collaborators, and the second mentioning the completion of Passage to Marseille (1944); 8 Typed Letters Signed and 3 Autograph Letters Signed ("Mayo"), 1942-1944, from Bogart's wife, Mayo Methot, to Eloise and the fan club, relaying information about Bogart's activities, including one written from the set of The Maltese Falcon (1941). The lot also includes approximately 12 secretarially signed letters from Bogart; 100 candid black-and-white photographs, various sizes, of Bogart by himself, on the studio lot, with his wife and secretaries, and with the fan club members, many annotated on the verso as to date and location; nearly 100 letters from Bogart's personal secretary Kathie Sloan, 1930s-1940s; 39 letters from his secretary Gale Beatty; plus letters from Bogart or Methot family members. Humphrey Bogart burst onto the scene in 1936 with his electrifying performance in The Petrified Forest (1936). For the next few years he was typecast in gangster roles, before landing his first leading man part in The Maltese Falcon . Eloise Coats saw his potential from the very beginning, founding the first fan club in 1937. Grateful for the support, Bogart corresponded regularly with Coats and her group, who in later years published a newsletter for the fan club titled The Bogart Broadcast. Letters: 8.5 x 11 in.
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