Letter from Bogie

Letter

In this letter when Bogie's secretary writes of the Bogarts being on location in Mexico for his new picture, she is obviously referring to Treasure of the Sierra Madre, although no one outside of the film industry knew too much about it at that time. Well, certainly no one in my world, which was 6000 miles away.

First Photo

This was the very first photo I got of Bogart, sent from Warner Bros Studios. It arrived on April 21st 1945. Great excitement as this dropped through the mail box. This was during the last few months of World War II in war torn England, and had taken 3 months to reach me via sea-mail. What a luxury. Everything had been so austere for 5 and a half years, that this one photo truly brightened my teenage life. How well it has been preserved for 56 years.

Bogart English Fan Club

The Bogart English Fan Club came into existence because I sent a letter to Warner Bros Studios, asking if they could furnish me with the address of the fan club in England. I knew there was one in Canada, and of course the U.S. My letter was forwarded to the Bogart’s secretary. In her reply she informed me there wasn’t a club in England. Although I was only a teenager, I wrote back and asked if I could start a club. Before long I received a letter from her saying Bogart had given his permission, I don’t think my feet touched the ground. In no time I was up and running. From this point on, every enquiry Bogart’s secretary received, she would send on to me, which really helped to build our membership. I ran the fan club until 1950 and at its peak we had around 80 members. On latter postings will be some of the letters I received from Kathie Sloan, Bogart's secretary.