In 1950, Bogart and his friend Bill Seeman arrived at the El Morocco Club in New York after midnight. Bogart had bought two giant stuffed panda bears for Stephen, and the two men introduced the bears around as their "dates", then demanded a table for four. They propped up the bears in separate chairs, and began to drink.
Two young women at the club saw the pandas, and one of the women picked up one of the pandas. Bogart got angry and pushed her. After she fell to the floor, the other woman picked up the other panda, Bogart said something cruel, and her boyfriend arrived and began throwing plates. After a wild scuffle, Bogart, Seeman and the pandas were thrown out of El Morocco, and told never to return.
One of the women sued Bogart for $25,000. He showed up in court and was asked: "Were you drunk?" "Isn't everybody at three in the morning?" he replied. The case was dropped. Later, he mused: "Errol Flynn and I are the only ones left who do any good old hell-raising."
Bogart drinking stories
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Bogart drinking stories
You all know how much I love Humprey Bogart. Here's yet another reason why. Stephen is his son.
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GFYCMD- Go Fuck Yourself, Captain Mike Davis.
GFYCMD- Go Fuck Yourself, Captain Mike Davis.