SPENCER TRACY & HUMPHREY BOGART FRIENDS 'Till the End

TWO OF THE GOLDEN ERA’S BIGGEST LEADING MEN BECAME DEVOTED PALS IN REAL LIFE TOO

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In the 1930 comedy Up the River, two inmates break out of prison to help their former roommate avoid a life of crime. The film, which was a modest hit in its time, is largely remembers as the first and only movie that future Hollywood heavyweights and close friends Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy appeared in together.

While making the film, Bogie and Spencer shared the experience of being New York stage actors freshly arrived in Hollywood. "They were both recruited into talkies," explains James Curtis, author of Spencer Tracy: A Biography.