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Bogart then signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation for $ 750 a week.

Spencer Tracy was a serious Broadway actor whom Bogart liked and admired, and they became good friends and drinking buddies.

It was Tracy, in 1930, who first called him " Bogey ".

( Spelled variously in many sources, Bogart himself spelled his nickname " Bogie ".

) Tracy and Bogart appeared in their only film together in John Ford's early sound film Up the River ( 1930 ), with both playing inmates.

It was Tracy's film debut.

Bogart then performed in The Bad Sister with Bette Davis in 1931, in a minor part.