 Leslie Howard (I) (qv) and Humphrey Bogart (qv) had played the  same roles in the stage version. Warner Brothers wanted to put  Howard in the film but replace Bogart with  Edward G. Robinson (qv). Howard insisted on Bogart, and Robinson  was happy to step aside from yet another gangster role. Bogart would  later name his first child with Lauren Bacall (qv) Leslie, in  honor of Howard, the man who gave him his first big break.