1. Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen (1951).
The film inspired uncredited screenwriter Peter Viertel's semifictional book White Hunter, Black Heart (1953), which in turn was adapted into a 1990 film ...
The African Queen, American adventure film, released in 1951, that was based on C.S. Forester’s 1935 novel of the same name. The film is especially noted for Humphrey Bogart’s performance, which earned him the only Academy Award of his career. Set in German East Africa at the outbreak of World War
2. The African Queen - AFI|Catalog - American Film Institute
According to a Mar 1952 DV story, Romulus Films protested the publication of ... Based on the novel The African Queen by C. S. Forester (London, 1935) ...
In September 1914 in the German East African village of Kungdu, British Reverend Samuel Sayer and his spinster sister Rose lead prayers at the makeshift First Methodist Church. The natives struggle to follow the English psalm, but race outside when they hear Canadian Charlie Allnut's ancient launch the African Queen chug into the village, laden with mail and goods. Though conscious of his lower social standing, Charlie lunches with the Sayers, who delicately ignore his rumbling stomach. Before leaving, he informs them about the encroaching war in Europe, and although the Sayers are frightened, they refuse to desert the village. Only hours later, however, German troops invade Kungdu, imprison the natives and burn down the huts. By the time the smoke clears, Samuel has begun to lose his mind from shock and grief. He soon collapses, unintentionally wounding Rose by raving that their attraction to missionary work grew out of a lack of more attractive social options. When Cha
3. THE AFRICAN QUEEN - Cinequest
This 1951 classic has a screenplay written by John Huston, based on a CS Forester novel. It stars Humphrey Bogart as a boozy riverboat pilot.
TJR REVIEWThis 1951 classic has a screenplay written by John Huston, based on a C.S. Forester novel. It stars Humphrey Bogart as a boozy riverboat pilot (with an Oscar for best actor) in Africa at the beginning of WWI. His passenger, Rose Sayer (Kathryn Hepburn) is a Methodist missionary who engages with Bogie in a classic exchange as they navigate the treacherous Ulanga River. Then, it gets really exciting. (Hint: we beat the Germans in WWI.)
4. The African Queen released on this day February 20th 1952
John Huston's film, based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester, is set in East Africa during World War I and stars Humphrey Bogart as rough-and-ready riverboat ...
The African Queen February 20 1952
5. History of the African Queen
Walt Disney used this film as the basis for the Disneyland's "Jungle Cruise" attraction. In "The Making of 'The African Queen,' or How I Went to Africa with ...
History of the African Queen
6. The African Queen (1951) - Rotten Tomatoes
After religious spinster's (Katharine Hepburn) missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, dissolute steamer captain (Humphrey Bogart) offers her safe ...
After religious spinster's (Katharine Hepburn) missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, dissolute steamer captain (Humphrey Bogart) offers her safe passage. She's not satisfied so she persuades him to destroy a German gunboat. The two spend most of their time fighting with each other rather than the Germans. Time alone on the river leads to love.
7. 'The African Queen' Review: 1951 Movie - The Hollywood Reporter
20 feb 2017 · It is filled with excitement and adventure and sparked by superlative performances from Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. Filmed in Africa ...
On Feb. 20, 1952, the drama opened at the Capitol Theatre in New York.
8. African Queen, The | Reelviews Movie Reviews
10 okt 2017 · The first and most respected of those was 1951's The African Queen, the last of five pictures he made with his good friend, director John Huston ...
Over the course of a 26 year career that encompassed morethan 75 movies, Humphrey Bogart made only five color films. The first and mostrespected of those was 1951’s The AfricanQueen, the last of five pictures he made with his good friend, ...
9. The African Queen (1951) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
Horizon Enterprises, Inc.; Romulus Films, Ltd. ... Romulus Films, Ltd.; United Artists Corp. ... Based on the novel The African Queen by C. S. Forester (London, ...
A grizzled skipper and a spirited missionary take on the Germans in Africa during World War I.
10. The African Queen (Blu-ray) - Eureka Entertainment
Three movie giants come together in the cinematic classic The African Queen, combining the masterful direction of John Huston with the fabulous chemistry of ...
Three movie giants come together in the cinematic classic The African Queen, combining the masterful direction of John Huston with the fabulous chemistry of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in their only onscreen pairing. Adapted from a novel by C.S. Forester, this wartime romantic adventure sees the pair forced to travel together down a hazardous East African river after the outbreak of World War I.
11. The African Queen (1952) - Big Movie Blog
6 nov 2020 · In addition to being a classic question in the 1980s Trivial Pursuit game (“What was the African Queen?”), the film is a take on Forester's ...
“Well I ain't sorry for you no more, ya crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid!” also… “By the authority vested in me by Kaiser William the Second I pronounce you man and wife. Proceed with the execution.” It’s hard to imagine a film that should have more things going for it: Humphrey Bogart (Ca
12. A Colonialist Film? The African Queen (UK/US 1951)
8 mei 2011 · The African Queen is an adaptation of a novel by the British writer C. S. Forester first published in 1935. The film was produced by the ...
We watched this film recently as part of an event with the title ‘Colonial Africa in British Cinema’. The African Queen has recently been re-released as a restored digital print. It loo…
13. The African Queen - Santa Barbara International Film Festival
9 aug 2020 · The story takes place in German East Africa in 1914. Samuel and Rose Sayer – British missionaries — live in a small village with the Maasai ...
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14. The African Queen Movie Review | Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that The African Queen is a classic 1951 romantic comedy/adventure starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. As a movie set in Africa ...
Hepburn and Bogart shine in odd-couple adventure. Read Common Sense Media's The African Queen review, age rating, and parents guide.