The African Queen
starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel
directed by: John Huston
directed by: John Huston
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The 1951 John Huston classic, set in Africa during World War I, garnered Humphrey Bogart an Oscar for his role as a hard-drinking riverboat captain in Africa, who provides passage for a Christian missionary spinster (Katharine Hepburn). Taking an instant, mutual dislike to one another, the two endure rough waters, the presence of German soldiers, and their own bickering to finally fall into one another's arms. This is classic Huston material--part adventure, part quest--but this time with a pair of characters who'd all but given up on happiness. Bogart (a longtime collaborator with Huston on such classics as The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo) and Hepburn have never been better, and support from frequent Huston crony Robert Morley (Beat the Devil, also featuring Bogart) adds some extra dimension and color. --Tom Keogh
The 1951 John Huston classic, set in Africa during World War I, garnered Humphrey Bogart an Oscar for his role as a hard-drinking riverboat captain in Africa, who provides passage for a Christian missionary spinster (Katharine Hepburn). Taking an instant, mutual dislike to one another, the two endure rough waters, the presence of German soldiers, and their own bickering to finally fall into one another's arms. This is classic Huston material--part adventure, part quest--but this time with a pair of characters who'd all but given up on happiness. Bogart (a longtime collaborator with Huston on such classics as The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo) and Hepburn have never been better, and support from frequent Huston crony Robert Morley (Beat the Devil, also featuring Bogart) adds some extra dimension and color. --Tom Keogh
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- "Prop's Busted..."
What a work of art!This is one of the best movies of all time.When the spinster missionary woman (Hepburn) must TOLERATE Mr. Arnaut (Bogart)
in their life-threatening trip down the river in a beat-up old boat, The African Queen, the fun begins.She can drum up no respect for this man--until she realizes that he is an intelligent person who may be able to save their lives by his cool wit.He good naturedly sloughs off her constant criticism, while she endures his slovenly ways and colorful ... Read More
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- Unusual for Kathryn Hepburn
Ms Hepburn is not the proto-feminist here which makes a change.The film actually presents a surprisingly good story.There's a man and a woman working together without any obvious female chauvinism attempting to emasculate the man or put him in the shade.
However the original book presented the romance between the returning missionary and the habitual drunk, it's an innocent love story in the movie.The booze is disposed of in the "first reel",and the two combine their talents in ... Read More
Rating: - Classic
Wife's favorite movie and brilliant in all aspects.Thoroughly enjoyable and now a part of our choice library!
Rating: - HEROISM VS. TERRORISM
When his village is pillaged shortly after WW 1 outbreak, the Reverend (Morley)dies of shock, leaving only his sister (Hepburn) to fend for herself. Enter Mr. Charlie Allnut (Bogart, winning his only Oscar) the uncouth, hard drinking skipper of the "African Queen", a boat of 1890 vintage, unsafe in a swimming pool. In quick succession, Bogart saves Hepburn, motors perilously down the Congo River, evades the Germans, is saved by one storm, sunken by another, and is captured by a German warship. All the ... Read More
Rating: - Merrily, merrily, merrily merrily - was it all a dream?
Keeping in mind that I watched this film on the subliminally par VHS option, I must say that "The African Queen" is a film that will bamboozle the senses, while cautiously telling the story about a daring duo in Africa.What brings questions to this film, nearly 56 years since its initial release, is not so much the characters, or the story, or the location, but the transition from 50s cinema to modern.Film studies coursework aside, one can tell the elasticity of a film by watching it again (over five ... Read More
- "Prop's Busted..."What a work of art!This is one of the best movies of all time.When the spinster missionary woman (Hepburn) must TOLERATE Mr. Arnaut (Bogart)
in their life-threatening trip down the river in a beat-up old boat, The African Queen, the fun begins.She can drum up no respect for this man--until she realizes that he is an intelligent person who may be able to save their lives by his cool wit.He good naturedly sloughs off her constant criticism, while she endures his slovenly ways and colorful ... Read More
- Unusual for Kathryn HepburnMs Hepburn is not the proto-feminist here which makes a change.The film actually presents a surprisingly good story.There's a man and a woman working together without any obvious female chauvinism attempting to emasculate the man or put him in the shade.
However the original book presented the romance between the returning missionary and the habitual drunk, it's an innocent love story in the movie.The booze is disposed of in the "first reel",and the two combine their talents in ... Read More
- ClassicWife's favorite movie and brilliant in all aspects.Thoroughly enjoyable and now a part of our choice library!
- HEROISM VS. TERRORISMWhen his village is pillaged shortly after WW 1 outbreak, the Reverend (Morley)dies of shock, leaving only his sister (Hepburn) to fend for herself. Enter Mr. Charlie Allnut (Bogart, winning his only Oscar) the uncouth, hard drinking skipper of the "African Queen", a boat of 1890 vintage, unsafe in a swimming pool. In quick succession, Bogart saves Hepburn, motors perilously down the Congo River, evades the Germans, is saved by one storm, sunken by another, and is captured by a German warship. All the ... Read More
- Merrily, merrily, merrily merrily - was it all a dream?Keeping in mind that I watched this film on the subliminally par VHS option, I must say that "The African Queen" is a film that will bamboozle the senses, while cautiously telling the story about a daring duo in Africa.What brings questions to this film, nearly 56 years since its initial release, is not so much the characters, or the story, or the location, but the transition from 50s cinema to modern.Film studies coursework aside, one can tell the elasticity of a film by watching it again (over five ... Read More
