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has the same message that a working class man is able to marry a middle class woman that he would be unlikely to marry in a place other than Africa. In the book, it is strongly implied that Rose and Charlie are engaged in a sexual relationship before marriage, an aspect of the book that was toned down in the film because of the Hayes Code, which forbade any depiction of a pre-marital sexual relationship. Unlike the book which was a straight adventure story, the film borrows much from American romantic comedies of the 1930s-1940s which portray a "battle of the sexes" that ends with a man and a woman finding love on the basis of "equality and symmetry". The book is set in a thinly disguised version of Lake Tanganyika, on whose eastern shores was the colony of German East Africa (modern Tanzania), but the parts of the film shot on location were filmed in the Belgian Congo (modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) because director Huston had heard that the Belgian Congo was better for hunting elephants.
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a pressure hose just as they are about to enter the second set of rapids. The boat rolls and pitches as it goes down the rapids, leading to more severe flooding on the deck. While celebrating their success, Charlie and Rose find themselves in an embrace and kiss. The third set of rapids damages the boat's propeller shaft. They rig up a primitive forge on shore and Charlie straightens the shaft and welds a new blade onto the propeller, allowing the two to set off again.
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honorable. The overall message of the novella was that the war was a tragedy in which decent people killed one another for unfathomable reasons and that both sides suffered equally. The British historian Antony Barker wrote in the book there is a strong sense of the shared suffering of the European characters in Africa during the war including the Germans who are presented as having only a "limited responsibility" for the war. By contrast, when the film version of
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did not focus on the story of the real life expedition, which he incorporated into his novella as the Royal Navy gunboat in the book is clearly supposed to be one of the two real life gunboats, largely because of the tremendous suffering endured by the African porters who had to drag the two gunboats
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printed a negative review, writing that the film "has its moments of comedy and excitement, but on the whole the dialogue is childish, the action silly, and the story bereft of human appeal. The characters act as childishly as they talk, and discriminating picture-goers will, no doubt, laugh at them.
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objected to several aspects of the original script, such as the two unmarried characters cohabiting the boat (as in the book), and some changes were made before the film was completed. Another change followed the casting of Bogart; his character's lines in the original screenplay were rendered with a
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Charlie encourages Rose to navigate the river by rudder while he tends the engine, and she is emboldened after they pass the first set of rapids with minimal flooding in the boat. When they pass the German fortress, the soldiers begin shooting at them, damaging the boiler. Charlie manages to reattach
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by C. S. Forester was published, many British people believed that World War I was a grievous mistake that could have been avoided. In the novella, the Germans are the antagonists, not the villains, and are depicted as noble and chivalrous opponents of the British, who are likewise equally noble and
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called the film "a slick job of movie hoodwinking with a thoroughly implausible romance, set in a frame of wild adventure that is as whopping as its tale of off-beat love ... This is not noted with disfavor." Crowther added that "Mr. Huston merits credit for putting this fantastic tale on a level of
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of the boat on top. Sections of the boat set could be removed to make room for the large Technicolor camera. This proved hazardous on one occasion when the boat's boiler, a heavy copper replica, almost fell on Hepburn. It was not secured to the deck because it also had to be moved to accommodate the
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that she finds romance and happiness with Charlie along with the courage to assert herself. In the book, Charlie is a coarse and somewhat disreputable working class Cockney who marries a middle class woman that he would be unlikely to marry in England. The film changes Charlie into a Canadian, but
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was also negative, writing: "Huston seems to have been aiming at a measured, quiet, almost digressive tempo, but the material does not support it, and would have benefited by the incisiveness his previous films have shown. In spite of Hepburn's wonderful playing, and some engaging scenes, the film
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During the campaign in East Africa, the German forces were quite ruthless in forcibly conscripting Africans to work as porters; seizing animals and food for themselves; and in carrying out a scorched earth strategy meant to deny the pursuing British forces the use of the countryside. Barker wrote
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Both the book and the film treat Africa as a place where it is possible to find happiness in a way that would be impossible in Europe. In both the book and the film, Rose is a prim, proper missionary from a middle class English family who is dominated by her bossy older brother Samuel, and it is
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came out in 1951, memories of the Second World War were still fresh and the German characters were far more villainous and disagreeable than in the novella. Unlike the memory of the First World War, the Second World War was remembered as a crusade against evil, which influenced the script of
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declared that "Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart come up with a couple of remarkable performances, and it's fortunate that they do, for the movie concentrates on them so single-mindedly that any conspicuous uncertainty in their acting would have left the whole thing high and dry."
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but John wanted to get shots of Bogie and me in the miles of high reeds before we come out into the lake...". The sequence was shot on location in Africa and at the London studios. The shots of the German-occupied Fort Shona were all filmed at Worton Hall, where a fortress
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Barker, Anthony (2017). "African Queens and Ice-Cream Wars: Fictional and Filmic Versions of the East Africa Conflict, 1914-1918". In Pereira, Maria Eugénia; Cortez, Maria Teresa; Pereira, Paulo Alexandre; Martins, Otília (eds.).
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wrote that the film "should impress for its novelty both in casting and scenically," and found the ending "rather contrived and even incredible, but melodramatic enough, with almost a western accent, to be popularly effective."
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that "Huston has tried a risky trick and most of the time pulls it off in delicious style. And from both his stars he has drawn performances which have rightly been nominated for those Academy Awards on the ."
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on March 23, 2010. The film was restored with its original mono soundtrack from original UK film elements under the sole supervision of Paramount, and had as an extra a documentary on the film's production,
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is instead sunk in a lake battle by a Royal Navy gunboat as Rose and Charlie watch from the shore. The film presented the efforts of Charlie and Rose in a more favorable light as their struggle to bring
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in 2012 by Suzanne Holmquist and her engineer husband Lance. The couple repaired and refurbished the ailing ship and made it available to tourists and film enthusiasts, providing cruises around the
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to overrule Balcon, and the film went ahead. The Woolfs provided £250,000 and were so pleased with the completed film that they convinced John Huston to direct their next picture,
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the film has a 96% rating based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 8.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Perfectly cast, smartly written, and beautifully filmed,
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as the message in the book is: "What appears to be an impossible mission for a private citizen is shown to be just that--it remains a job best left for the professionals". The
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Because of the dangers involved with shooting the rapids scenes, a small-scale model was used in the studio tank in London. The vessel used to portray the German gunboat
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remains thrilling, funny, and effortlessly absorbing even after more than half a century's worth of adventure movies borrowing liberally from its creative DNA." On
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The film earned an estimated £256,267 at UK cinemas in 1952, making it the 11th-most-popular film of the year. It earned an estimated $ 4 million in North American
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burn down the village and herd the villagers away to be pressed into service. When Samuel protests, he is struck by a soldier and soon becomes delirious with
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dialect, but the script had to be completely rewritten because he was unwilling to attempt the accent. The rewrite made the character Canadian.
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picture that used large, cumbersome "Three-Strip" cameras. The cast and crew endured sickness and spartan living conditions during their time
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through the torpedo holes. Eventually the boat capsizes, throwing Charlie and Rose into the water. Charlie loses sight of Rose in the storm.
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sly, polite kidding and generally keeping it there, while going about the happy business of engineering excitement and visual thrills."
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is the just punishment of the German characters. Both the book and the film accurately depict the scorched earth tactics of the German
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go down fighting in the book "cancelled" out the brutal behavior of the German forces earlier while in the film the sinking of the
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referenced the film frequently in his ideas, and his designs for the ride vehicles were inspired by the steamer used in the film.
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out onto the lake in darkness, intending to set her on a collision course. A strong storm strikes, causing water to pour into the
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Crowther, Bosley (February 21, 1951). "' The African Queen,' Starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, at the Capitol".
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by cinematographer Jack Cardiff in which he details many of the hardships and challenges involved in filming in Africa.
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and detonated the torpedoes. The newly married couple is able to escape the sinking ship and swim to safety together.
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There is nothing romantic about either Katharine Hepburn or Humphrey Bogart, for both look bedraggled throughout."
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The Making of the African Queen, or: How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind
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rather than Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, whom the Woolfs wanted. The Woolfs persuaded NFFC chairman
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Charlie mentions to Rose that the British are unable to attack the Germans because of the presence of a large
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Foden, Giles (2005). "Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika". Penguin Books Ltd.
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Sue Harper & Vincent Porter, British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference, OUP, 2007, p.12
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essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the
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across the wilderness, an aspect of the expedition that Forester did not wish to dwell upon.
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to challenge German naval mastery of the lake, which served as the inspiration for the novella.
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it has a score of 91% based on reviews from 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
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in the United Kingdom, Germany and Scandinavia. The British DVD includes a theatrical
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was built in 1912 in Britain for service in Africa. At one time it was owned by actor
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where the British dragged two Royal Navy gunboats across the African wilderness to
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Echart, Pablo (2010). "Strange, but Close Partners: Huston, Romantic Comedy and
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Schallert, Edwin (December 27, 1951). "Star Duo in Unique Joust with Jungle".
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Walt Disney Imagineering – A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real
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for a series, it was not picked up. An elliptic commentary on the making of
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Personal Narratives, Peripheral Theatres: Essays on the Great War (1914–18)
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play on December 15, 1952. Bogart reprised his film role and was joined by
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Contemporary critical reviews were mostly positive. Edwin Schallert of the
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Werner, A, and R Dilthey. "German and British Colonisation in Africa."
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AFI has also honored both Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn as the
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and she is still operating with continuing maintenance agreed in 2023.
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Over the next two days, Charlie and Rose prepare for their attack. The
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originated from birds that escaped or were released during filming of
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in 1924 and placed her in service on Lake Tanganyika in 1927 as the
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Coe, Richard L. (March 8, 1952). "Hepburn-Bogart Team Is A Honey".
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In the novella, Charlie and Rose fail in their attempt to sink the
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deemed it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."
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Prior to 2010, the film had been released in the United States on
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All appears lost when the boat becomes mired in the mud and dense
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in August 1914. Their post and supplies are delivered by a small
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near the mouth of the river. With no supplies left and short of
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Films featuring a Best Actor Academy Award-winning performance
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Embracing Chaos: Making ‘The African Queen' a documentary film
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off Harwich before being sunk on 5 August 1914 by the cruiser
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When Charlie warns the Sayers that war has broken out between
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on the outbreak of World War I. She was used as an auxiliary
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McCarten, John (February 23, 1952). "The Current Cinema".
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United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry
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Scenes on the boat were filmed using a large raft with a
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released the restoration in Region 2 on June 14, 2010.
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Samuel Sayer and his sister Rose are English Methodist
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Hepburn and Bogart in a publicity still for the film.
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Index

The African Queen (1977 film)

John Huston
James Agee
Peter Viertel
John Collier
The African Queen
C. S. Forester
Sam Spiegel
John Woolf
Humphrey Bogart
Katharine Hepburn
Robert Morley
Jack Cardiff
Ralph Kemplen
Allan Gray
Horizon Pictures
Romulus Films
United Artists
Fox Wilshire Theatre
adventure film
novel of the same name
C. S. Forester
John Huston
Sam Spiegel
John Woolf
screenplay
adapted
James Agee
John Collier

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