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"The African Queen" [1935 novel] by C.S. Forester
Back Bay Books 7¾x5 pb [6/84] for $10.19 Queens House 8¾x5¾ hardcover [6/77] for $26.95 |
Principals
producer Sam Spiegel
director John Huston [1906-87]
based on the novel by C.S. Forester
writer James Agee
http://www.eeweems.com/peter_viertel/index.html
actor Humphrey Bogart [1899-1957]
actress Katharine Hepburn [1907-2003]
"The African Queen"
[United Artists Dec 1951]
film credits at Internet Movie Database
film entry at Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_20890_14567780_pe_t8/?ASIN=B003498SD0 bluray
http://www.amazon.com/African-Queen-Blu-ray-Katharine-Hepburn/dp/B001UHOWWY/ bluray
'Gone With The Wind' posters & photos at AllPosters.com
Humphrey Bogart won the Oscar for Best Actor
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"The Making of The African Queen: Or How I Went To Africa With Bogart, Bacall & Huston and Almost Lost My Mind" [1987] by Katharine Hepburn Plume 7x5 pb [10/88] out of print/many used Knopf 9x7 hardcover [8/87] out of print/many, many used |
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"White Hunter, Black Heart"
[Malpaso/Warner Bros. May & Sept 1990]
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A world-famous movie director on location in Africa neglects the production of his movie for an obsession with hunting and killing one particular elephant. The main character is modeled after John Huston, the movie being filmed is "The African Queen" [1951], the movie stars are Humphrey Bogart & Kate Hepburn.
Co-produced & directed by and starring Clint Eastwood; co-written by Peter Viertel, based on his novel; co-written by James Bridges & Burt Kennedy; also starring Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden, George Dzundza, Marisa Berenson, Richard Vanstone, Jamie Koss & Mel Martin
Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [9/2003] for $17.99 Warner Home Video color VHS [6/99] out of prodn/used 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"White Hunter, Black Heart" novel [Doubleday 1953] by Peter Viertel Penguin mass pb [8/90] out of print/used Laurel mass pb [8/87] out of print/used see also Magic Lantern's "The African Queen" 1951 Movie Page |
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"G.W.T.W.: The Making of Gone With The Wind" [1973] by Gavin Lambert Bantam mass pb [1976] out of print/used Little, Brown hardcover [10/73] out of print/used |
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official Margaret Mitchell House & Museum / "G.W.T.W." website
official "G.W.T.W." movie site
G.W.T.W. Museum [est. 2003] in Marietta, GA
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