The African Queen - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The African Queen"
The African Queen (1952)
Timing:
1:45 (105 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Sam Spiegel
Producer
John Woolf
Producer
Editor
Ralph Kemplen
Editor
Art Direction
Wilfred Shingleton
Art Direction
Costume Design
Connie De Pinna
Costume Design
Doris Langley Moore
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Ted Moore
Camera Operator
Assistant Art Director
John Hoesli
Assistant Art Director
Hairstylist
Eileen Bates
Hairstylist
Production Manager
Leigh Aman
Production Manager
T.S. Lyndon-Haynes
Production Manager
Boom Operator
Screenplay
James Agee
Screenplay
Novel
Special Effects
Cliff Richardson
Special Effects
Third Assistant Director
Bill Herlihy
Third Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Second Unit Director of Photography
Edward Scaife
Second Unit Director of Photography
Conductor
Norman del Mar
Conductor
Sound Recordist
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Sound Editor
Eric Wood
Sound Editor
Clapper Loader
Wardrobe Master
Vi Murray
Wardrobe Master
Continuity
Angela Allen
Continuity
What's left behind the scenes
- John Mills and Bette Davis were the first choices for the lead roles. Later, in 1938, Bette Davis was considered to partner with David Niven. Nine years later, the project was again intended to be launched – at that moment, James Mason would have been Davis's partner. Bette made a third, final attempt to return to the ill-fated film in 1949, but it was too late – the studio had already given the role to Katharine Hepburn.
- The scenes with the reed bank were filmed in Dalyan, Turkey.
- The barge 'African Queen', operated by Charlie Allnut, was actually named 'LS Livingston' and served for 40 years before being handed over to Hollywood. Today, it has become a decoration of the 'Hollywood Inn' motel in Key Largo, Florida. Notably, 'Key Largo' (1948) is the title of one of the previous collaborations between John Huston and Humphrey Bogart.
- Disneyland adapted the film's plot as the basis for the "Jungle Cruise" attraction.
- To express her disgust with Houston and Bogart's penchant for alcohol, Hepburn deliberately drank only water. As a result, she became seriously ill with dysentery.
- For Houston, "The African Queen" was a special film. Numerous legends circulated about his dismissive attitude towards filming and his absorption in elephant hunting. The story of the film's production can be found in Hepburn's autobiography, and screenwriter Peter Viertel adapted these legends for his novel "White Hunter Black Heart"; its film adaptation in 1990 was directed by Clint Eastwood.
- The union of Berlin film distributors demanded the film be removed from the Berlin Film Festival program, as it had anti-German sentiments.
- From the very beginning, John Huston insisted on location shooting. In search of a river similar to the one described in Forester's novel, he flew thousands of kilometers, crossing Africa from end to end by plane, until he settled on the Ruki River in the Belgian Congo. In an era when location shooting was not common, this was a feat in itself, especially considering that the film largely consists of dialogue. Huston believed that location shooting was the only way to make the film believable and authentic. Even when filming took place in a studio, Huston strived for maximum naturalism.
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