The African Queen (1951)
-Sam Spiegal (S.P. Eagle); 1901-1985
-Independent producer
-John Huston (1906-1987)
-Dir/Writer
-Film based on novel by C.S. Forester; 1st hybrid (looks like a studio prod., but actually independent)
Stars:
-Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn
Crisis in the Hollywood Studio System
-House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC); targets Hollywood-> "Are you or have you been a member of the communist party?"
-The Hollywood Blacklist ('47-'60's)
-Huston, Hepburn and Bogart protest the HUAC
-Hollywood Syst. declined in 1940's; end of Hollywood Golden Age
Character Archetypes
-Roles we play in life
African Queen Notes
What characteristics are essential to a Adventure-Romance film, such as in African Queen?
-Charlie & Rose deal with the hero's journey
-Crisis of the heart in relation to the larger world scope with global stakes at risk
-Charlie & Rose fall in love and end up sacrificing their love by sacrificing themselves and blowing up the German gun ship
-Good overcomes evil triumphantly in the end
-Rose (Hepburn) is portrayed as a strong female lead capable
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