The African Queen
Directed by John Huston
USA, 1951, 105 minutes
Reviewed by Margaret Willford
Student, Wynford High School, Bucyrus, OH (USA)
In 1951, John Huston directed a PG film based off the novel The African Queen by C.S. Forester. John Huston has directed forty-seven other films and a total of two have won oscars, including the African Queen. The African Queen won 1952 Oscar in the category of Best Actor in Leading Role (Humphrey Bogart). Furthermore, The African Queen won 2012 OFTA Film Hall of Fame Motion Picture and also received second place in 1952 NYFCC Award in Best Film, Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn), and Best Director (John Huston). John Huston had wonderful crew members that helped the motion picture become eleventh …show more content…
Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart did fantastic job at portraying their roles as Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut. Katharine Hepburn portrayed as an high class, intelligent, conservative, prude, well-rounded woman, named Rose Sayer. As the film progressed, Katharine Hepburn made a transition of a clean woman to a getting dirty and ready to take on any challenge. Katharine Hepburn did a wonderful job of showing affection towards Humphrey Bogart and making smooth transitions in personality, throughout the film. Katharine Hepburn also showed how adventurous Rose was and stayed consistent on Rose’s determination on finding the Louisa. Humphrey Bogart did an incredible job of portraying a smart,short-tempered, dirty, hard working man by the name of Charlie Allnut. Humphrey Bogart helped the audience feel the love and affection between Charlie and Rose. Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart helped the audience believe the connection was real and the situations they have faced bonded them two together. The African Queen costumes and makeup made the story realistic as the film progressed the audience noticed their clothing become worn down, rugged, dirty, and beat up, as if the obstacles they faced were true. The costumes also helped characterize Rose and Charlie and fitted to their personalities. Rose Sayer’s costume was a dress formal, conservative, and neat. Charlie Allnut’s costume was a steamboat workers outfit and was dirty in some parts and showed how a hard worker he was. The costumes went from neat and clean to rugged and dirty as the movie progressed, demonstrating the change of personality of caring to unworried, the change in environment, and also creating an overall story. The African Queen established a realistic storyline with an wonderful thespians, costumes, and
Directed by John Huston
USA, 1951, 105 minutes
Reviewed by Margaret Willford
Student, Wynford High School, Bucyrus, OH (USA)
In 1951, John Huston directed a PG film based off the novel The African Queen by C.S. Forester. John Huston has directed forty-seven other films and a total of two have won oscars, including the African Queen. The African Queen won 1952 Oscar in the category of Best Actor in Leading Role (Humphrey Bogart). Furthermore, The African Queen won 2012 OFTA Film Hall of Fame Motion Picture and also received second place in 1952 NYFCC Award in Best Film, Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn), and Best Director (John Huston). John Huston had wonderful crew members that helped the motion picture become eleventh …show more content…
Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart did fantastic job at portraying their roles as Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut. Katharine Hepburn portrayed as an high class, intelligent, conservative, prude, well-rounded woman, named Rose Sayer. As the film progressed, Katharine Hepburn made a transition of a clean woman to a getting dirty and ready to take on any challenge. Katharine Hepburn did a wonderful job of showing affection towards Humphrey Bogart and making smooth transitions in personality, throughout the film. Katharine Hepburn also showed how adventurous Rose was and stayed consistent on Rose’s determination on finding the Louisa. Humphrey Bogart did an incredible job of portraying a smart,short-tempered, dirty, hard working man by the name of Charlie Allnut. Humphrey Bogart helped the audience feel the love and affection between Charlie and Rose. Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart helped the audience believe the connection was real and the situations they have faced bonded them two together. The African Queen costumes and makeup made the story realistic as the film progressed the audience noticed their clothing become worn down, rugged, dirty, and beat up, as if the obstacles they faced were true. The costumes also helped characterize Rose and Charlie and fitted to their personalities. Rose Sayer’s costume was a dress formal, conservative, and neat. Charlie Allnut’s costume was a steamboat workers outfit and was dirty in some parts and showed how a hard worker he was. The costumes went from neat and clean to rugged and dirty as the movie progressed, demonstrating the change of personality of caring to unworried, the change in environment, and also creating an overall story. The African Queen established a realistic storyline with an wonderful thespians, costumes, and