The African Queen
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Nov 4, 2026
Dan GelernterHOST
That is a few more steps than I managed.
Dan GelernterHOST
I will say my connection was Humphrey Bogart to Katharine Hepburn in African Queen and Katharine Hepburn to Ginger Rogers in Stage Door, which also had Adolphe Manjou.
Dan GelernterHOST
So you could have connected either two of them through Stage Door.
Josh GelernterHOST
Manjou is the glue that holds Hollywood together.
Steve CubineHOST
Yeah.
Steve CubineHOST
Well, a lot of people compared this to the African Queen.
Steve CubineHOST
Very similar dynamics, which was kind of interesting because when Columbia Pictures bought the rights to the African Queen, they initially had in mind Charles Lawton and Elsa Lanchester for the roles.
Steve CubineHOST
But once the Beachcomber opened in the United States, well, that just went away.
Nan McNamaraHOST
Yeah.
Luke DeckardHOST
oh god
Matthew BoothHOST
you know and much more like sort of Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen and Treasure of the Sierra Madre and all that that sort of character and I think I don't know if it was Kasdan that started to sort of reign them in and say, we can't do this, you know, but out of those discussions, ideas, good and bad came and the best were obviously chosen.
Matthew BoothHOST
I mean, cause I can't imagine anyone sympathizing with the alcoholic gambling.
Matthew BoothHOST
Indiana Jones himself.
Ken CarpenterNARRATOR
Hollywood.
Ken CarpenterNARRATOR
Leader Brothers Company, the makers of Luxe Pilot Soap, bring you the Luxe Radio Theater, starring Humphrey Bogart and Greg Arson in The African Queen.
Ken CarpenterNARRATOR
Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Irving Cummings.
Irving CummingsNARRATOR
Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
Irving CummingsNARRATOR
When the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor was presented last March, a star who had built his reputation with great performances of gangster parts was among those nominated.
Irving CummingsNARRATOR
And Humphrey Bogart won that award with great acclaim in the unusual role of the intemperate skipper of the African Queen.
Irving CummingsNARRATOR
And as his co-star of this John Huston production, we have beautiful Greer Gossin, another Academy Award winner.
Irving CummingsNARRATOR
Tonight, Miss Garson will vary her popular role of the charming wife to play a straight-laced spinster.
GeoffHOST
The cinematographer was the famous Jack Cardiff.
GeoffHOST
Of course, he did The Red Shoes and African Queen.
GeoffHOST
So he's working on this and very, very precise on his lighting.
GeoffHOST
So he got a bit pissed off every time that Lewis Teague swapped things around.
QuintonHOST
All of a sudden, it's looking pretty nice over on 1955's Oscar night because we have...
QuintonHOST
Marlon Brando winning best actor against Humphrey Bogart, the rematch that we addressed a couple of weeks ago after Bogart beat out Brando for the African Queen film over his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire.
QuintonHOST
Brando nominated four years in a row, the first and only actor to be nominated for lead actor four years back to back to back to back.
QuintonHOST
And now he finally won.
SushHOST
That guy's good in anything.
SushHOST
But going back to...
SushHOST
Bogart winning for the African queen against Brando and a streetcar named desire.
SushHOST
Um, I think that those performances were a lot closer, but that one is considered a big upset because Brando was so good in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Brian McDonaldHOST
John Huston was really good at giving direction.
Brian McDonaldHOST
When he made The African Queen with Katherine Hepburn, she couldn't figure out how to play the character she was playing.
Brian McDonaldHOST
And she struggled with it for a couple of days.
Brian McDonaldHOST
And I guess he just came up to her one day and said, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Philip ClarkHOST
For which film did Humphrey Bogart win his only Oscar?
DickAUDIENCE
The African Queen.
DickAUDIENCE
Correct.
Philip ClarkHOST
The African Queen.
Philip ClarkHOST
Yes.
Philip ClarkHOST
Wonderful movie, wasn't it?
BrendanHOST
But there are some answers here we got from our peoples.
BrendanHOST
Stuart says a classic one, Bogart and Hepburn in The African Queen.
BrendanHOST
Humphrey Bogart and Catherine Hepburn.
BrendanHOST
I almost said Audrey Hepburn, but they were in a different movie together.
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