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The African Queen

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At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship. From TMDB

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  • BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2026

    1/ Forget tales of escapees from the film set of The African Queen. Ignore rumours of Jimi Hendrix’s supposed liberation of a pair on Carnaby Street. Newly declassified documents from the Ministry Of Defence reveal how Ring-necked Parakeets colonised the UK through Operation Norwegian Blue! 😮 🪶

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  • Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    Books to Films 📚=🎞️ The African Queen (1935) by C. S. Forester was adapted to film in 1951 by John Huston. Starring Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn, the film is mostly faithful with some key changes. A Hollywood ending & overt sexual relationship are among the alterations. 🌍👑🛥️ #booksky #filmsky

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  • Phil Foglio @thephilfoglio.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    #books Today's book is C.S. Forester's "The African Queen". An old-fashioned "Adventure story" that holds up delightfully well. Everyone knows the excellent movie with Bogart & Hepburn (And if you don't–go watch it) but the book itself is amazing on a whole different level, and is a joy to read.

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    OTD 2/20/1952: THE AFRICAN QUEEN premieres. John Huston teamed screen legends Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn in riverboat adventure: battling nature, German forces, even each other. Silly fun! Hepburn in leeches? Yes, please. 4 Oscar nods, with Bogart winning Best Actor. #filmsky 📽

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  • Ire….gor mortis @derbren.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2025

    @alisondennison.bsky.social and I watched The African Queen last night and were amused that throughout the film the Bogart and Hepburn characters both seem to accept that they’re ancient and basically about to die. Hepburn was 44 in 1951

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    My fav film from each year of the 1950s: 1950: Harvey 1951: The African Queen 1952: High Noon 1953: Stalag 17 1954: Them! 1955: The Ladykillers 1956: Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1957: Quatermass 2 1958: Touch of Evil 1959: I'm All Right Jack

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    #NowWatching The African Queen (1951) Dir:John Huston In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.

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  • Berg on a Wire @bergonawire.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2025

    #JulyMovieChallenge Wedding in a film The African Queen (1951) Being they are to be executed by Germans, river rat Charlie & missionary Rose ask to be married (which unknowingly buys time for their missile to work) youtube.com/watch?v=LtT6...

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  • Berg on a Wire @bergonawire.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2024

    #MovieMadness Great pre-1970 movie The African Queen (1951) During WWII, a missionary (Katherine Hepburn) teams up with a river rat (Humphrey Bogart) and his small steamer to try to sink a large German gunboat (falling in love in the process)

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  • Tommy Krasker @tommykrasker.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    As @aldobarkeeper.bsky.social noted recently during ‘The Prowler’ (Miller’s final film), Miller was due to start ‘The African Queen,’ but a routine medical exam led to the discovery of tuberculosis in his lung. He retired and, happily, lived another 19 years. #TheNoirCollective #TCMParty #ManHunt

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  • Phoef Sutton @phoefsutton.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2026

    A FILM FREAKS FOREVER podcast! Ahoy mateys, grab ye spindle and jump on board as ye sea captains & film freaks, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton take you out beyond the blue.Films like THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)🎥 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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  • Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    Happy Birthday Christmas Baby HUMPHREY BOGART! 🎂 Started on Broadway. Oscar for THE AFRICAN QUEEN & noms for CASABLANCA & THE CAINE MUTINY. Philip Marlowe in THE BIG SLEEP w/ Lauren Bacall, cementing their film & real-life partnership. My #MovieReview youtu.be/VBZBfIxqVMk?... 🎄

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  • Annele.Sovijärvi @asovij.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    For our lazy Sunday movie: The African Queen starring my two favourite actors: Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. It’s such an old and heartwarming classic. 🎬 For hubby’s brunch: cucumber, pointy pepper, egg, melons, radishes, avocado, figs, apple, orange, grapes. 🍜

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  • Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    When you’re a 5 year old with no Atari 2600, VCR or cable you end up watching “The African Queen” with your family before bed during a Bogey & Bacall movie marathon on WLVI-56

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  • Gnome Pickles @gnomepickles.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2025

    One of my favorite movies is the African Queen where the female lead challenges the male lead to be better and shows of the two of them she is the more adaptable and stronger and even is the more tactically sound. That's a 1951 movie from a 1935 book. Dude knows nothing of film.

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  • Mx Georgie girl @mxgeorgiegirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    Choose one film from each of your 30 favourite directors. Name of the film and director,along with a still. 12/30 The African Queen John Huston #Filmsky 🎥 🎬 #MovieSky

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  • David Avallone @davallone.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    It’s essentially a remake of THE AFRICAN QUEEN, and I’m wondering if there’s another example of an actor starring in a pseudo-remake of their own movie. Like if Fosse had hired Mastroianni for ALL THAT JAZZ, or Sturges had put Mifune in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

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  • Annele.Sovijärvi @asovij.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2026

    A great day to watch old movie classics: The African Queen, Dr. No and Seven Year Itch. 🎬🎬🎬 For hubby’s brunch: tomato, bell pepper, kiwi, persimmon, blood orange, figs, radishes, pear, watermelon, honeydew melon, grapes, cheeses.🍜

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  • Sotrue Bestie @cheatlines.coBluesky · Aug 30, 2025

    Lol somehow I was not aware of the general plot synopsis of The African Queen other than the "dirty man bickering with uptight woman" dynamic that's in every movie based on it

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2024

    C. S. Forester (with scenes from the John Huston film "The African Queen", adapted from the Forester novel of the same name) - BOTD

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  • Autumn Denier Owen Meany @notowenmeany.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    [12 seconds into THE AFRICAN QUEEN] *huge spit-take of Olipop Probiotic Soda* "THIS MOVIE IS IN COLOR?!"

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    OTD: 2/20/1952 THE AFRICAN QUEEN premieres. John Huston paired screen legends Katherine Hepburn & Humphrey Bogart in riverboat adventure; battling nature, German forces, & each other. Silly fun. Hepburn in leeches? Yes, please. Nominated for 4 Oscars, winning Best Actor for Bogart. #filmsky 📽🎥

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  • Jordana Greene - Human Writer (Pen name) @jordanagreene.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    Thanks, Kacey! I don't actually have an all-time favorite movie. I'm into classic films, but also like modern work. One favorite classic is the African Queen. HBU? @jasphoenix.bsky.social @hopemvfields.bsky.social @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social @dredwards2810.bsky.social

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  • 33Wonderland @33WonderlandMastodon · Mar 2, 2023

    Now we are on the Jungle Cruise. #TCMParty #31DaysOfOscar #TheAfricanQueen

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  • Phoef Sutton @phoefsutton.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2026

    A new FILM FREAKS FOREVER podcast! Ahoy mateys, grab ye spindle and jump on board as ye sea captains & film freaks, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton take you out beyond the blue. A new FILM FREAKS FOREVER podcast! Films like THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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  • Linette🌻🌸🏵️🌺🌱 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2026

    guess it's a good night to watch another old movie (last two nights: Rififi and The African Queen)

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  • BOO! @ronandusty.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2025

    Its raining. Its 8am. Im wrapped up pure cosy. I think its the perfect time for a film. Im going to watch The African Queen.

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  • John oder Seán @john-tweet.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    THE AFRICAN QUEEN - (1951) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn with Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, and Theodore Bikel in this #Classic 50's film for which #Bogart won his only #Oscar Bogart & Hepburn superb.

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  • Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    #OTD in 1952, the adventure film The African Queen, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, opened at the Capitol Theatre in New York City. The film, which was shot on location in Africa, earned Humphrey Bogart his only Academy Award for Best Actor. #SpeirGhorm

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  • MimirTheRememberer @mimirtherememberer.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2026

    . I love Casablanca, but let's not forget how Rosie Sayer, in the movie The African Queen, got Charlie Allnut to risk their lives to blow up the NAZI ship Louisa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=abTM...

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  • Salacious B Crumb @salbcrumb.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    Watching The African Queen (1951) for movie club tonight, and I’m making a East African Kuku Paka recipe to go with it. Kind of a coconut curry sauce on grilled chicken.

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  • El Dirko @mindskills.substack.comBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    "Human nature is what we are put in this world to rise above." (From the movie "The African Queen")

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  • El Dirko @mindskills.substack.comBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    "Human nature is what we are put in this world to rise above." (From the movie "The African Queen")

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  • mmrtn.bsky.social @mmrtn.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    Corgis in the Movies! On this day in 1951, the movie “The African Queen” premiered. #Corgifilmparody #CorgisinMovies #Corgihumor #corgis

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  • Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2024

    I've done pretty well on the classic movie intros: Casablanca, Bringing Up Baby, Philadelphia Story, In a Lonely Place, The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen (can you sense a theme?). The next movie I really want to introduce him to is Mrs. Miniver.

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  • K. Cook & Cats, Co. [Old] 👵 @iamkaymichelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    Katharine Hepburn is one of the coolest people ever to act on film, imo, and I have admired and consciously emulated her since seeing her in The African Queen in a college film class. Any other big HepbHeads amongst my friends? 🤔 #FilmSky 🎥

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    #JanuaryMovieChallenge Day 6 - movie about a heroine The African Queen #filmsky #moviesky

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  • Dagwood222 @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 8, 2025

    Ever heard of "The African Queen?" It's a great movie; an adventure and a great romance rolled into one. One of the stories about it is that the male star and the director only drank whisky while they were on location in Africa. The female star was appalled by this and vowed only to drink water. Guess who got sicker?

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  • Paul @pauljonmilne.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2025

    FILM NEWS: The African Queen is a good film, very enjoyable

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  • Zach the Soulstealer @zachthenarratorguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    Hey! It’s the other, vastly superior Jungle Cruise movie! My next spot on my 200 favorite #Movies (which may grow bigger) is the African Queen. Nature, Ms. @calamityjane516.bsky.social, is what we are put on this world to rise above 😁 #classicmovies #filmsky

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  • The Red Circle @scottyeager.bsky.socialBluesky · May 30, 2026

    Two of his 80s films I like are under the radar too much imo. In Tightrope he plays a very flawed detective who is dirty but isn’t Harry. In White Hunter, Black Heart he plays a thinly veiled version of John Huston getting ready to film the African Queen. Plus, a Perfect World from 1993.

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  • Evan @evanstopthekilling.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2025

    Can't beat The African Queen. Bogey and Hepburn make that movie. Flight of the Phoenix - ok it was made in 65, but still one of the classics.....and the cast was perfect.

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  • Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2025

    When I was 7 years old, I sat and watched a whole episode of MUPPET BABIES that was based on the 1951 Humphrey Bogart/Katharine Hepburn film "The African Queen". I imagine that a lot of other kids saw it too.

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  • Nicholas Thurkettle - Voice Actor @nthurkettle.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    There's a scene in the classic film "The African Queen" where Humphrey Bogart is trying to free his boat from the muck by climbing into the chest-high water to drag it by a rope. Later he's laying on deck, sick & exhausted, and you see him realize he has no choice but to get back in and keep towing.

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  • ziggywiggy @ziggywiggy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    Wonkette Movie Night: The African Queen www.wonkette.com/p/wonkette-m...

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  • Drusas @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 12, 2024

    Ikiru Casablanca The African Queen (edit: my memory sucks and this is not in black and white, but it's a good movie) Night of the Living Dead Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    #Bales2026FilmChallenge #Bales2026MovieChallenge Oct. 9 - a favorite female performance 1930-1960 Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer in The African Queen (1951) #filmsky #moviesky

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  • G M Thomas FRSA FRAS @japanauthor.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    The African Queen celebrates its 75th anniversary this year; the director John Houston, was born 120 years ago, on 5 August 1906. Two film pamphlets were published in Japan on its release. “European Picture News” published by the Japanese distributor アメリカ映画宣伝社 (America Movie Publicity Agency).

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  • Aaahh!!! A real Ductos @ductos.eurosky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2026

    Watched #TheAfricanQueen 🎬 A Technicolor dream of the early 50's, that simply looks fantastic, is a fun time, and somehow combines a war movie with a romantic comedy. I was not expecting that to work, but Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart have great chemistry. #filmsky

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  • Jeffrey Hartmann @jephmann.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    #NowWatching The African Queen (1952) via Mometu | PS: Looking for work. jephmann.com/movies/film....

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  • Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    "Oh, I'm not worried, Miss. Gave myself up for dead back where we started." 🛥 #OTD in #Film #History 20 February 1952,  #JohnHuston's beloved classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN, starring #HumphreyBogart and #KatharineHepburn, was released at the Capitol Theatre, New York.

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  • friend of the pod 🫛 @rebeccaschmitz.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2025

    This reminds me I’ve never read Katharine Hepburn’s memoir about traveling with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston to film The African Queen. I need to rectify this #KeyLargo #TCMParty archive.org/details/maki...

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  • Gnomon Chronicles @gnomonchronicles.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    #GnomonTV "The African Queen and I" Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner Directors: John Huston and Walter Lang American musical adventure film. youtube.com/watch?v=gYBD... youtube.com/watch?v=QgVP... gnomonchronicles.com/wiki/The_Afr...

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  • Steve Senski's Watching Night Gallery @stevensenski.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2025

    Remembering Hollywood acting and directing legend John Huston, born OTD in 1906. The Oscar-winning helmer of such classics as THE MALTESE FALCON, TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, KEY LARGO, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING and PRIZZI'S HONOR died in 1987 after his final film, THE DEAD.

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  • kalpol @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 20, 2025

    *Sahara* is one I watched some few times as a kid, it is a wartime propaganda movie and it really shows but it's still pretty watchable. *The African Queen* is really good as well, and Hepburn instead of Bacall. And really everyone in a corporate job should watch *The Caine Mutiny*, then read the book too.

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  • Lyn @plontlyn.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2024

    @destry66.bsky.social Book Movie Album TV Show East of Eden, The African Queen, The White Album, West Wing

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  • Bruce Byfield @byfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    Years ago at the video store, the woman ahead of me was looking at a copy of The African Queen made in Japan. "Is it the original movie?" she kept asking. ""Except for the car chase they added at the end," I said. And for about 10 seconds, she believed me.

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  • 33Wonderland @33WonderlandMastodon · Mar 2, 2023

    Any Disney Parks Fan who hasn’t seen #TheAfricanQueen yet is really missing out. #31DaysOfOscar #TCMParty

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  • Danielle Solzman 🎥✡️🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Mar 2, 2023

    The African Queen is airing later tonight as part of TCM's #31DaysOfOscar programming. #film #movies #classicfilm #TCMparty #TheAfricanQueen https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2022/09/01/the-african-queen-one-of-the-best-films-of-all-time/

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  • Mr Buttons 🏴‍☠️🤡 soft clowning era. I wrote a fic, once 🏴‍☠️ @mrbuttons284266.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    Ten non-horror movies to get to know me: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) The 39 Steps (1935) Black Narcissus (1947) The African Queen (1951) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) Scarecrow (1973) Eureka (1983 film) Room (2015)

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