Is This How Humphrey Bogart Avoided Dysentery On Set Of The African Queen?

Through the early days of the movie trade, filming on location was not almost as superior because it sounds. The forged and crew for “The African Queen” arrived and started filming in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Might of 1951. Based on the Classic Information, this expertise was grueling and uncomfortable for everybody concerned. Think about filming in the midst of a sizzling jungle, with snakes, ants, mosquitoes, and different lethal creatures operating amok. Then on prime of that, you don’t even have entry to scrub water. Regardless of all the harmful little critters operating round, not having water was truly essentially the most harmful.

Classic Information tells us that the contaminated water brought on nearly each member of the crew to endure with abdomen points. Each member besides Bogart and Huston, that’s. How did they handle that? Bogart spoke for himself and Huston when he stated, “all I ate had been baked beans, canned asparagus, and Scotch whiskey. Every time a fly bit Huston or me, it dropped useless.” Bogart’s son confirmed this by repeating the sentiment that the 2 ate solely canned meals and drank scotch (per New York Put up). Apparently Bogart thought that doing so helped the 2 keep away from selecting up dysentery, whereas the remainder of the crew suffered by filming. Sounds glamorous, doesn’t it?

One factor Bogart did choose up, nonetheless, was his one and solely Academy Award, for his efficiency as Charlie Allnut.