THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@LPJack02]

RIP Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957), aged 57 And RIP Katharine Hepburn (May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003), aged 96 You both will be remembered as legends.

[@kbrewski1]

I had forgotten Bogart died that young. Could have had 20-25 years of acting left.

[@LPJack02]

@@kbrewski1 I agree.

[@michaelwalsh2498]

I don't think Cassie got the full picture of Rosie, who went from an extreme, buttoned up, repressed, "old maid", 19th century raised missionary- sacrificing her life to help her brother to bring the Gospel to Africa. She would have likely lived out her life in that way, but for the coming of WW1 in 1914, and her adventure on the African Queen. Katharine Hepburn did a great job carrying off that change that Rosie undergoes.

[@dalesherman697]

Exactly, the scene with her brother pretty much calling her an old maid who has wasted her life really sets the tone to come with her character - this is her chance to actually do something and she's determined to make it happen.

[@skylinerunner1695]

Good description of her character arc, which has to be seen in the context of a time barely out of the 19th century and Victorian values and deportment. Viewed in the context of a time when kissing an ungloved hand or showing an ankle was considered lewd, her transformation is extraordinary.

[@suebob16]

I agree. Cassie was charmed by Bogart's unique looks, voice, and vocal delivery but seemed less appreciative of Hepburn's equally unique qualities. That these two great actors were together in this film and worked so well together makes it really special.

[@kbrewski1]

Hepburn's character lightened up and became more "worldly",and Bogie's character became a little less jaded and narrowninded, both opened up emotionally under extreme circumstances.

[@markdettra1794]

I agree , but i see it as more of Rosie getting the oppurtunity to reveal another real dimension of her soul. Miss Hepburn managed to look so beautiful in spite of oil and grime all over her.

[@RichardFay]

Is it a love story ? Is it a comedy ? Is it a war movie ? Yes

[@amylynn3821]

That was what I was going to say. It's absolutely unique and you almost forget that there are only two actors for the majority of the movie.

[@curtismartin2866]

I may have yelled this at my phone.

[@Divamarja_CA]

I think of it as a “yarn.” Just good, old-fashioned blend of action, romance, comedy & peril, with a little God and war added in for flavor.

[@skylinerunner1695]

@@Divamarja_CA Ah yes, that's the word! A yarn. And a ripping yarn at that!

[@kbrewski1]

I wouldn't call it a "comedy " in the traditional sense. Its a drama/love story with some humor in it to make it less serious and more realistic for the character development.

[@lawrencewestby9229]

Kate Hepburn was nominated 12 times for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and won four times. She is considered to be one of the greatest actresses in movie history. She also starred on Broadway and TV. She and Audrey Hepburn were not related.

[@stephenridolfi6464]

Katharine Hepburn was the GOAT. She was beautiful, well educated and took no crap from anyone.

[@philstubblefield]

@@stephenridolfi6464 I can't wait for Cassie to watch Katharine Hepburn in _Bringing Up Baby_ and _The Philadelphia Story_ , two of my favorites from those decades. both of which she *and* Carly would love! 😃

[@impishsongster333]

@@stephenridolfi6464 True. Her parents were both well educated, he a doctor (Urologist & Surgeon), and she a birth control advocate and women's rights advocate, from a well to do family. Scandalous at the time, they were both liberal & progressive; believing in equality among races, women, and those of lesser financial means. She was raised by great people, with fantastic ideals & morals, and she believed the same. There are many stories of Katharine championing those who were being treated unfairly, or who weren't being given equal treatment. She was a phenomenal actress, and quite a trailblazer & role model for women. One of my favorites ever, a real hero! I really hope Cassie does more Katharine Hepburn movies. I think she'll really like: Bringing Up Baby, Desk Set, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story, Rooster Cogburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, and The Lion In Winter.

[@impishsongster333]

@@stephenridolfi6464 Agree! 💯

[@BrazzemalX]

She is definitely one of the greatest of all time. Bringing Up Baby & The Philadelphia Story are essential viewing.

[@clarencewalker3925]

This was Bogart's first and only Oscar. Well deserved!

[@thomastimlin1724]

He deserved 2 or 3 more than that really.

[@osmanyousif7849]

AHEM, Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire?

[@muddhammer7834]

Many classic movies out there. Sure beats another sopranos or breaking bad series reaction.

[@glawnow1959]

@@osmanyousif7849 Brando and Monty Clift (for A Place in the Sun) split the vote and Bogart wound up with the win.

[@joelwillems4081]

I found him more likeable in the WWII film "Sahara". Then "Casablanca" and "Sabrina" next. Maybe it's just that I'm not a huge fan of Hepburn. Don't find her attractive at any of her ages to think she was a leading lady love interest. She has some fine acting moments in "Rooster Cogburn" though.

[@cliffchristie5865]

Make no mistake, "The Jungle Cruise" was absolutely inspired by "The African Queen". The Disney theme park boats design bear a distinct resemblance to the one in the film. ( And I think maybe the phrase you're looking for is "tally-ho!".)

[@tomflorio3639]

Yeah, "Jolly Ho" is someone who's happy in their work! 😄

[@HuntingViolets]

@@tomflorio3639 "Someone"?

[@jameswarkentin2798]

"I pronounce you, man, and wife. Proceed with the execution." One of the great lines of all time!

[@LymanPhillips]

I love that line and quote it everytime in a movie when they get to that point in the wedding.

[@merlinsclaw]

I think you’d love The Philadelphia Story. Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart.

[@johnnyinsac]

One of my all time favorite movies!

[@forrestposton]

And it's one that almost no one reacts to. The list of movies people aren't watching is amazing.....Harvey, Charade, etc.

[@rayevarney]

Yes, my favorite!

[@shanemyersmyers1379]

Love that movie!!!

[@marygoodson4920]

YES!!!!!

[@gerstelb]

A truly great film, with some wild behind-the-scenes stories. (Many of the cast and crew got sick from drinking the local water; the notable exceptions were Bogart and director John Huston, supposedly because they stuck to drinking Scotch. Bogey claimed that if any insects bit him or Huston, they dropped dead.) I hope while you were in Philly you: 1) actually went inside the Art Museum and not just run up the steps, and 2) did not go to Pat’s or Geno’s for your cheesesteak. The book this movie was based on was written by C.S. Forester, who also wrote (among others) the Horatio Hornblower series (loosely based on the life of Admiral Nelson) and “The Good Shepherd,” which the recent Tom Hanks movie “Greyhound” was based on. 9:39 I’m sure some commenter has already mentioned this, but Disney based the Jungle Cruise ride on this movie. 14:52 My wife and I actually know a man named Alnutt, so every now and then we use this line as a joke. The captain of the Louisa is Peter Bull, whom you may remember as the Russian Ambassador in “Dr. Strangelove.” The first officer is Theodore Bikel, who’s been in everything, but many people today might recognize him from Star Trek: TNG as Sergey Rozchenko, Lieutenant Worf’s human foster father. (Coincidentally, he was also in Babylon 5 as a family friend of Susan Ivanova.) 31:52 Not only did Bogart still have it, he was married to the phenomenal Lauren Bacall at the time. In a twist on the usual story, instead of there being some BTS drama between the real-life spouse and the onscreen love interest, Hepburn and Bacall reportedly became great friends during filming. 33:02 There’s no relation between Audrey Hepburn and Katherine Hepburn. Audrey’s real last name was Ruston and she was from the Netherlands (her mother was a Baroness). Katherine was from Connecticut, and her own mother’s connection was only to the Houghton family that owned Corning Glass. You really need to see Katherine Hepburn in her comedic roles: “The Philadelphia Story,” “Bringing Up Baby,” etc. *Then* you can tackle her heavy dramas like “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Lion in Winter,” and so forth.

[@michaelceraso1977]

haha THATS the trivia I want to post in chat when Cassie is there, I can only imagine how sick the ladies ( BOgies wife) got and the men just got drunk each night lol

[@Emily1672]

Katharine switched over to champagne as soon as they realized the water was the cause.

[@josephmayo3253]

The scene where she was playing the piano, they had a bucket just out of frame for her to get sick into. She used it a lot. When Cassie said it looks hot, that was why.

[@joannwoodworth8920]

Excellent post!

[@stevenlowe3026]

@@highcountrydelatite I love both Forester and O'Brian. But I have to say I like Jack Aubrey better (for all his many faults) than Hornblower, though Hornblower is what I grew up on.

[@classiclife7204]

You're right, Cassie; this was a groundbreaking film for 1951. Director Huston dragged Bogart and Hepburn to the Congo and Uganda, and they made a movie with those incredibly cumbersome Technicolor cameras. Nearly everyone got sick, except for Bogie and Huston: Bogie said they avoided illness by drinking whiskey rather than the local water.

[@e.d.2096]

NOW THIS IS A TRUE CLASSIC! I'm no one special, but I have been petitioning this channel as well as other channels to react to this film. Finally, my favorite reactor is doing this fantastic film! 😊

[@msdarby515]

We need her to do more Katie movies. My favorite is Bringing Up Baby and Philadelphia Story, but that's because I'm hopelessly in love with Cary Grant. LOL But there are so many more classics that I wish all the channels would begin to look into.

[@e.d.2096]

@@msdarby515 I take it then, you have seen " Arsenic and Old lace " my favorite is " Father Goose "

[@michaelceraso1977]

yea I think we have seen Cassie do more classics than any other Y tuber, from the Redford/ newman ones to a few Hitchcocks, and ROman Holiday , she has come up big. She would love the early C Grant ones and No reviewer I follow has seen Grant wth Ingrid Bergman

[@anomalysakawendy5096]

@Ms Darby Much love for Cary Grant, and Katharine Hepburn. My favorite of their movies together is the more generally overlooked, Holiday. But, The Philadelphia Story is a pretty close favorite also. Always wanted to name a pet... C.K. Dexter Haven.

[@msdarby515]

@@e.d.2096 Yes to Arsenic and Old Lace AND Father Goose! 😍

[@thegeminiman]

Bogie and Kate. Can't go wrong.

[@BigTone_1701]

Can't go wrong with any Bogie & Lauren Bacall film either; or any Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy film.

[@matf9325]

My favourite scene is in the reeds when Charlie jumps back into the leech infested water to continue pulling the Queen, and Rosie joins him, such love and courage! I'm moved by that scene.

[@LymanPhillips]

Totally agree. The look that Charlie gives Rosie when they realize that he'll have to back into the leech infested water moves me everytime. That's love. When people ask me the most manly scene in a movie, I always say it's Charlie getting back into the water to save the woman he loves, knowing that he'll be covered with leeches. And then for her to jump in too... it's too much!

[@oriole21bird]

I think I've probably requested this like ten times over the past couple years. I'm so glad you watched The African Queen. It's one of the best romantic comedy/adventure films ever made in my opinion. A throwback that's just good old fashioned fun, peril and adventure.

[@bg7606]

Katherine Hepburn in her younger years was one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. Ever. And talent beyond measure.

[@msdarby515]

Honestly, in her older years she was quite beautiful as well. She was 5 years older than John Wayne in True Grit and looks much younger.....even in On Golden Pond where she's in her 70's she looks beautiful. I get that she wasn't "hot" beautiful like she was when she was young, lol, but gorgeous to the end.

[@catherinelw9365]

She was a very handsome woman. That bone structure...

[@msdarby515]

@@catherinelw9365 And carriage. Always chin tilted up a bit.....quite regal, confident.

[@nikkislovesyou]

2 questions you brought up that I think I can answer! 1) The stomach growling scene, I believe, was to establish the main characters and their differing personalities. We see Rosie and her brother are quite proper English people and (despite Charlie's obvious hunger) take their time eating a nice 'civilised' tea. And it shows how gruff Charlie is when he steers the conversation back to his growling stomach (something that would be considered a bit off putting and something to be ignored, not continually commented on at tea). Personally, it also made Charlie the likable and relatable one since I would have probably been just as awkward in that situation- might as well laugh it off instead of ignoring a stomach like that! 2) The brother, I think, dies of heat stroke (potentially compounded by the blow to the face he took from the German soldier). Rosie comments on him being out in the garden working all day without a hat on. And in Africa that doesn't lead to just a headache, it can cook your brain a bit! I hope those points help flesh out the movie a bit!

[@alu.minium521]

Kate Hepburn was a great actress in romcoms and drama. Bringing up Baby and Philadelphia Story ( 1939 not the Tom Hanks one) would both be in your wheelhouse. Both are with Gary Grant and Philadelphia Story also has young Jimmy Stewart.

[@michaeldmcgee4499]

Philadelphia Story is a gem!

[@BubbaCoop]

Philadelphia Story is 1940, but yes, she and Cary Grant and James Stewart are a fun trio.

[@Devlin48]

One of my favorites!

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

Bringing Up Baby is one of my favorites.

[@amileoj9043]

Masterpieces both. Add to those Adam's Rib, with Hepburn opposite Spencer Tracy, and you have perhaps half of the very best romantic comedies ever filmed.

[@tet68vietnam72]

Cassie, I love the way you didn't immediately recognize 2 of the greatest actors in the history of filmmaking! But then they belonged to me and my parents. I would encourage you to Google Kathryn Hepburn, who was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning a still-standing record 4 Oscars. I would also encourage you to watch her Oscar-winning performances, especially in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," with Spencer Tracy and Sydney Poitier and "The Lion in Winter," with Peter O'Toole and a very young Anthony Hopkins. In 2000, she was named the greatest female star of Hollywood cinema. She died in 2003 at the age of 96. Her last starring role was in "Rooster Cogburn," with John Wayne.

[@nrkgalt]

She was in On Golden Pond with Henry Fonda in 1981. That seemed like a starring role for her.

[@skylinerunner1695]

@@nrkgalt Yes, that's a good 'modern' example of her talent that younger viewers could tolerate

[@skylinerunner1695]

Very good post my friend. A shame sometimes that huge stars with a truly epic body of work are simply unknown by current generations. It's crazy to think that Bogart's early movies will soon be one hundred years old.

[@catofthecastle1681]

You should really look up Katharine Hepburn!

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

Nope - it was "On Golden Pond" --- co-starring Henry Fonda in 1981... and it's KATHARINE, not Kathryn

[@dominicbiondi4097]

My Dad woke me up once when I was about 8 to show me this when it came on TV. To this day, I always stop to watch it when it’s on. So good.

[@RobWool]

Thanks for sharing that bonding moment. It must have been special to him.

[@blortmeister]

When my kids were younger, their mother and I dragged them into the living room to watch Flesh Gordon. They loved it. Some years later, it was Rocky Horror for our Solstice movie. By that time my daughter was in love with Doris Day films, and my son with Fritz Lange"s Metropolis. We lived on a farm, so film was the only thing we could watch.

[@RobWool]

@@blortmeister I presume you meant FlAsh Gordon.

[@blortmeister]

@@RobWool Oh no. The true cult classic Flesh Gordon. Made, back in the day, by a bunch of SF fans in LA. So great at pointing out tropes is SF film: Zarkov exits the spacecraft and says "Ah, good. There's air on this planet." "Here. Wear this negligee. It was my mothers.She was buried in it." Brilliant stop motion work. The acting is perfect. Just a joyous camp classic.

[@ArabianLady]

My husband and I were in the mood to try an older classic one date night, we chose this one, it was different but interesting. My emotions kind of went up and down, but it was a good one in several ways. Hope you enjoyed it . :)

[@fifiladu2659]

I love that you loved this. I’m 64 years old, and this was one of my favorite movies of all time. It doesn’t take modern special effects or CGI to make a great movie. Acting and story truly matter. Your appreciation of it makes me beyond happy. If you want another beyond heartfelt movie, watch Captains Courageous (Spencer Tracy, 1937). As a child, I cried for 5 hours straight after watching it.

[@LymanPhillips]

My son loved that movie, but he also cried for hours after watching it.

[@phoenixmichaels]

Bogart and Hepburn were MONSTER stars in their day. If you watch Humphry in "The Treasure of the Sierra Nevada", you will never see a better movie.

[@SueProv]

It Happened One Night is the first of the runaway romantic comedies. It won best picture best actor and actress

[@johnclawed]

First Jimmy Stewart is "the guy from Rear Window" and now Bogart is "the guy from Casablanca." Just two of the most famous actors of the century. I almost did a face palm. :)

[@loydwalters4334]

No matter the movie, or the actors cast, if Katherine Hepburn was on the screen, she made everything shine. ❤

[@markhawes6000]

Another great Bogey classic. I also love "The Treasure of Sierra Madre"

[@loupgarou-dj3tm]

Everyone knows "The line" from Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and it's a great movie.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Treasure of the Sierra Madre gets my vote. Such great performances and a hell of a good yarn. And the setting of back country Old Mexico feels right. (I’ve lived in Mexico for over a dozen years, and once in a while I see something or have an experience that reminds me of the movie.)

[@Hexon66]

@@loupgarou-dj3tm Except those who mistakenly credit it to Blazing Saddles. I never understood why anyone who didn't know Treasure of the Sierra Madre would 'get' the reference in Blazing Saddles. It doesn't even make sense if you haven't seen the original!

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

that's why John Huston is one of the greatest filmmakers

[@atticusmcfly]

Two of the greatest stars Hollywood has ever seen!

[@williamblakehall5566]

"I pronounce you man and wife. Proceed with the execution." I feel like the entire story was a setup for that one great line.

[@hw2508]

It's so great that they made it like one sentence without a pause.

[@LymanPhillips]

That's one of my favorite movie quotes of all time. It cracks me up every time I hear it. I always say it in my head when I'm at a wedding.

[@lepetitchat123]

Reminds me of Hitler and his mistress lol

[@laurakali6522]

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy is a must watch.

[@davidsweeney4021]

My parents brought me up on these types of films, especially Humphrey Bogart. This and Casablanca were their favourites and I have them both about 30 times each. Thanks Mom and Dad. I still miss you both. x

[@daniilashurov135]

We need more Bogie reactions. Strongly recommend checking the movies he made with his wife Lauren Bacall: Big Sleep, Key Largo, To Have and Have Not, Dark Passage.

[@BigTone_1701]

4 excellent films!

[@onepingonly1941]

Dark Passage. Seriously nasty for the time period.

[@rayevarney]

Lauren Bacall is stunning

[@myoung7654]

You should definitely try to see a young Katherine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant. It's a wonderful Screwball Comedy.

[@gkiferonhs]

An adorable comedy starring Jimmy Stewart that you'd love is "Harvey".

[@loon-a-sea3872]

Katharine Hepburn tied for Best Actress in 1968 with Barbra Streisand (Streisand in Funny Girl and Hepburn in The Lion in Winter). I actually saw Katharine Hepburn on Broadway in Coco many years ago and exchanged a few words with her at the stage door afterwards. She's a true legend.

[@jesusloverofmysoul8794]

WOW!! That is awesome! She was definitely a bit of an eccentric to say the least. She did very few interviews. There is a really good one on the Dick Cavett show.

[@TheWaynos73]

What i love about classic cinema is that dialogue, performance, interesting characters and story were EVERYTHING

[@baloch989]

Thanks for the comment I’ve got something for you text..**''''

[@farmerbill6855]

Old movies are the best movies. Next for Katherine Hepburn, "Philadelpia Story".

[@jameswatson5358]

THE LION IN WINTER Anthony Hopkins first movie role. Plus Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Tool. Multiple academy awards.

[@michaelstach5744]

And Timothy Dalton!

[@Thane36425]

Another boat movie with Bogart is "The Caine Mutiny". Bogart plays the Captain of a destroyer during WWII, and has some problems. The ending is excellent.

[@BigTone_1701]

Another film for which Bogie should have won an Academy Award.

[@lewisner]

He is the bad guy though.

[@Thane36425]

@@lewisner It's a lot more complicated than that. But even if he was the bad guy, he played the role very well.

[@lewisner]

@@Thane36425 But Cassie has seen him for the first time in one of his good guy roles so it might be depressing for her.

[@lewisner]

@Thane36425 of course he did. Just like Lee Van Cleef did in the Dollars trilogy.

[@peggyryan2851]

African Queen is better than you know. It requires a little knowledge of history. This is WWI. Kathrine Hepburn is exceptional if you understand protestant missionaries from England during the time. She lived a very repressed life and went on a mission with her brother because love and marriage was never a possibility for a woman of her class. One must know the history of women and Europe. The stomach growling was further evidence of how different he was from the British upper class. Their growth individually was wonderful. Cultural history informs this story and worth learning. It is endlessly fascinating. One of the 100 best movies ever made. Europeans who went to Africa in those days died easily and in huge numbers.

[@marygoodson4920]

Malaria, Dengue Fever, Cholera, infections before penicillin.

[@dominicbiondi4097]

Clint Eastwood made a movie about the making of this movie called, White Hunter Black Heart. Also, the Katherine Hepburn movie you should start with is The Philadelphia Story, one of the most romantic and funny movies ever. Also stars Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant.

[@neillio]

I really hope Cassie reacts to The Lion in Winter eventually. Fantastic performance from Hepburn plus many other familiar faces, (including a James Bond!)

[@stevefromwork6136]

Nowwww were going to the Golden age of cinema. When it was real art.

[@bluebird3281]

a king Arthur, a king Priam and an Odin too. Legendary actors

[@impishsongster333]

💯 Agree! Hepburn's performance was phenomenal! You didnt doubt it for a second. You could feel everything she felt. It's no wonder she won her 3rd Best Actress Oscar, for this film. Katharine Hepburn, is a legend. The GOAT.

[@Brejan]

I know I'm probably alone in this, but I prefer the Glenn Close/Patrick Stewart version. It's the one I saw first, and they were so perfect, someone else in those roles just feels wrong now, even great talents like Hepburn and O'Toole.

[@melenatorr]

This is a family favorite, and when it was on broadcast tv, we always tried to catch it. It's worth re-watching! They help each other: she is a lonely "old maid", the sister of a dedicated but low-achieving preacher who does not know her worth. She does not know her worth, but her brother's death sparks a sense of vengeance, patriotism and drive. Charlie is a talented man, but lazy, content to float through life on his African Queen and under-estimate himself. She awakens his creativity, ingenuity, and pride in accomplishment He awakens vulnerability and leadership in her - I always think back to brother Samuel during the bellows scene and wonder what he would think of his prim, proper, stiff-backed sister pumping away at the bellows and giggling as Charlie says he's glad he traveled his route to have met her. There was an interview I remember - someone had bought the actual African Queen used in the movie, and the interviewer goes back to a a remark Bogart made that he and Hepburn "loved those two crazy people on that boat". Yes, that was Rick from "Casablanca". Bogart's image tends to be fairly narrow, but he had a larger range than he's often given credit for. Katharine Hepburn is one my own personal "big three" of old classic Hollywood, the other two being Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck. I highly recommend a whole bunch of all their movies.

[@kenpaden]

YAY!! I love that a younger person is watching this classic, both lead actors were legends. Katherine Hepburn won a total of 4 Oscars in her career, more than anyone else. A record that stands to this very day. Check her out in Guess Who is Coming to Dinner or On Golden Pond.

[@parissimons6385]

Or in The Philadelphia Story, with James Stewart, Cary Grant, and many others.

[@skyeslaton3435]

I'm 24 years old i watch alot of old movies

[@kenpaden]

@@skyeslaton3435 glad to hear that, wise choice

[@Dej24601]

Lovely! Katharine Hepburn (is not related to Audrey) won 4 Academy Awards for Best Actress. She is a mentor and icon; considered one of the first female celebrities to wear trousers, and not follow prescribed roles for women. She and Bogart were actual friends in real life. This film was one of the early ones to shoot so much on location and in Africa, and overcame multiple problems. I think the world rejoiced when the great Bogart finally won an Academy Award for his performance. “I Know Where I’m Going” is one of my FAVORITE MOVIES EVER! Sooooo romantic. (Set in Scotland during WW2.) If you watch it, it might be your first introduction to films of Powell & Pressburger and you will be amazed. Powell is one of Martin Scorsese’s favorite directors, and everyone from Spielberg to Coppola praise P/P as great. “The More the Merrier” has a scene that is considered one of the best ******* scenes - but I don’t want to spoil it for you by describing it, but whenever you do watch it, you’ll know. It was the last film that director George Stevens did in Hollywood before he left to serve in WW2.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

An absolute classic! The first scene with Katherine Hepburn trying to get the congregation to sing Bread of Heaven, hilarious! 🤣 Charlie's stomach rumbling scene during tea is very funny. 😁 The scenes with Robert Morley as Rosie's brother suffering from Amnesia and his subsequent death is very sad, always gets to me.

[@edwardbarocela3064]

Please do "The Thin Man," with William Powell and Myrna Loy. You won't regret it! 😊

[@EditsByEmm]

Not a bad film in that series

[@robynmurray7421]

Katherine Hepburn was one of the first women to take control of her career instead of relying on studios to cast her in roles. She bought the rights to a hit play called Philadelphia Story and starred in the movie version herself. About 20 years later Philadelphia Story was adapted as a musical called High Society, starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Both versions are excellent.

[@thomast8539]

Cassie, you need to watch Ms Hepburn in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and The Lion In Winter (a Christmas film, no less). You will enjoy her immensely in both films. Also look for Humphrey in The Caine Mutiny, The Barefoot Contessa and In A Lonely Place.

[@cclapew]

She was absolutely fabulous in Rooster Cogburn as well

[@salvadorsempere1701]

You can name ten movies of Ms Hepburn that are better, by a mile long, that "Guess who´s coming to Dinner". Not a bad film, but not one of her best ones..

[@barryscott8041]

@@cclapew + On Golden Pond (Academy Award)

[@kona883]

Now that you know who Katherine Hepburn! Maybe check out a movie she made with the great Jimmy Stewart and the the great Cary Grant The Philadelphia Story!

[@bg7606]

C.Dexter Haven!!

[@catherinelw9365]

@@bg7606 C.K. Dexter Haaaaaaaaaaven!!!!!

[@melanie62954]

C.K. Dexter Haven, I would like to talk to you!

[@Trendyflute]

This is one of those movies I've been occasionally putting into the youtube search bar for a couple years now hoping a good reaction would pop up. You're a great person to do it! It's one of my family's favorites, way before my time but still seen it so many times introduced by my dad. It's just one of the most charming couples ever to be put on screen going through a real adventure, filmed mostly on location which gives the trip a real authentic, meaningful feel.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

This movie is amazing. I use to watch it all the time when I was a kid. Looking forward to watching it again.

[@Diamond_Skies]

The Philadelphia Story, Cassie. You are hearing this rec for a reason. The Philadelphia Story. Just...trust us. You will love it.

[@gravitypronepart2201]

I was just thinking about how someone needs to react to this! It is one of my favorite Bogey films. Can't wait!

[@skylinerunner1695]

Two of the biggest and most influential stars of all time, both with truly epic bodies of work paked with seminal works and stone cold classics, both actors revered, honoured, nominated, imitated and utterly beloved by millions for decades. And both were unknown and unrecognised by this reactor.

[@barryd1671]

Fame and glory are truly fleeting.

[@keithbrown8490]

Trivia Note- If you get to screening "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" it is an adventure/drama directed by John Huston and starring Bogart , the same two that did this movie. They became friends off screen and did several movies in the 40's and 50's.

[@elzar760]

My mom loved this movie. She’d always stop at it if she saw it was on. I watched parts of it many times when I’d come through and it would be on. I miss mom and this was something I had to stop at when I saw the reaction pop up and watch in her honor. Love you mom.

[@baloch989]

Thanks for the comment I’ve got something for you text....

[@RussellCHall]

Katharine Hepburn's speech intonation in this movie is what's called the Mid-Atlantic accent, it's halfway between New England WASP and English Gentry thus the joke is that it originated somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. It was very big in the theater and was helpful at being able to reach the back of the crowd, and to be understood by English-speaking crowds in either the United States or England without having to put on a fake British accent. Katharine Hepburn with her jutted out jaw was undoubtedly one of the Masters of it and she just kept acting that way even after the rest of Hollywood abandoned it. It became her trademark. It's perfect for a movie like this where she has to play a repressed matronly figure, and also good for her to be the head of a secretarial pool or a newspaper reporter or a Philadelphia debutant. As the accent doesn't exist in real life it is so nonspecific to the ear that it could represent a person of any class, and a charismatic enough actor or actress could do wonders with it. Katharine Hepburn could appear in movies with someone as rough and tumble as Humphrey Bogart, someone as suave and debonair as Cary Grant, someone as meek and mild as a young Jimmy Stewart, someone as crotchety and unlikable as an old Henry Fonda, or finally someone as haunted and tortured as her real life love Spencer Tracy. It's like they say about Ginger Rogers, she had to do all the same impossible dance moves that Fred Astaire did but she had to do it backwards. She was an absolute giant of early Hollywood, and deservingly so.

[@michaelbrennick]

Bogart came from an upper class background, equal to or surpassing Hepburn's. He went to elite boarding schools. Hepburn's original Connecticut Yankee accent would have been even more patrician than the MA accent.

[@RussellCHall]

@@michaelbrennick Yes, both are very true. I could have more precisely said that each of those male actors I mentioned was type-cast into their own particular spot in the Hollywood machine. Bogart being older (in a Hollywood sense) when he became a "name" actor was allowed the least range of all of them, Jimmy Stewart & Fonda for example had entire eras of their careers where they threw off typecasting entirely (even Cary Grant could do a screwball comedy with the best of them but let's face it he was always playing Cary Grant), while Bogart (despite his real life origin) was seen by the public first as Thuggish, then as an antihero, and only finally as an acceptable leading man type. It's no tragedy though, he had a brilliant career and that "Treasure" & "Queen" happened so close together in his filmography proves that by that point in his career he could flit between any of those types at will (I would even say he's all three in treasure of the Sierra Madre). As for Hepburn, the magic of the Mid-Atlantic accent was it's ability to level the playing field throughout her career, the idea that her characters in Philadelphia Story, Desk Set, & On Golden Pond (just a few examples) would talk the same is ludicrous, but since she never broke that pattern throughout her career people could take her seriously as everything from a queen to a socialite to a office manager and back again, something that would probably have been impossible if Americans ever heard her real accent stripped of the faux Britishness, her New English-ness would have turned off entire regions of her own country, I'm sure she could have played it off in "Bringing Up Baby" as a society brat, but could she have done the same as the Queen of England in "A Lion in Winter" absolutely not, she would have had to do a fake British accent, but there she is using the same Mid-Atlantic accent as the QUEEN OF ENGLAND as she does in "Desk Set" playing the head library clerk. A brilliant tool for a brilliant actress, that could be utilized by the dirt poor Cary Grant & the high society Hepburn equally to talk up or down as needed.

[@michaelbrennick]

@@RussellCHall The development of an "appropriate" accent by public persons in the late 19th and early 20th century is a fascinating subject. It went well beyond actors and performers. My favorite example, being from my environs and background, was legendary Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, the Rascal King. Born, and barely surviving, as a son of Irish immigrants in the stinking mud flats of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, where Curley decided to enter politics, but he needed a persona. He created one as a scourge of the privileged Boston Yankee elite. But, unlike today, where a man of the people aura would be preferable,he chose to be a cultivated dandy with an impeccable, seemingly upper class accent. He turned himself into one of the most noted orators of his day, with help from study at Boston's famous Staley School of the Spoken Word, and immersion in the classics. There aren't many recordings of his voice , but there are some, notably on the campaign hustings with FDR in his first presidential run. It's Curley, the slum kid, who sounds even more aristocratic than FDR!

[@RussellCHall]

@@michaelbrennick Fascinating indeed!

[@Odinist]

TY for your good taste in choosing this classic to review!

[@garyi.1360]

A classic. Katharine is one of the great Hollywood beauties with talent, brains, and brawn. A woman before her time but for all time. You should see Lion in Winter, on Golden Pond, Bringing Up Baby, and Philadelphia Story.

[@bluebird3281]

Adam's Rib too!

[@SJHFoto]

I can say that we won't ever fight over women, because I always found Katherine Hepburn to be ugly (she is a talented actress though)

[@ruggerobelloni4743]

@@SJHFoto Ugly Is a strong word but I must say my idea of beauty leans more towards Hedy Lamar, Gene Tierney and Linda Darnell. They were easy on the eyes.

[@SJHFoto]

@@ruggerobelloni4743 You are right. I really shouldn't have used the word "ugly". It was inflammatory and wrong. I should have said I don't find her attractive. From classic movie era, Audrey Hepburn (which is actually after this time) is attractive to me, as is Myrna Loy.

[@ruggerobelloni4743]

@@SJHFoto Cheers. You like classy ladies! A girlfriend of mine told me that her Dad was wounded in WW2 and Linda Darnell came by to cheer up the soldiers. He talked about It all his Life. My friend the great jazz player Gene Porter (he Is in Stormy Weather on clarinet with Fats Waller) had lunch at MGM opposite Hedy Lamar and told her "You must hear this everyday but I can't help It: you are incredibly beautiful" her reply was: "Don't worry, I never get tired of hearing It". When he said She looked even Better in the flesh I gasped. Sorry if I bored you but I also tell these stories since 1980! the soldiers.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Nice one, Cassie! Love these old classics. You should add The Lion In Winter to one of your polls. It's a wonderful Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole movie. Oh, and a young Anthony Hopkins is in it too. 🙂 Have fun in Philly!!

[@evoman1776]

FYI...Katherine Hepburn is the most famous actress in movie history....she won 4 acting Oscars. One of her most known movies you should watch is "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" also starring her long time love Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier about race relations in the late 1960's ps: no relation to Audrey.

[@impishsongster333]

She won 4 Best Actress Oscars. No one else has been able to win that many Best Actress Oscars. And she won more Oscars than anyone, male or female. She was named the greatest female star in the history of Hollywood, by AFI (American Film Institute). She's a legend. She's the one the rest are chasing after, even now, all these years after shes passed.

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

It might look foreign to us today, but the way she acted in the beginning was roughly they way women were supposed to act at the time the movie plays. So was her reaction to the possibility of sinking the Louisa. With no man she could respect (i.e. British) she took the reigns to do something. Don't forget, this was the time when England was an Empire and they perceived themselves as the makers and shakers, though that was already in decline. But there were still people that lived by that. That said, who said that strong women in movies are something new? Something current? Rose might start as a meek woman, but she does rise to the challenge and I see her up there with Princess Leia, Sarah Connor, Allen Ripley and Mrs. Brisby.

[@davers59]

Katherine Hepburn made so many great movies. She did several with Spencer Tracy (2 superstars of the past). I'll throw out one movie you might like. An old Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn comedy: "Bringing Up Baby". It's a romantic comedy, but not what you think.

[@rayevarney]

My favorite Tracy/Hepburn film is Adam's Rib

[@larryairgood4320]

"King Solomon's Mines" (1950, in color) nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, was also filmed in Africa, and is a satisfying adventure/romance classic that would be well worth your time. But if you want more top line Humphrey Bogart, then the 1941, John Huston directed, black and white classic murder mystery is it, titled "The Maltese Falcon".

[@YoshMaster]

I love it when you do older movies because they often are movies I’ve heard about or have actors who are legendary and it gives me a chance to see them!!

[@dionysiacosmos]

Katherine Hepburn. Carry Grant, Jimmy Stewart. The Philadelphia Story. If you know, you know!!❤❤

[@edwardtoal]

One of the best films ever. Two of the best actors ever giving their finest performances ever. There are many classic films you need to watch and if you don’t then you’re missing out on cinema history.

[@itt23r]

One of the best movies to come out of the '50s and my favorite Bogey film, favorite Hepburn film too. Glad to see someone finally getting around to it.. And for an encore you might want to consider another great one from the '50s, HARVEY.

[@itt23r]

@@elessartelcontar9415 It's iconic too. You see it being referenced all the time in modern movies (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, FIELD OF DREAMS, A BEAUTIFUL MIND). It even has a dark modern sequel of sorts that plays on the theme (DONNIE DARKO). Hard to understand how hardly any of the reactors have discovered it yet. It's wholesome, it's hilarious and more than that, it's timeless.

[@hockema56]

This is my second favorite movie of all time! So glad to see you watching it!

[@Cadinho93]

I miss the days when films were more good-hearted and kind. This was a great movie and the cast was a masterclass in acting. Also, Katherine Hepburn wrote a lovely, light memoir, "The Making of the African Queen, or How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind!" It's very entertaining and pretty good on the production background, too.

[@HistoryNerd8765]

I completely agree. I feel like a lot of movies these days are depressing and nihilistic.

[@zatoichi1]

I remember seeing this for the first time in the eighties. I was in high school and they built a new mall and movie theater and showed old movies as a pre opening week special so I was blessed to see it on the big screen. Amazing. I was blown away.

[@nickname6747]

The stomach growling is a comedy device to the prim, proper (stuffy) atmosphere of English high tea. Thanks for uploading, Cassie.

[@baloch989]

Thanks for the comment I’ve got something for you text..**

[@Quad038]

You will also love It happened one night. Don’t miss it. Glad to see you watching this.

[@randallshuck2976]

Excellent choice! This is as much a classic as "Casablanca". It even has Germans. It is a very unlikely love story. I'm pretty sure you will enjoy it.

[@darrenharman3362]

As a 10/11 year old I was just coming out of a bout of flu during a particularly cold winter in England 1977/78. With only one telly in the house, which was in the lounge, my dad said I could come down with my duvet and pillow to watch a film on BBC2. It was 'The African Queen'. Of course I loved it. But more than that I truly believe watching THIS made me understand what a 'movie' actually was. Today I'm a massive film nerd and could talk about films all day and longer at weekends! This is still one of my favourite movies of all time.

[@ADuchessInside]

I love this movie! It was fun watching your reaction to it. Classic films definitely have a different style, but they're so good. I hope you watch more of them. 😀

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

3:25 Fun Fact: When Audrey Hepburn first lept onto the scene in Roman Holiday, she was asked if she'd be willing to change her name to avoid any accidental association with Katharine Hepburn but she said no.

[@katwithattitude5062]

I love it when reactors react to real movies instead of cut and paste ones.

[@jesusfernandezgarcia9449]

Nobody pays attention to me so that they react to movies by Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich. But I insist. A girl saw Witness for the Prosecution. I had a good time and so did she.

[@minnidrake3342]

Do yourself a favor and watch it happened one night you will love it

[@minnidrake3342]

Check out Katherine Hepburn James Stewart and Cary Grant out in Philadelphia Story

[@thomast8539]

Kat, I don't quite understand what you mean by cut & paste. Can you explain please?

[@michaelbrennick]

I'd say 80%+ of contemporary releases are cut and paste. Generic, barely literate scripts(soon to be AI generated), with poorly developed characters, and gaps filled in with CGI and quick edits for those who can't follow even dumbed down scripts. In this film, you had one of America's premier writers, James Agee, who produced a first draft script that was then re-worked by the director John Huston.

[@DaleKingProfile]

One of the best Hepburn movies is Guess Who is Coming To Dinner from late in her career though the best part of the movie was the performance of her real life lover Spencer Tracy in his last film role before he died. They had oscar nominations for all 4 acting categories and she won best actress. And let's not forget a great performance by Sidney Poitier

[@bg7606]

She's a missionary at the end of the victorian era. Wound tight is a huge understatement.

[@antarfodoh]

I watched this repeatedly while growing up in the 80s and 90s, but haven't seen it since. What a pleasant surprise to see you watching it!

[@ezekiekr8475]

The events are based off an actual battle during WWI called the Battle of Lake Tanganyika. The boat traveling down river and going through the marsh was based on the British trying to covertly get their fleet to the lake. The German ship was based on the German flagship of the Tanganyika fleet, the Graf von Goetzen, which is now used as a ferry today, except it is now called the MV Liemba.

[@eyesofisabelofficial]

Well done you saved me having to type it all again. Lt Spicer-Simpson RN took two gunboats overland by rail and traction engine, in sections and re assembled them to commence the naval action. Another influence to the story was the German cruiser Konigsberg hiding up the Riffifi delta jus out of reach of an RN task group.

[@ezekiekr8475]

@@eyesofisabelofficial Again? You told it somewhere else? Happy to help as the African side of WWI and WWII has always fascinated me.

[@melanie62954]

Love your reaction! Here's how I've always read the stomach growling scene: Rose and her brother are very entrenched in Edwardian manners, even though they've lived in Africa for years. You might even call them Victorian, because if they came to Africa in 1904, Queen Victoria had only been dead since 1901, and that's the British society they were clinging to. The brother is so stuck on formalities (and his religious calling) that he doesn't even acknowledge the existence of mere bodily functions like a growling stomach. Rose is also very proper, but this scene shows that she has a heart and keeps offering Charlie food because she knows he's hungry. She's attentive and hospitable and smart, and the propriety is just a veneer that needs to be broken through (which it is later, of course). It also shows how ineffective a lot of missionaries like Rose's brother were, because they were so detached from the every day realities of normal people. Also, It Happened One Night is one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time! I Know Where I'm Going is also a romcom, set in Scotland, and it is delightful. One of my favorites. Your trivia winner has great taste.

[@rockindocs5716]

Now u need to watch some Hepburn and Spencer Tracy movies. Desk set is a good one. Oh or Adams Rib. Actually, i take it back, watch Hepburn and Grant in Bringing up Baby

[@impishsongster333]

All 3, are great movies!👍🏼

[@robincochran7369]

Glad you mentioned Desk Set, one of my favorites. There's also a lesser-known movie that Hepburn and Grant did called Holiday (1938) a comedy/drama that should get a look at.

[@jamesangell5687]

Dear Cassie, I am 48 years old and I cannot NOT watch this movie when it is on tv. My favourite movie of all time. So wonderful to see you reacting to such a classic. You are my favourite reactor, such a joy to watch you reacting to my childhood favourites. All love and best wishes from the UK.

[@stevenlowe3026]

One of my very favourite movies. Bogie deserved his Oscar for this. It's so out of character compared with his other movies where he always played the tough guy. In this he's a silly, weak little man, and does a superb job of it. I think the scene of Robert Morley's (the brother's) death is incredibly poignant and never gets the appreciation it deserves.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Morley is such an underrated actor. He creates a full sketch of a man in just a couple of scenes.

[@stevencolatrella3257]

You have heard of Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn because, along with Juhn Wayne they are probably the most famous actor and actress of all time in films. You saw Bogart in Casablanca where he played Rick. The War is World War One, as the movie makes clear that it is 1914. Rhe British Empire controlled most of Africa (and much of the rest of the world), and Germany wanted colonies as well and was willing to fight for them.

[@sixpakshaker88]

Philadelphia Story is a great movie with a young Kate.

[@michaeldmcgee4499]

And don't forget Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart!

[@ElsinoreRacer]

"Was he in Casablanca?" Again, I bang my head on the table. Why do I keep coming back? How does your pleasant nature succeed in offsetting your lack of knowledge? Yours is a bizarre superpower, but a powerful one.

[@stephenridolfi6464]

This movie is in my top 10 favorite movies of all time! It has action, adventure, comedy and romance. Bogart and Hepburn were perfect. There is a picture of my grandfather in his orchard, wearing a grey shirt and cap and he looks just like Bogart in this film!

[@davidcopple8071]

These older movies didn't have tons of special effects to lean on. So in order to be hits. It was all up to great storylines and top notch acting. And you are quite right. The acting back then would be considered in today's cinema a little hammy and over the top. But regardless, this method for acting still draws you into the developing characters and make you really care about them and their story. And that's 99% of what makes a great movie. The other one percent is no less important because that is a great director who understands the characters, their motives and motivations and are able to steer the actors performances and keep each one on their individual courses. Some movies today fall apart quickly because you're dealing with an ignorant and arrogant movie maker who thinks that if he throws enough money into the special effects. That it will overcome bad acting and weak storylines. A great modern day old movie called "The Artist". Is a fantastic sleeper that hardly anyone is reacting to because it didn't make a splash at the boxoffice. But it's a fantastic movie with a fantastic style that you will not soon forget.

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

Katherine Hepburn, one of the best actresses of all time. Humphrey Bogart a truly original star. This film is a masterpiece

[@uberduberdave]

One important thing about truly classic is that, unlike more recent Hollywood fare that seems to have a built-in ho-hum factor, you can see them multiple times and still enjoy them...

[@o.b.7217]

While Bogart and Hepburn are the main stars of course, and his role was only small, let's not forget the wonderful Robert Morley _(as the Reverend)._

[@LeslieEscobedo-sx7ee]

She played her part beautifully! Can you imagine what it was like for her in that time and as a missionary.. But they were both excellent. One of the best movies of all time.

[@citydweller99]

I totally think both you and your sister would love Katherine Hepburn's other movies.. especially the ones she did with Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy :) Desk Set from 1957 is one of my favs.. especially since that movie was about that decades version of tech advancements and how it could endanger jobs held by humans.

[@browniewin4121]

I'm so glad you are going to watch this movie that is a favorite classic with these two top notch actors. Hope you see a restored version. Sounds like a lovely trip with your sis ... have a wonderful time. I think that It Happened One Night is a fun one.

[@user-lj9pb9io8n]

You really need to react to more of these older movies & yes these two Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn were very famous in their time and have very good movies out there to watch I hope to watch them with you soon 😍💞Love this reaction thank you

[@shoelace1220]

"By the authority vested in me by Kaiser William the Second I pronounce you man and wife. Proceed with the execution.". Always loved that line.

[@michaelbrennick]

Another John Huston directed film with an extremely mismatched couple is "Heaven knows Mr. Allison". It stars Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr.

[@susanalexander6721]

I owned it on VHS, DVD, one of my all time favorites. Ms. Kerr was so beautiful and talented. Mr. Mitchum, an all time favorite. He could play anything. Terrifying in Cape Fear and another favorite, Night of the Hunter.