Tag: Katherine Hepburn

AFI 100 Greatest, Film

65. The African Queen (1951)

In Africa during World War I, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Never in my life have I seen a character more annoyingly frustrating in a film than Katherine Hepburn’s Rose Sayer in The African Queen. Look, her performance is great. However, how Charlie Allnut, Humphrey Bogart’s character, doesn’t throw her overboard … Continue reading 65. The African Queen (1951)

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AFI 100 Greatest, Film

88. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

“While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard “Baby.”” “Screwball Comedy” is definitely the right term to describe this film. It’s the one of two Hepburn/Grant matchups on AFI’s list and it is definitely a good one. I knew literally nothing about this film, aside from … Continue reading 88. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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