Tuesday, May 1, 2012

MOVIE VESSEL SAVED:"THE AFRICAN QUEEN"

" The historic vessel which provided the setting for Humphrey Bogart's only Oscar winning performance has been resurrected from the scrapheap by a movie loving Florida couple.
The African Queen is a 100 year old steam boat famed for its starring role in the 1951 hit movie of the same name.
The classic picture -- which also starred Katharine Hepburn and told the story of a Canadian steam boat captain and a British missionary working in German East Africa during the First World War -- saw Bogart receive the 1951 Academy Award for best actor..."

 The marina at the Holiday Inn Key Largo (Mile Marker 100) is home to this Hollywood vessel.

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