£300 - £500
The African Queen - a scale model hand built model of the boat from the famous 1951 movie of the same name. Hand built and finished to a high standard, the model features a canopy to the rear, a faux steam engine to the centre and various other deck details. Made from plastic, wood and metal. Fitted with electric motors and could easily be converted to radio control. Hand built by the vendor over a period of twelve months and finished to a museum standard. On stand. Measures approx: 71cm long.
The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel. It was photographed in Technicolor by Jack Cardiff and has a music score by Allan Gray. The film stars Humphrey Bogart (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor, his only Oscar) and Katharine Hepburn with Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner and Theodore Bikel.
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