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African Queen: a group of stills and items relating to the production, United Artists, 1951,
10 December 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£700 - £900
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African Queen: a group of stills and items relating to the production,
United Artists, 1951,
including: a large collection of over 100 stills taken by photographer Arthur Lemon, featuring scenes from the film as well as behind the scenes candid shots taken during the film and while the cast and crew relaxed in the local villages, including images of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart fishing, the crew watching a traditional dance performed by local villagers, the filming on the 'African Queen' viewed from the shore and other scenes, largest 11 x 14cm (4½ x 5½in); a handwritten menu from the film set entitled "The African Queen" Summer 1951, Stanleyville-Ponthieville Biondo Entebbe, Butiaba-Budongo, Victoria Nile, Marchison Falls on the cover, dated Aug 24th 1951; a copy of The Making of the African Queen or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind, Katherine Hepburn (Century Hutchinson, 1987); a commemorative leather covered cigarette case with "The African Queen" embossed in gold to inside lid; together with a typed and signed letter from Katherine Hepburn to Art Lemon thanking Lemon for his help with her book, on headed paper, framed, 16 x 20cm (6 x 8in); newspaper clippings relating to the provenance
including: a large collection of over 100 stills taken by photographer Arthur Lemon, featuring scenes from the film as well as behind the scenes candid shots taken during the film and while the cast and crew relaxed in the local villages, including images of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart fishing, the crew watching a traditional dance performed by local villagers, the filming on the 'African Queen' viewed from the shore and other scenes, largest 11 x 14cm (4½ x 5½in); a handwritten menu from the film set entitled "The African Queen" Summer 1951, Stanleyville-Ponthieville Biondo Entebbe, Butiaba-Budongo, Victoria Nile, Marchison Falls on the cover, dated Aug 24th 1951; a copy of The Making of the African Queen or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind, Katherine Hepburn (Century Hutchinson, 1987); a commemorative leather covered cigarette case with "The African Queen" embossed in gold to inside lid; together with a typed and signed letter from Katherine Hepburn to Art Lemon thanking Lemon for his help with her book, on headed paper, framed, 16 x 20cm (6 x 8in); newspaper clippings relating to the provenance
Footnotes
The vendor's father was Arthur Lemon, a stills photographer for the production.