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9 October 1953 (USA)
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Actually filmed by M-G-M on safari...amid authentic scenes of unrivalled savagery and awe-inspiring splendor! more
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Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them...
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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SPhilip French's Screen Legend: Grace Kelly
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
Rip Robert Quarry (1925-2009)
(From Fangoria. 21 February 2009, 7:31 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
Rip Robert Quarry (1925-2009)
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Another "safari" in the MGM tradition...Gardner steals the show...
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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UK:U |
Portugal:M/12 |
Argentina:Atp |
West Germany:12 (f) |
USA:Approved (PCA #16530) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
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The censors in Spain did not allow adultery to be shown on the screen. For that reason, MGM changed the relationship of the characters of Linda Nordley (Grace Kelly) and Donald Nordley (Donald Sinden) from wife and husband to sister and brother in the dubbed version released in Spain. However, they did not delete a scene in which both share a bed together.
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Errors in geography: During the gorilla footage - shot separately from the rest of the film - the gorillas are shown eating pineapples, which, while being grown in ZImbabwe and Cote d'Ivoire, are not native to the region of Africa in this movie.
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Eloise Kelly:
Look, Buster, don't you get overstimulated with me!
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COMIN' THROUGH THE RYE
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Some stunning Technicolor photography of African footage and beautiful AVA GARDNER are the sole reasons for watching John Ford's MOGAMBO, a remake of "Red Dust" that starred Jean Harlow twenty years before this was made.
Harlow's co-star, CLARK GABLE, is back reprising his role as the great white hunter (what happened to STEWART GRANGER???), but Gable has mellowed quite a bit and looks a bit too tired to be the love interest of both AVA GARDNER and GRACE KELLY--which is what the plot really boils down to. However, he is more than able to tame both of them.
GRACE KELLY still has the affected way of reciting her lines in a prim and princess-like way and is the less interesting of the two females. AVA GARDNER, on the other hand, livens up the story with her sarcastic one-liners and her ability to size up any situation and call a spade a spade. She's honest, frank and completely charming in her own way and walks off with every scene she's in, fully deserving her sole Oscar nomination.
But if you're looking for a real good story, MOGAMBO is not it. It has all the realism of a picture postcard despite the fact that much of it was filmed in colorful Africa. But the use of stock footage is also apparent as are shots of Gable and others before a process screen.
Fans of the stars should enjoy this one, but be warned--it's not without some serious flaws, mostly due to a weak script.