#45: The African Queen (1951)

The title of this film often confused me. A movie with the title The African Queen starring Katherine Hepburn? Now I get it. The queen was the boat. OK. Bogey's always great, and I love seeing him play a dirty, unkempt regular schmo as opposed to a slick wiseguy. Katherine is a little to affected for my tastes but she does a good job overall. I'm not sure what was up with filmmakers in the 1950s making films that took place in Africa but centered around white people. This movie is about two British expats fighting the Germans for Mother England... in Africa. Why Africa?