![]() "Ten White Hunters were seconded to our unit for our protection and to provide fresh meat. ĭonald Sinden, then a contract star for the Rank Organisation at Pinewood Studios, recalled: The unit was plagued by rain and the poor quality of the roads - three of the crew were killed in road accidents, including assistant director John Hancock. Two of the crew were revealed to be Mau Mau. There was a rumor Clark Gable was going to be assassinated by the Mau Mau, so John Ford moved a location. Gardner fell ill with dysentery during the shoot, requiring her to be flown to England (she recovered and flew back). įrank Allen and his wife were guides during the six week-safari that constituted location filming. It was done on location in Okalataka, French Congo Mount Kenya, Thika, Kenya - Mt Longonot, and Lake Naivasha, both in the Kenyan Rift Valley and Fourteen Falls near Thika are seen as backdrops - Kagera River, Tanganyika Isoila, Uganda, and interiors were shot at the MGM-British Studios, in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. Gable arrived in Kenya on 1 November 1952 and was given an armed guard due to the Mau Mau Uprising. ![]() Gene Tierney dropped out due to not wanting to leave Aly Khan in Paris. Grace Kelly was not the first choice for the role of Linda Nordley. Shelley Winters was mentioned as a possible co-star. In February 1952, Zimbalist scouted locations in Africa for six weeks. The producer would be Sam Zimbalist who had made King Solomon's Mines and the star would be Clark Gable. In August 1951, MGM announced they would make Mogambo, which would be shot on location in Africa. The studio went on to have a great deal of success with color remakes of older films shot on location overseas, including King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). In May 1949, Maxwell and Gene Kelly were being considered for lead roles. In March 1948, Marie McDonald reportedly screen tested for the Jean Harlow part. In 1946, the Los Angeles Times reported MGM were considering remaking Red Dust with Marilyn Maxwell as a possible star. The two embrace.Īva Gardner in Mogambo Development As the canoes set off, however, she suddenly jumps into the water and wades her way back to him. Marswell, acknowledging to himself his feelings for Honey Bear, asks her to stay and then proposes to her, but she rebuffs him. The next day, the party breaks camp to head back, leaving Marswell behind to try to capture young gorillas to pay for the safari. Honey Bear lies to the others, telling them that Marswell had been making advances to Linda for some time, finally forcing Linda to shoot him in his drunken state. Unfortunately, his ploy works too well when Linda shoots him with his own pistol, wounding him in the arm. Marswell decides he can fix everything by making Linda hate him and makes a show of this cuddling followed by dismissive remarks about Linda's infatuation with "the White Hunter" to enrage her. When Linda appears, she finds them cuddling. Marswell goes back to camp, depressed, and begins drinking heavily in his tent. The situation is aggravated when Marswell reluctantly shoots a gorilla to save Donald, blowing a chance to capture a baby gorilla. ![]() Marswell plans to tell him about how he and Linda feel, but has second thoughts after realizing how much Donald loves his wife and perhaps how she would be better off remaining with him. Meanwhile, a serious romance is developing between Marswell and Linda. With reinforcements days away, the small party narrowly escapes, taking the commissioner with them. However, they find the commissioner mortally wounded by recently belligerent natives. After Marswell talks to Linda privately, he agrees to take the Nordleys into gorilla country, while also taking Honey Bear part of the way to join the District Commissioner, who can then take her back to civilization. Marswell rescues Linda from a panther and Honey Bear sees that they are attracted to one another.
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