The African Queen

Daisy's story is below the poster.

Daisy's second movie filmed overseas was an adventure. Although the film was a success, the experience was not, and it would be another 15 years before she mustered the courage to once again film abroad.

Half of the movie was filmed in what was then the Belgian Congo and the other half of The African Queen was shot in London, including some scenes on the River Thames.

Living conditions were so bad in Africa that everyone except for Humphrey Bogart and John Huston was ill most of the time, mostly with dysentery. Bogart and Huston fared better by drinking Scotch Whiskey instead of water.

There were frequent encounters with venomous snakes, scorpions and biting insects, crocodiles, and wild animals, and everyone was elated when they finally bid farewell to Africa.

Daisy disliked scenes where she was on the boat filming in Africa's Rufiji River, but they were safer and better than being on land when not shooting. Daisy spent most of her time in Africa with Lauren Bacall who had accompanied her husband Bogart and who acted as den mother, nursemaid, and kitchen server for the cast and crew.

Scenes with Bogart and Hepburn in the water were filmed in a studio tank in London, which wasn't so bad. Even there, not everyone was pleased. Huston had a leech breeder in London bring in a tank of live leeches for Bogart's scene. which made Bogart queasy and very unhappy, so rubber leeches were used on him. The one shot with a live leech was filmed on the breeder's chest instead of Bogart's.