4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 16, 2021

Whether it’s apocryphal or not the term “Mogambo” is purported to be the Swahili word for “passion,” although it’s difficult to know if this was only hearsay propagated by westerners (now including myself). Regardless, it boasts an intriguing if altogether curiou   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on June 26, 2014

Share This!The battle of the sexes! The battle of the gorillas! These two films basically follow the same general plot but as pieces of entertainment are as different as a hurricane and a drought. And, although this is a reposting of an old post from a few years ago, we...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on August 25, 2013

Two decades after burning up the screen with Jean Harlow in Red Dust (1932), Clark Gable returned to the material that had made him one of the preeminent leading men of the 1930s when he starred in Mogambo (1953). This time around, the action–shot on location and brought to life in splendid...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on July 2, 2012

Mogambo(1953). Directer: John Ford. Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Donald Sinden. The film was adapted from the play by Wilson Colliso. Kelly won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress (1954), and the film was nominated for two Oscars, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Gar   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on March 20, 2012

Mogambo (1953)      Twenty-one years after Clark Gable made the exotically set romantic triangle drama Red Dust, he made it again. Gable’s rubber plantation owner in Indochina moves to Africa to a job in exotic animal sales for Mogambo. Replace Jean Harlow‘s slutty prostitute with Ava G   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on November 16, 2010

Ava Gardner is TCM's Star of the Month for November and, as always, it's a thrill to watch her. She's a fiery actress, full of a strength and sexuality that never wavers. Her acting comes from her story, too, which is an incredible one. Grew up poor in North Carolina,...   read more