In 1951, Humphrey Bogart and Director John Huston were the only 2 members of the cast and crew of “The African Queen” to avoided serious illness
while filming in The Belgian Congo.
Bogart’s explanation,
—-“All I ate was baked beans, canned asparagus and Scotch whiskey. Whenever a fly bit Huston or me, it dropped dead”—-
A love of whiskey and a disdain for healthy eating became part of the Bogart legend.
His agent recalled Bogart’s lunches at Romanoff’s,
—-“Bogie always had the same lunch. Two Scotch and sodas, French toast and a brandy. He never looked at the menu”—-