Mogambo Page #3

Synopsis: Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any more, and takes a liking to Marswell. The two men and two women have some difficulty arranging these emotions to their mutual satisfaction, but eventually succeed.
Director(s): John Ford
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
APPROVED
Year:
1953
116 min
437 Views


in the moonlight, doesn't it?

Wait a minute.

You're turning

into the original African hotrod.

I can always quit.

You can be nice and sweet

when you want to, can't you?

How do you know?

Maybe you spoke too soon.

I'm warning you. I'm searching.

I'm looking, really I am.

I'll look with you for a little while.

Still pounding away at that old rogue?

Hi. It's the only piece of jazz

I've been able to find around this place.

It's been played more in the last week

than the last 30 years.

No kidding.

Have you been out here that long?

I came out here for my health.

- I found it. I'm still here.

- Where did you get that scar?

An old buffalo charged.

First barrel misfired,

and we danced around a bit.

- That's one way to die, isn't it? Dancing.

- I don't know.

- Where did you get yours?

- What?

Your scars.

You've got them,

though they're not visible.

Sorry. I'm a nosy old idiot, my dear.

You're pretty smart.

Nice, gentle smart, though.

Someday when I know you better

I'll tell you all about it.

Listen to old Trader Horn out there.

"Attaboy. Chop, chop, bwana master."

- All packed, Kelly?

- My, we're busy as... Packed?

The boat's here in 10 minutes.

Muntala'll take your luggage to the dock.

Animals ready for loading, Brownie?

Yes.

Hi, sweetie.

Hello, baby.

Come and say goodbye to your mommy.

Your mommy's going home.

Now, you be a good little boy.

Wash behind your ears every day,

and eat all your nice raw potatoes...

...so you'll grow up to be

a big, fat elephant.

And then step on your

Uncle Victor's corns every day.

Oh, oh, the boat. Yeah.

- I'll see your baggage aboard, my dear.

- Thank you. You've been very sweet.

- You're a nice girl.

- I get it, Brownie.

He's running a business

and I'm a bottleneck.

Sometimes a man can't see the one tree

because of the forest.

Someday he's gonna bump

into the wrong kind of tree...

...and get his nose busted.

Take care of yourself, Brownie.

And him too.

Here we are.

I wish you could stick around for a while,

but I'll be too busy...

Don't spell it out for me.

You know, my little white hunter,

it's high time I was on my way anyhow.

It's been...

- It's been nice having you here...

- Yes.

It's certainly been something

I didn't expect.

When the rainy season starts,

I might fly up to Paris.

If you happen to be there,

we might run into each other again.

Might.

Take it easy. Drop me a line.

- Hello, Vic. Hello, Brownie.

- Hello, John.

I have the happiness

to present Mr. Nordley.

- Mr. Marswell?

- Yes.

How do you do? We finally made it.

- Mr. Nordley, Brown-Pryce.

- How are you?

And Mrs. Nordley.

Linda, darling.

- Mrs. Nordley.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

John Lee Mahin

John Lee Mahin (August 23, 1902, Evanston, Illinois – April 18, 1984, Los Angeles) was an American screenwriter and producer of films who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was known as the favorite writer of Clark Gable and Victor Fleming. In the words of one profile, he had "a flair for rousing adventure material, and at the same time he wrote some of the raciest and most sophisticated sexual comedies of that period." more…

All John Lee Mahin scripts | John Lee Mahin Scripts

1 fan

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Mogambo" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/mogambo_13922>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.