In the scene where Gregory Peck lifts up Ava Gardner, he threw out his knee and production had to close down while he recovered. Unfortunately, all the scenes of his lying down in his sickbed had been shot already.
Ernest Hemingway disliked the film because he thought it cannibalized material from his other work to pad the story. He told friend Ava Gardner that the only things he liked about it were her and the hyena. It has been reported, but not confirmed, that director Henry King mimicked the hyena on the soundtrack.
Although there was some impressive second unit work shot in Kenya, the principal actors shot their African scenes in Hollywood.
The countess has a bohemian lifestyle, whereas Cynthia wants to be a homebody. In real life, Ava Gardner led a bohemian lifestyle while Hildegard Knef (who had endured the rise and fall of the Third Reich and the Soviet occupation) was more reserved.
Scenes with Hildegard Knef singing two Cole Porter songs ("Just One Of Those Things" and "Alles War So Leer/You Do Something To Me") were shot but not used for the final cut, although the latter remained in the German version.
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By what name was The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) officially released in India in English?
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