Horizon Pictures (GB) Ltd was a film production company founded in Britain by the Austrian-born film producer Sam Spiegel. The company's first production was the Academy Award-winning The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, in 1951. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Sam Spiegel (11 November 1901 - 31 December 1985) was a successful independent film producer. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The African Queen is a 1951 movie. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... See also: 1950 in film 1951 1952 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati Top grossing films North America David and Bathsheba Show Boat tie The Great Caruso and An...

It later produced the David Lean films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . ... The Bridge over the River Kwai taken in June 2004. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and (apparently, among his Arab allies) Aurens or El Aurens, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ...

Other productions included Night of the Generals (1967), The Swimmer (1968) and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). The Night of the Generals is a 1967, World War II film. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Swimmer is a short story by American author John Cheever, published in 1964 in the short story collection The Brigadier and the Golf Widow. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... DVD cover Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his wife, the Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse, the last of Russias monarchs. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...