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Among the film roles offered to Davis following her return to film making was Rose Sayer in The African Queen ( 1951 ).

When informed that the film was to be made in Africa, Davis refused the part, telling Jack Warner, " If you can't shoot the picture in a boat on the back lot, then I'm not interested.

" Katharine Hepburn played the role.

Davis was also offered a role in a film version of the Virginia Kellogg prison drama Women Without Men.

Originally intended to pair Davis with Joan Crawford, Davis made it clear that she would not appear in any " dyke movie ".

It was filmed as Caged ( 1950 ), and the lead roles were played by Eleanor Parker and Agnes Moorehead.

She lobbied Jack Warner to make two films, Ethan Frome and a biography of Mary Todd Lincoln ; however, Warner vetoed each proposal.