Stanley Hotel, Nairobi film "The Ghost and the Darkness", also found his inspiration while staying at the Stanley. Elspeth Huxley, author of "The Flame Trees of Thika", "The Mottled Lizard", "Red Strangers", and other books, frequented the Stanley Hotel and used it as a setting for several of her works. "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", a 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway, takes place at the New Stanley Hotel. In 1947, it was adapted into "The Macomber Affair", a film starring Gregory Peck and Joan Bennett, which was shot at the hotel. Citations Sources Stanley Hotel, Nairobi The Stanley Hotel (currently
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber but the first is only wounded and retreats into the bush. Macomber now feels confident. They all three drink whisky in celebration. Margot even shows appreciation for Francis' kill, though, she quickly becomes unsettled as pointed out by Wilson, who again in interior monologue, turns his critical eye on Margot. He senses a shift in her viewpoint toward her husband. In his point of view, she now fears her husband's growing confidence. Wilson is proud of Francis and feels his job is done. He's helped Francis stand up to his adulterous wife. He’s helped him kill a buffalo. At no