The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes
by William Wyler

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Actor: Bette Davis, Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, Teresa Wright
Director: William Wyler
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Writer: Alan Campbell
Writer: Arthur Kober
Writer: Dorothy Parker
Writer: Lillian Hellman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

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Movie Review: Crisp Dialog, Great Acting & Photography
Summary: 5 Stars

I see this movie more of a straight drama than a normal Bette Davis melodrama, thanks in part to the crisp dialog and nature of the story.

It's a story about money and how to use it or how to acquire more of it through deceit and greed. Davis, as "Regina Gidden," is the most greedy of the Gidden clan, vying for more money with her brothers who aren't exactly trustworthy people themselves. Among the three, there wasn't anyone to root for since the family shared in their lust for money.

Davis does her normal excellent acting job but I enjoyed Charles Dingle as "(Uncle) Ben Hubbard" best. I liked his lines more than anyone's and the way he delivered them. The sub-plot in this tale is the coming-of-age of Hubbard daughter "Alexandra" played by Teresa Wright. Her "coming of age" translates to finally standing up to her domineering mother. That part is melodrama.

Anyway, the excellent cast, great dialog complemented by an outstanding director in William Wyler and world-class cinematographer Gregg Toland all adds up to a solid film.

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Summary of The Little Foxes

Regina needs money to invest in a business with her brothers. Her husband horace refuses. Reginas nephew leo steals negotiable bonds from horaces bank to give the brothers and when reginia tries to blackmail them horace claims the money was a gift. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 09/18/2001 Starring: Bette Davis Teresa Wright Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Nr Director: William Wyler

William Wyler and Bette Davis made their third and final collaboration their finest with this striking 1941 adaptation of Lillian Hellman's acidic play. The titular foxes are a particularly ravenous turn-of-the-century Southern moneyed clan, the Hubbards, and the most cunning of them all is sister Regina Giddens, the brilliant but ruthless woman played by Davis. In contrast to the manipulative Regina and her scheming brothers (Charles Dingle and Carl Benton Reid) is her guileless sister-in-law Birdie (Patricia Collinge in a delicately flighty performance) and her sickly, humanistic husband Horace (Herbert Marshall), whom she tolerates only for his money and position--until he stands in the way of a scheme that could bring her a fortune. Teresa Wright is the hope of the next generation as Regina's thoughtful daughter, Alexandra, who stands in marked contrast to her graceless, greedy cousin Leo (Dan Duryea). Wyler's longtime cameraman, Gregg Toland, fresh from his groundbreaking work on Citizen Kane, fills the film with amazing deep-focus compositions and razor-sharp images, showing off the grandly handsome mansion set in all its old-world splendor. But for all its beauty Wyler reveals it as a cold, lonely world ruled by a heartless woman. Excellent performances by all make Hellman's sharp dialogue glint like the edge of a knife, which ultimately cuts deep into the soul of this powerful classic. --Sean Axmaker

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