The Little Foxes
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Movie Reviews of The Little Foxes
Movie Review: GREED IN THE SOUTH OF 1900.
Summary: 5 Stars
Bette Davis gives a fascinating portrayal of the conniving self-centered Regina Giddons who desperately needs 75,000 dollars to invest in a business which will ultimately make her a wealthy woman. A masterpiece of film, this is an excellent example of a great play being transferred into a great film. Wyler's direction is meticulous as usual and Miss Davis gives a carefully crafted and inspired performance (one of her very best). Highly Recommended!Movie Review: DAVIS TERRIFIC AS REGAL REGINA GIDDONS
Summary: 5 Stars
Bette Davis gave one of her better performances as the greedy Regina Giddons. A chilling story of greed and deception in the South circa 1900, THE LITTLE FOXES is a cold, cynical look at the dark side of human nature, but the acting makes this movie fascinating and well worth watching. Teresa Wright is spendid as Alexandra, and the great Irish stage actress Patricia Collinge is heartbreaking as the alcoholic Birdie (she admits doesn't like her own son, Leo). Herbert Marshall is gives a sympathetic portrayal of Horace (he's married to the witchy Regina) and Carl Benton Reid is top drawer as the brother who's in cahoots with Davis. The rest of the cast give uniformly excellent performances. Davis was loaned to Goldwyn by Warner Brothers to make this her third and final film directed by the legendary William Wyler. Highly Recommended.Movie Review: First Rate Hollywood Melodrama
Summary: 5 Stars
Lillian Hellman's plays, like the lady's other works, have been in and out of fashion over the last 50 years. "The Little Fox" her dark melodrama about a greedy, avaricious Southern family has perhaps held up better than some of her other works. Certainly, this film version, expertly directed by William Wyler, continues to hold its own. Bette Davis offers one of her best, most carefully worked-out characterizations as the frigid Regina Giddens, a woman grown monstrous through thwarted ambition and frustrated love. Hellman modeled the characters after her mother's wealthy, loathsome family and perhaps that personal emotion fueled the sting that the material still holds. An excellent supporting cast, mostly borrowed from the original Broadway production, lends Bette first class support. ( In fact, most of them went on to long and productive Hollywood careers in character roles.) The often unfairly lampooned producer Samuel Goldwyn contributed the overall supervision that makes this movie one of the best Hollywood productions of its era. The only shadow today, 50+ years after its release, is some questionable ethnic humor. Mercifully, it is confined to very minor characters, allowing the major African American roles to be portrayed with intelligence, compassion and dignity, a pointed contrast to the vicious, back-stabbing white characters so enthralled by greed and lust for power. Expertly expanded from the stage play, this film is dramatic and harrowing, its last frames will haunt you long after.Movie Review: Bette's a B****!
Summary: 5 Stars
Can you picture a woman denying her husband the medicine that could save his life? Just sitting there staring at him, emotionless? Bette does just that in this movie. To horrible effect, I might add. This is an extremely powerful film, and the only bad thing about it is Bette's faked Southern accent (she was actually a Yankee.)