The Little Foxes
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Movie Reviews of The Little Foxes
Movie Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this movie as part of my Mother's Day package for my Mom. It came at a perfect time and she has enjoyed it immensely! THank you so much for speedy and efficient service!Movie Review: The Little Foxes
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the finest movies I`ve ever seen. The acting was excellent, especially Bette Davis. Her portrayal of a callus wife was chilling. The whole cast was first rate.Movie Review: The Bette is the Diva
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie is amazing, Bette Ddavis is the best. The quality of the movie is kinda grany, I thought that with all the tecknology today it will be remastered.Movie Review: GRAND
Summary: 5 Stars
Bette Davis, what more can be said, a true classic, nasty, devious, cunning, she does it all with Davis style.Movie Review: "I hope you die!, I hope you die soon!, I'll be waiting for you to die!"
Summary: 4 Stars
A stinging portrait of family greed and corruption, dripping with venomous dialogue. Lillian Hellman's THE LITTLE FOXES stars Bette Davis as money-minded family matriarch Regina Giddens. Desperate to pool her family fortune with those of her two brothers (Carl Benton Reid and Charles Dingle) for what promises to be a huge windfall if invested properly, Regina asks daughter Alexandra (Teresa Wright) to bring home her estranged husband Horace (Herbert Marshall), and even though he's dying of an acute heart condition, the only things on Regina's petty mind are the untold millions waiting to be collected...
In THE LITTLE FOXES, Bette Davis was teamed for the third and final time with director William Wyler. Wyler had extracted Davis' Oscar-winning turn in "Jezebel" and later one of her all-time best performances in "The Letter". In THE LITTLE FOXES he subdued Davis' mannerisms and animated antics to create a woman whose stillness and subtlety are the keys to her strong control over others--notice how her jaw is tightly clenched throughout the movie.
Patricia Collinge co-stars in her screen debut as Aunt Birdie, the character most abused and underfoot of the family's inbred cruelty and greed. There's a really telling scene where Birdie's insufferable son Leo (Dan Duryea) steps on her cloak and tears it whilst leaving a party, and he never even acknowledges it. Teresa Wright, also making her screen debut with this film, would later be reunited with Patricia Collinge in "Shadow of a Doubt" and "Casanova Brown", both filmed in 1943. Herbert Marshall gives a finely-controlled performance as Regina's ill husband.
THE LITTLE FOXES came during the most prestigious chapter of Bette Davis' screen career. In 1941 alone she appeared in "The Great Lie" and "Shining Victory", and was just coming off her wildly-acclaimed performance in "The Letter". For Lillian Hellman's THE LITTLE FOXES, Davis was loaned out to the RKO Studios (where she'd scored one of her early triumphs in 1934's "Of Human Bondage"). But, because of their stormy business relationship, Jack Warner was always loathed to loan out his premiere female star. In this case, the 'punishment' for her transgression at RKO would be a comedy entitled "The Bride Came C.O.D.", which she duly filmed after returning from her duties as Regina Giddens.
The DVD includes the trailer and a bonus restored Chace Digital Stereo soundtrack (which is sadly wasted on such a dialogue-heavy movie). An invaluable addition to your Bette Davis collection.