Samuel Goldwyn presents his screen version of the most sensational stage success of 1940 , this The Little Foxes deals with ambitious , ruthless people , a matriarch called Regina Giddens (Bette Davis giving one of her most unforgettable acting on big screen) , her good daugher (Teresa Wright) and the mean brothers (Charles Dingle, Carl Benton Reid). From the Broadway Stage Success by Lillian Hellman
"YOU'RE MY HUSBAND-but I hate you" . The ruthless beauty whose ambition spelt the doom of three men. THE MOST MERCILESS WOMAN A MAN EVER LOVED!.
Lillian Hellman's own retelling of her Broadway stage smash hit , wonderfully directed by William Wyller with plenty long-standing frames , dramatic intensity , vintage images compellingly photographed by expert cameraman Gregg Toland and marvellous performances with special mention for Bette Davis as the proud woman who alienates all those about her . This is film version of the stage hit with the ever-riveting , ever-unique Bette Davis dominating in this magnificent rendering based on a successful play about amoral family greed and corruption down South . Davis' egoistic matriarch , Regina , for whom badness by inaction is not beyond the pale when it comes to achieving her desires . Support cast is frankly over-the-top , such as : Dan Duryea makes a top-drawer screen debut , Teresa Wright gives a fine work as the kind but manipulated daughter , Herbert Marshall does an unselfish work , while Charles Dingle and Carl Benton Reid are excellent as the two avaricious brothers and adding others secondaries as Patricia Collinge , Russell Hicks and a young Richard Carlson .
The motion picture was stunningly directed by William Wyler .However , nominated for eight Academy Awards , the movie shamefully came away empty-handed . The old maestro William Wyler takes his time and guides a super team of players through a complex tangle of emotional family conflicts . Wyler was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema and the winner of three Best Director Academy Awards . Wyler was a great professional who had a career full of successes in all kind of genres as Film Noir : ¨Detective story¨ , ¨The desperate hours¨ , ¨Dead End¨ ; Western : ¨The Westener¨, ¨Friendly persuasion¨ , ¨Big Country¨ , but his speciality were dramas , such as : ¨Jezebel¨ , ¨The letter¨ , ¨Wuthering Heights¨ , ¨The best years of our lives¨, ¨Mrs Miniver¨, ¨The heiress¨ , ¨the little Foxes¨ , ¨The collector¨ and Comedy as two films starred by Audrey Hepburn : ¨How to steal a million¨ and ¨Roman's holiday¨ . Rating : Better than average 7.5/10 . Better than average . Essential and indispensable seeing .
Lillian Hellman's own retelling of her Broadway stage smash hit , wonderfully directed by William Wyller with plenty long-standing frames , dramatic intensity , vintage images compellingly photographed by expert cameraman Gregg Toland and marvellous performances with special mention for Bette Davis as the proud woman who alienates all those about her . This is film version of the stage hit with the ever-riveting , ever-unique Bette Davis dominating in this magnificent rendering based on a successful play about amoral family greed and corruption down South . Davis' egoistic matriarch , Regina , for whom badness by inaction is not beyond the pale when it comes to achieving her desires . Support cast is frankly over-the-top , such as : Dan Duryea makes a top-drawer screen debut , Teresa Wright gives a fine work as the kind but manipulated daughter , Herbert Marshall does an unselfish work , while Charles Dingle and Carl Benton Reid are excellent as the two avaricious brothers and adding others secondaries as Patricia Collinge , Russell Hicks and a young Richard Carlson .
The motion picture was stunningly directed by William Wyler .However , nominated for eight Academy Awards , the movie shamefully came away empty-handed . The old maestro William Wyler takes his time and guides a super team of players through a complex tangle of emotional family conflicts . Wyler was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema and the winner of three Best Director Academy Awards . Wyler was a great professional who had a career full of successes in all kind of genres as Film Noir : ¨Detective story¨ , ¨The desperate hours¨ , ¨Dead End¨ ; Western : ¨The Westener¨, ¨Friendly persuasion¨ , ¨Big Country¨ , but his speciality were dramas , such as : ¨Jezebel¨ , ¨The letter¨ , ¨Wuthering Heights¨ , ¨The best years of our lives¨, ¨Mrs Miniver¨, ¨The heiress¨ , ¨the little Foxes¨ , ¨The collector¨ and Comedy as two films starred by Audrey Hepburn : ¨How to steal a million¨ and ¨Roman's holiday¨ . Rating : Better than average 7.5/10 . Better than average . Essential and indispensable seeing .