The Little Foxes (1941)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.1/10   

Director:

William Wyler

Escritores:

Lillian Hellman (play)
Lillian Hellman (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 agosto 1941 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

...the film version of the stage hit, as the ruthless beauty whose ambition spelt the doom of three men

Plot:

The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the 20th century.

Plot Keywords:

Death Of Husband | Matriarch | Servant | Bond | Alcoholic Mother

Premios:

Nominated for 9 Oscars.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Crisp Dialog, Great Acting & Photography

Reparto

Bette Davis	...	Regina Giddens
Herbert Marshall	...	Horace Giddens
Teresa Wright	...	Alexandra Giddens
Richard Carlson	...	David Hewitt
Dan Duryea	...	Leo Hubbard
Patricia Collinge	...	Birdie Hubbard
Charles Dingle	...	Ben Hubbard
Carl Benton Reid	...	Oscar Hubbard
Jessica Grayson	...	Addie (as Jessie Grayson)
John Marriott	...	Cal
Russell Hicks	...	William Marshall
Lucien Littlefield	...	Sam Manders
Virginia Brissac	...	Mrs. Lucy Hewitt
Terry Nibert	...	Julia Jordan
Henry 'Hot Shot' Thomas	...	Harold

También conocida como:

La loba (Spain) [es]

Duración:

115 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved

Locaciones de Filmación:

Southern California, California, USA

Compañía:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Trivialidades:

In an effort to recoup its losses after the initial box office failure of Citizen Kane (1941), RKO distributed that film on a double bill with "The Little Foxes" in January 1942.

Errores:

Continuidad: In the final scene, just before Alexandra leaves Regina, in the shot when Regina climbs the stairs, and asks Zan if she would "like to sleep in her room tonight", we see a chair in the background (which earlier in the scene, Regina had sat in). The chair seat is empty. Two shots later, when Alexandra collects her hat and coat to leave, they have suddenly appeared on the chair.

Citas:

Ben Hubbard: Then, too, one loses today and wins tomorrow.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Gossip Girl: The Age of Dissonance (#2.18)" (2009)

Crisp Dialog, Great Acting & Photography

This was a surprisingly good movie - for me, not people who like Bette Davis and melodramas. They got what they hoped for, another solid film with her starring in it. I don't particularly care for Davis or "soaps," but I liked this film and see it more of a straight drama, anyway, especially because of the crisp dialog.

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. Carl Benton Reid played the other greedy Hubbard brother, "Oscar" and Dan Duryea was interesting as Oscar's dumb son, 'Leo."

Herbert Marshall was good, too, as Regina's husband "Horace." He was an honest, principled man and thus, the black sheep in that household. Unfortunately, he was dying and his death played a big part in this story.

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. Richard Carlson plays her reluctant boyfriend "David Hewitt" who, in the end, is won over when "Alexandra" grows up.

So, this excellent cast, complemented by an outstanding director in William Wyler and world-class cinematographer Gregg Toland all adds up to a solid, memorable film.