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Little Foxes, The (DVD)

William Wyler (Director) Rated:
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4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 728 ratings
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Contributor William Wyler
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Runtime 1 hour and 56 minutes
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Little Foxes, The (DVD)

Nominated for 9 Academy Awards(R) including Best Picture, Bette davis stars as a woman who'll stop at nothing to wrest control of the family business from her brothers, even if it means sacrificing her husband or the love of her daughter. "Outstanding." (Leonard Maltin) Year: 1941 Director: William Wyler Starring: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright Video Format: Standard Sound: Surround Stereo Region Coding: 1 (US and Canada)

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.37:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.8 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ WHV1000475684DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ William Wyler
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Black & White, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Mono
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 56 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ July 15, 2014
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ WarnerBrothers
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J2TCHP6
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 728 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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"I hope you die!, I hope you die soon!, I'll be waiting for you to die!"
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"I hope you die!, I hope you die soon!, I'll be waiting for you to die!"
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.
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stewart marshall
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic to own!
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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This is Betty Davis and Paul Lucas at their very best! About family greed and conflict. Very engrossing from beginning to end. If you're collecting the classics, this is one you need to add to your collection.
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Ralph P.S.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Movie Master Class
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
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Simply put, THE LITTLE FOXES (1941) is a Hollywood classic. But more than that, it is also a master class in screen writing (Lillian Hellman, adapting her own stage play,) directing (Willian Wyler,) and performance - which is more than just "acting" - by a brilliant ensemble cast (headed by the incomparable Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall.). Set in the deep South of 1900, the story is a period piece, but its theme of destructive greed and corruption make it relevant anywhere at any time. THE LITTLE FOXES is film-making of a quality seldom seen - alas! - at the local cinema anymore.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Regally Ruthless
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2008
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There was never an actress like her and there is still no one in sight to take her place. Bette Davis lost the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1941 to Joanne Fontaine in "Suspicion." Though Fontaine was wonderful in the role of the innocent and frightened wife, the test of time shows Davis's performance to have been the great one.

"Little Foxes" was nominated for 9 Oscars but won none. It was a tough year to be in Academy competition when the competition included "Citizen Kane"," The Maltese Falcon, and "How Green Was My Valley." Sometimes success is a matter of the luck of timing.

This movie is based upon Lillian Hellman's stage play of the same name. As with most stage plays it was undoubtedly difficult to stage as a movie. Nevertheless, William Wyler, the director, did it as well as it can be done. Do not look for nuance in character. A stage play makes its points crystal clear through forceful, dramatic and in this case stunning dialogue.

Davis, as Regina (notice the regal name) Giddens is the dominating head of the foxes, which also include her two brothers, Ben and Oscar. Dan Duryea as Oscar's son, Leo, is an unconscious but hopeful initiate to the pack, not yet part of it. The plot revolves around Regina's scheme to use her innocent daughter, Alexandra (Theresa Wright), to lure her alienated and ill husband (Herbert Marshall) back from Chicago to their small southern town. The foxes need his wealth to help them finance an investment scheme.

To watch them connive among themselves and against each other is to watch great acting among a wonderful and accomplished ensemble cast. As mentioned, the movie is based upon a stage play and so there are good and bad people with no in-between.

Herbert Marshall gives a stellar performance as Regina's dignified husband Horace Giddens. His disdain for the foxes from the perspective of an honest man and on the verge of death from his illness is spot-on. Patricia Hollinge, as Alexandra's sweet Aunt Birdie gives an Oscar-nominated performance. Her scene of regret, with Alexandra, Marshall and the loyal servant Addie (the good ones) deserved the nomination. Birdie is as her name conveys; flighty, innocent, honest and still naive as an older women. Those qualities naturally make her an object of disdain among the foxes. A young Dan Duryea is excellent as Oscar Hubbard's son, Leo. He is happily dissolute and willingly corruptible with a good dose of cowardice as an aspiring fox.

But then there is Miss Bette/Regina. Her regal bearing lends all the more force to her calculating detached and cynical nature. Her sneering cruelty juxtaposed with her calculated charm is mesmerizing. In a scene in which she moves from verbal persuasion to verbal force with Marshall she projects a screen presence and magnetism that made her a superstar before the term was invented.

Watch especially for the scene where she wishes death upon Marshall to his face. Those three lines are some of the cruelest, most savagely written and magnificently delivered that you will ever see. Marshall's subsequent death scene and Davis's reaction as he struggles up the stairs for medicine non-verbally reinforces Davis's that malevolently stunning death wish.

Good does not win out in this movie except for, Alexandra, thankfully. She escapes Regina's dominating clutches by running off with a true love, rather than marrying the slimy Leo as Regina had planned for her. That is the Hollywood part of the ending.

However, the finale after Alexandra flees and Regina has the upper hand on her brothers delivers Hellman's dark view of greed ingrained within human nature. Regina's brother Oscar is furious to have lost out to his sister. But the wizened and almost-as-foxy brother Ben laughingly and loudly celebrates that dark side of human nature. Taking the long view, Ben in a low-key and menacing manner concedes Regina's financial victory as merely one battle in a continuing war among the pack. Davis's tacit agreement is clearly conveyed by facial expression only, with no need for further words in the clutches of such a great actress.

Hellman teaches us that there will always be people like the foxes, but rarely is a point-of-view conveyed so vividly. Released in a different year, this movie and its performances would have won many of the awards it missed in 1941. Regardless, it is a great movie as Bette Davis was one of our greatest actresses.
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Khristine Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Greed .....
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2021
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The late Bette Davis was one of the GREATEST actresses of her generation. Hands down..! She did have competition with the late Kathryn Hepburn and Joan Crawford .. I hear Miss Davis right now... Screaming that woman's name ..! There was no love lost between the Joan Crawford and herself.. Let's not also forget Barbara Stanwyck ... she could hold her own in films as well. Any way .. I saw this movie over 20 something years ago.. and assorted scenes on cable television. I like this movie .. because it shows just how "GREEDY" .. your so called family can be now a days ..! You can never trust family ...when it come's down to asset's . Hebert Marshall's character ..lost his life. In part to his self wife and her kin folk's nasty thieving ways.. You can never trust anybody.. It;s a shame .. But call a spade a spade. ! The cast were some of the best supporting actor's of their generation. They turned out a wonderful creative team.. The late director William Wyler did an excellent job.. Spunning these colorful actor's together ..without causing a lack of interest in the viewer. Dan Duryea and Charles Dingle .. stole the picture's... Such cunning heathen's they where..?? Charles Dingle was born in 1887 and died in 1956 ... Talk about another century ...? This movie was made in 1941 .. You can do the math on his age ... Actress Teresa Wright who played the young daughter .. died in 2005 . She won an Academy award in 1943 as well. You may recall her from the 1943 movie "Shadow of a Doubt".. Wonderful movie ... co-starring actor Joesph Cotton. Bette Davis really put her stamp on this film. If they were to re-do this film.. I would like to see Meryl Streep play in a re-boot of this.. Even though I am NOT fond of them.. In part they never do the original any justice and lastly they make changes ... that turn off the fan's of the original version.
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Sam Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Old movie lover
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2024
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spiderfriend
5.0 out of 5 stars Cinema of the militant.
Reviewed in Canada on April 14, 2022
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Except for a rather cryptic title culled from a biblical quote, this is a linear narrative about the madness of greed. The team of Wyler and Toland created a stunning artistic statement about the pursuit of wealth, at any cost.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Maria Isabel
Reviewed in Spain on February 4, 2017
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Me encantó la película y sobre todo la actriz Teresa Wright. Una pena que muchos de estos títulos estén descatalogados.
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Wolfgang Cortjaens
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastischer Ensemblefilm
Reviewed in Germany on November 22, 2013
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Ein wunderbar düsterer, so gar nicht Hollywood-mäßiger Film. Einer der Top 100 des amerikanischen Kinos! Bis in die Nebenrollen großartig besetzt und fotografiert (Citizen Kane"-Kameramann Gregg Toland, der auch hier wieder mit Tiefenschärfe exquisite Bilder zuwege gebracht hat). Bette Davis ist unvergesslich und ihr Charakter - die habgierige und gefühlskalte Regina - im Grunde noch gruseliger als "Baby Jane Hudson". Ein Ensemblefilm, wie er heute nicht mehr gedreht werden könnte. Manchmal merkt man die Herkunft vom Bühnenstück (Vorlage Lilian Hellman) an, aber Regisseur William Wyler und die Kamera brechen das geschickt auf. Auch die Settings und Kostüme wirken absolut authentisch.
Schade, dass dieser absolute Klassiker (er lief früher mal im deutschen Fernsehen) nur als Import erhältlich ist. Die spanische Version ist dank des guten Bild- und Tontransfers und der US-O-Fassung (wahlweise mit OmU's) als Ersatz zu empfehlen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Little Foxes
Reviewed in France on August 14, 2009
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N'ayant pu avoir une version lisible en zone 2 , je ne peux que regretter qu'après tant d'années (1941) des considérations mercantiles ait empêché la diffusion de cet excellent film en Europe, film que j'ai vu et apprécié dans ma jeunesse d'ou mon évaluation du film et non du DVD.
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ian mcjannet
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Bette Davis
Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2019
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What more do you need to say .. She's at her ruthless best.
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