The Foxes of Harrow
The Foxes of Harrow is a 1947 adventure film directed by John M. Stahl. The film stars Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, and Richard Haydn.
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| Directed by | John M. Stahl |
| Produced by | William A. Bacher Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Screenplay by | Wanda Tuchock Dwight Taylor Edwin Justus Mayer Thomas Job |
| Based on | The Foxes of Harrow 1946 novel by Frank Yerby |
| Starring | Rex Harrison Maureen O'Hara Richard Haydn Victor McLaglen Vanessa Brown Patricia Medina Gene Lockhart |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | James B. Clark |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | 24 September 1947 |
Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States/United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,750,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,150,000 (US rentals) [3] |
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design (Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox).[4]
Plot summary
In pre-Civil War New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Stephen Fox (Rex Harrison) buys his way into society – something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate.[5]
Cast
- Rex Harrison as Stephen Fox
- Maureen O'Hara as Odalie 'Lilli' D'Arceneaux
- Richard Haydn as Andre LeBlanc
- Victor McLaglen as Captain Mike Farrell
- Vanessa Brown as Aurore D'Arceneaux
- Patricia Medina as Desiree
- Gene Lockhart as Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
- Charles Irwin as Sean Fox
- Hugo Haas as Otto Ludenbach
- Dennis Hoey as Master of Harrow
- Roy Roberts as Tom Warren
- Randy Stuart as Stephen's birth mother (uncredited; her first acting role)
- Ralph Faulkner as Fencing Instructor (uncredited)
- Kenneth Washington as Achille (uncredited)
- Eugene Borden as French Auctioneer (uncredited)
Notes
The storyline is derived from the 1946 eponymous novel The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby. Fox paid author Frank Yerby $150,000 for the motion picture rights to The Foxes of Harrow, which was his first novel. A December 1947 Ebony article called the figure "the biggest bonanza ever pocketed by a colored writer" and stated that the book was "the first Negro-authored novel ever bought by a Hollywood studio." [1]
See also
References
- "The Foxes of Harrow (1947) - Notes". TCM.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- "Variety". Archive.org. January 1948. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. p 221
- "The Foxes of Harrow". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- Hal Erickson. "The Foxes of Harrow (1947) - John M. Stahl | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
External links
- The Foxes of Harrow on IMDb
- The Foxes of Harrow at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Foxes of Harrow at AllMovie
- The Foxes of Harrow at the TCM Movie Database