Fri July 10, 2015
The Foxes of Harrow (John M. Stahl, US, 1947)
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In antebellum New Orleans, Irish gambler Stephen Fox (Rex Harrison) wins a plantation and a beautiful, aristocratic wife (Maureen O’Hara), but can he master them? With its tale of tumultuous romance in an opulent, overheated Old South, The Foxes of Harrow was seen as an answer to Gone with the Wind. But Foxes draws a darker picture of the Southern culture of power and property, suggesting disturbing parallels between marriage and slavery. The script was loosely based on a novel by Frank Yerby, the first African American author to sell a book to a Hollywood studio.
• Written by Wanda Tuchock, based on the novel by Frank Yerby. Photographed by Joseph LaShelle. With Rex Harrison, Maureen O’Hara, Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen. (117 mins, B&W, 35mm, From 20th Century Fox Library, permission Criterion Pictures)
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• Written by Wanda Tuchock, based on the novel by Frank Yerby. Photographed by Joseph LaShelle. With Rex Harrison, Maureen O’Hara, Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen. (117 mins, B&W, 35mm, From 20th Century Fox Library, permission Criterion Pictures)
In antebellum New Orleans, Irish gambler Stephen Fox (Rex Harrison) wins a plantation and a beautiful, aristocratic wife (Maureen O’Hara), but can he master them? With its tale of tumultuous romance in an opulent, overheated Old South, The Foxes of Harrow was seen as an answer to Gone with the Wind. But Foxes draws a darker picture of the Southern culture of power and property, suggesting disturbing parallels between marriage and slavery. The script was loosely based on a novel by Frank Yerby, the first African American author to sell a book to a Hollywood studio.
• Written by Wanda Tuchock, based on the novel by Frank Yerby. Photographed by Joseph LaShelle. With Rex Harrison, Maureen O’Hara, Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen. (117 mins, B&W, 35mm, From 20th Century Fox Library, permission Criterion Pictures)
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• Written by Wanda Tuchock, based on the novel by Frank Yerby. Photographed by Joseph LaShelle. With Rex Harrison, Maureen O’Hara, Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen. (117 mins, B&W, 35mm, From 20th Century Fox Library, permission Criterion Pictures)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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