The Little Foxes is a 1941 American drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Lillian Hellman is based on her 1939 play of the same name. Hellman's ex-husband Arthur Kober, close friend Dorothy Parker, and Parker's husband Alan Campbell contributed additional scenes and dialogue.
The focus is on Southern aristocrat Regina Hubbard Giddens (Bette Davis), who struggles for wealth and freedom within the confines of an early 20th century...
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The Little Foxes is a 1941 American drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Lillian Hellman is based on her 1939 play of the same name. Hellman's ex-husband Arthur Kober, close friend Dorothy Parker, and Parker's husband Alan Campbell contributed additional scenes and dialogue.
The focus is on Southern aristocrat Regina Hubbard Giddens (Bette Davis), who struggles for wealth and freedom within the confines of an early 20th century society where a father considered only sons as legal heirs. As a result, her avaricious brothers Benjamin (Charles Dingle) and Oscar (Carl Benton Reid) are independently wealthy, while she must rely upon her sickly husband Horace (Herbert Marshall) for financial support.
Having married his much-maligned, alcoholic wife Birdie (Patricia Collinge) solely to acquire her family's plantation and its cotton fields, Oscar now wants to join forces with Benjamin to construct a cotton mill. They approach their sister with their need for an additional ...
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