Movie #1202 "The Little Foxes" is a film I have always wanted to see , and I found it on TCM the other night (Bette Davis' night) and decided to finally watch it. It's a talkie film, all right, and Bette plays a really cold, wicked woman --- while watching it, I was looking up why her make up was so white (like a mask) , and found that it was her own idea to get across the coldness of the character --- the director was at odds with her on this picture and one of his complaints was the makeup she wanted. I thought it made her stand out in the film and helped get across how relentless and stubborn she was to get her way. When I watch her, I think at first that she's just another actress who liked to chew up scenery, but there's so much more to her --- it's her eyes, her face, her use of pausing, the way she thinks inside and gets that across to an audience that I like about her. And she didn't play the same type, albeit she was good at this witchy type of lady. But she's so committed to each and every character that she played, and I enjoy watching her. The story was a bit stagnate here, but I did like Theresa Wright's performance (her first one), which was nominated for an academy award. So if you are up for seeing a Lillian Hellman play that depends on the spoken word, this is one you might want to see. Esp. for Davis, in one of her better roles.
THE LITTLE FOXES 1941 1 hour and 56 minutes
Conniving, turn-of-the-century, Southern aristocrat Regina Giddens values nothing more than wealth and social position. When she and her two brothers scheme mercilessly to make a fortune on a new cotton mill, Regina lets nothing stand in her way.
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