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The Foxes of Harrow
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Wikipedia article
'The Foxes of Harrow' is a 1947 American adventure film directed by John M. Stahl. The film stars Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, and Richard Haydn.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design (Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox).
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.
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."
See also
* List of films featuring slavery
References
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