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. It is based on the novel of the same name by Frank Yerby, the sixth best-selling novel in the US in 1946.[4]
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| Directed by | John M. Stahl |
| Screenplay by | Wanda Tuchock Dwight Taylor (contributor to dialogue) (uncredited) Edwin Justus Mayer (contributor to dialogue) (uncredited) Thomas Job (contributor to dialogue) (uncredited) |
| Based on | The Foxes of Harrow 1946 novel byFrank Yerby |
| Produced by | William A. Bacher Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Rex Harrison Maureen O'Hara Richard Haydn Victor McLaglen Vanessa Brown Patricia Medina Gene Lockhart |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | James B. Clark |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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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).[5]
In pre-Civil War New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Stephen Fox buys his way into society – something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate.[6]
The storyline is derived from the 1946 eponymous novel The Foxes of HarrowbyFrank 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]
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