| The Foxes of Harrow | |
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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 Kingdom-United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,750,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,150,000 (US rentals)[2][3] |
The Foxes of Harrow is a 1947 American-Britishadventure film directed byJohn M. Stahl. The film stars Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, and Richard Haydn. It is based on thenovel of the same name byFrank Yerby, the sixth best-selling novel in the US in 1946.[4]
The film was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Production Design (Lyle R. Wheeler,Maurice Ransford,Thomas Little,Paul S. Fox).[5]
Inpre-Civil WarNew Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Stephen Fox buys his way into society – something he could not do in his homeland because he is illegitimate.[6]
The storyline is derived from the 1946 eponymous novelThe Foxes of Harrow byFrank Yerby. Fox paid author Frank Yerby $150,000 for the motion picture rights toThe Foxes of Harrow, which was his first novel. A December 1947Ebony 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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