For the record, hollywood produced the four feathers for the first time in 1915 and the second time in 1921. Cooper and starring william powell, richard arlen, clive brook and fay wray. The four feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by british writer a. The picture has the distinction of being one of the last major hollywood pictures of the silent. In 1884, harry feversham heath ledger is a young officerintraining in the british army who is soon to graduate and is expected to be shipped of to the sudan, where the kings military are battling muslim insurgents who are attempting to overturn english. Against the background of the mahdist war, young feversham disgraces himself by quitting the army, which others perceive as cowardice. The history of a movie icon from fay wray to peter jackson, merian cooper and ernest schoedsack traveled to africa in order to capture the shots of baboons, hippos and camels that would add great authenticity to the picture. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. In redemption, he shadows his friends in war to save their lives. The four feathers bluray criterion 583 1939 color 1.
Calling him a coward, his girl friend and 3 officer friends give him a white feather. Release dates 1 also known as aka 2 release dates uk may 1921. Aubrey smith, june duprez the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. As children, harry promises to marry ethne, but she consents only if he will dress as. Goodreads members who liked the four feathers also liked. A timid british army officer has quit and burns his last day summons to a war in egypt. Media in category the four feathers 1929 film this category contains only the following file. The four young officers introduced as adults, ralph richardson as captain john, john clements, jack allen and donald gray as lieutenants harry, willoughby and peter, tension as their mission to egypt is revealed, in zoltan kordas version of the a. It was the second film version of the story, following a 1915. The novel tells the story of british officer, harry feversham, who resigns his commission in the east surrey regiment just prior to sir garnet wolseleys 1882 expedition to egypt to suppress the rising of urabi pasha. Find books like the four feathers from the worlds largest community of readers. The films plot is pretty basic and quite easy to follow. Videos for the four feathers turner classic movies. A disgraced british soldier receives news that his regiment has been attacked and sets out to regain his honor, his love, and save his comrades lives.
The four feathers criterion collection, dvd, full frame, subtitled, mono sound, action adventure, 715515087711. In december 1901, cornhill magazine announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in the forthcoming year. The four feathers are a symbol of cowardice, given to a young man when he resigns his army commission upon hearing about the start of military action in the sudan. The symbol of choice being a card with a white feather on top. The four feathers wikisource, the free online library. When 19thcentury gentleman officer harry favershem is summoned to duty in the sudan, he fears that hell turn coward in the. Starring richard arlen, fay wray, clive brook, william powell. Also known as aka original title the four feathers. Cooper of king kong fame came along and made it the third time in 1929 with fay wray and richard arlen in 1929, and british director zoltan korda did the best known version in color in 1939, the fourth. Against the background of the mahdist war, young faversham disgraces himself by quitting the army. Schoedsack on allmovie this was the third screen version of a. Released 1939, the four feathers stars john clements, ralph richardson, c. Mason the film is set in 1880s britain and the sudan during the mahdist revolt. Martial tones and bad news for the empire shape the opening credits to zoltan kordas the four feathers, 1939, the united artists production from the novel by a.
Three of the feathers come from other men in his unit, the forth from his fiancee when she learns the four feathers is a soap opera about honesty, bravery, honor and love during the. The four feathers 1939 stream and watch online moviefone. Are you looking for where can you watch thavasi 2001 movie online. Well i am publishing this to let you know that downloading thavasi not to mention watching thavasi the full movie streaming for free is straightforward. The film was made on location and at cricklewood studios by stoll pictures, at the time the largest british film studio. The four feathers is also acclaimed for its wildlife scenes and rightly so. The four feathers, telefilme com beau bridges as quatro penas brancas, em portugal. With harry ham, mary massart, cyril percival, henry vibart.
W mason view the tcmdb entry for the four feathers 1939. Masons novel the four feathers has been filmed several times, with movie adaptations dating back to 1915, but the storys emphasis on the battle between a global superpower and muslim zealots gives it a distinctly contemporary edge. The four feathers is a 2002 film directed by shekhar kapur, starring heath ledger, the latest of several based on the 1902 novel of the same name by a. The sweeping saga of the four feathers which has been remade no less than five times theatrically in 1915 1921 1929 1939 and 2002 and at least. The four feathers, filme com ralph richardson as quatro penas brancas ou as quatro plumas, no brasil. The four feathers is a film by zoltan korda and was released all the way back in 1939. A coward resigns his commission and poses as an arab to save his former comrades. What it lacks in grandeur, this 1978 tv version of the four feathers makes up for in fidelity to a. Masons perennially popular tale of honor and adventure is brought to the screen yet again in this lavish period actiondrama.
1327 83 223 432 1071 617 127 890 460 420 1191 1302 1440 969 263 1133 1205 989 1277 864 839 528 573 1361 1687 541 1345 82 1501 605 290 143 574 1304 507 822 739 423 1048 67 1479