"Marshall turns in one of his top performances in the exacting portrayal of a suffering, dying man." Excerpted from the 1941 review of The Little Foxes by various media at the time, in which Herbert Marshall played the banker Horace • Horace Giddens. In this nine-nominated Oscar-nominated film (including Best Picture), the death of husband Horace, full of dramatic tension, contrasts with greedy, ruthless wife Regina, who has an extremely powerful The shocking effect is the climax of revealing the greed and ruthlessness of human nature.
There will always be some people in the world who, like the locusts in the Bible, will eat up the whole world and the people in this world. Horace saw through his wife's greed, he categorically rejected Regina's greedy plan, and lived with the snake and scorpion under the roof. He was disgusted, he hated her, and her brothers going to great lengths to get a dime. He hates that this group of people is already rich enough, and still unscrupulously plots to oppress the poor. Undoubtedly, the couple's three views are extremely different, and it is their daughter who maintains them. When Regina uses her daughter to lure her seriously ill husband, Horace, home from the hospital, Horace knows what he's up against. There was deep sadness and helplessness in his expression. He loves his daughter, not only to educate her, but also to know kindness and courtesy, and at the same time to plan for her, so that Regina cannot ruin her daughter's future.
Perhaps many viewers saw Horace's illness, and Bart grasped it very well, with uneven breathing, frequent wheezing, and often weakness, a typical heart disease patient. A few viewers saw Horace's rationality, prudence, intellectuality, and justice. I also saw his sensibility: he watched the rain, listened to the piano, and didn't light the lights. In the brief peaceful atmosphere, his eyes were free and blank. His thoughts seemed to fly elsewhere, where they could find relief. Either leave or die. In the end, he was destroyed (Regina no doubt committed homicide)! When he was dying, he shook his hand slightly, he took his daughter's hand, brought it to his mouth, and kissed it gently, which not only brought tears to the eyes.
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