The studio considered making it a full talkie, and acquired the dialogue rights to the story for. The four feathers wikisource, the free online library. Schiffer is known for such films and video games as colors, lean on me, crimson tide, the four feathers, the peacemaker and call of duty. It blended footage shot in california of the actors with footage of exteriors shot on location in the sudan. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Branded a coward, an english officer john clements fights in sudan. Hero meets kid, makes friends, takes him on as a mascot. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent the four feathers online on moviefone. A timid british army officer has quit and burns his last day summons to a war in egypt. 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 1929 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The picture has the distinction of being one of the last major hollywood pictures of the silent. Zoltan korda captures the desert strikingly similar to lawrence of arabia and that.
Their next film, the four feathers 1929, with richard arlen, william powell, and fay wray, was their first entirely fictional film and one of hollywoods last bigbudget silent films. The four feathers by mason, a e w and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Calling him a coward, his girl friend and 3 officer friends give him a white feather. Media in category the four feathers 1929 film this category contains only the following file. Masons classic 1902 adventure novel about the british empires exploits in africa, and a crowning achievement of alexander kordas legendary production company, london films. Cooper and starring william powell, richard arlen, clive brook and fay wray. The four feathers is a 1929 american war film directed by merian c. Be sure to check the laws for your country before downloading or. The four feathers 1939 stream and watch online moviefone. First made in 1929 as an early talkie and also a dull and more violent version in 2002, with heath ledger unfortunately lacking the essential charisma.
Cetiri pera je britanski pustolovni film snimljen 1939. There are no battle scenes but some gruesome prison camp descriptions. The four feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by british writer a. The film is the third of numerous film versions of the 1902 novel the four feathers written by a. This version released at the height of the sound transition was one of the very last silent movie hits. Nobody bothers to explain what the mahdi is fighting about, or even to mention that the sudan of the movies era is an egyptian colony, not a british one. The four feathers 1978 music composed and conducted by allyn ferguson. This adaptation is the fifth film version of the four feathers, following two silent screen adaptations released in 1915 and 1928, zoltan kordas memorable 1939.
Four feathers 1929 an englishman richard arlen fights in the sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee fay wray and friends. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, the four feathers follows the travails of a young officer john clements accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to khartoum. Read the full synopsis of the four feathers, 1939, directed by zoltan korda, with john clements, ralph richardson, c. Overview of the four feathers, 1939, directed by zoltan korda, with john clements, ralph richardson, c.
Read the the four feathers movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. By cannibalizing the superior 1939 production for epic shots and sequences, this modest adaptation draws attention to its meager production values, relying heavily on casting and chemistry to compensate. The four feathers tells the story of harry faversham heath ledger, a young british soldier, circa 1875, whose father is a general and who finds himself in the army without having much say in the matter. For the sake of honor 1929 william powell, noah beery, richard. What it lacks in grandeur, this 1978 tv version of the four feathers makes up for in fidelity to a.
The four feathers is a 1939 british technicolor adventure film directed by. The four feathers film by schoedsack 1929 britannica. Masons novel done in 1929 was hollywoods last silent blockbuster before they went all sound. With richard arlen, fay wray, clive brook, william powell. Get more information about remakes the four feathers on tmdb.
Starring richard arlen, fay wray, clive brook, william powell. When british officer harry resigns from his regiment, he is labeled a coward by his family and friends. Protagonist, ciji lik tumaci john clements je mladi britanski oficir henry faversham koji godine 1895. The four feathers 1939 full hd full movie best quality. The four feathers has been brought to the silver screen several times during both the silent and talkie era.
The four feathers 1939 full hd full movie best quality on youtube warfilms youtube. In order to redeem himself and win the heart of his fiance back and the love of his best friend, harry sets. T he oftfilmed tale of an englishman who is branded a coward and spends the rest of the film proving that he most assuredly is not. He is engaged to the comely ethne eustace kate hudson, and when his regiment is ordered to the sudan he cannot bear to part from her and resigns his commission. When four of his former colleagues present him with feathers signifying their belief that hes a coward, faversham has a change of heart, and posing as an arab. Among the many other film versions of the tale, with assorted variations, are a 1955 production storm over the nile featuring laurence harvey and directed by. 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.
The four feathers 1929 the four feathers, a photoplay in eight reels by paramount famous lasky corp. Michael schiffer is an american screenwriter, video game writer and film producer. Harry receives four white feathers as a mark of a coward. The four feathers also sinks into cliche with its treatment of richard arlens young sidekick. Kiplings famous fuzzy wuzzies a disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle. The story, set in 1898, follows a british officer who resigns his post when he learns of his regiments plans to ship out to the sudan for the conflict with the mahdi. Against the background of the mahdist war, young faversham disgraces himself by quitting the army. The four feathers is a soap opera about honesty, bravery, honor and love during the time of britains war in the sudan.
The four feathers doesnt have a political bone in its body. The word on the street was that the four feathers might be undone by politically correct posturing. In redemption, he shadows his friends in war to save their lives. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves the story, set in 1875, follows a british officer heath ledger who resigns his post when he learns of his regiments plan to ship out to the sudan for the conflict with the mahdi. This movie made 10 years later was a grand production done by the korda brothers in the uk with extended exotic shooting in sudan, looks and feels superior.