The Four Feathers (1929 film)

The Four Feathers
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Directed by	Merian C. Cooper Lothar Mendes Ernest B. Schoedsack
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Written by	Hope Loring Howard Estabrook John Farrow Julian Johnson
Based on	The Four Feathers 1902 novel by A. E. W. Mason
Starring	Fay Wray
Music by	William Frederick Peters
Cinematography	Robert Kurrle Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack
Edited by	Ernest B. Schoedsack
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 1929 (1929-06)
Running time	80 min
Country	United States
Language	English

The Four Feathers is a 1929 American war film directed by Merian C. Cooper and starring Fay Wray.^[1] The picture has the distinction of being one of the last major Hollywood pictures of the silent era. It was also released by Paramount Pictures in a version with a Movietone soundtrack with music and sound effects only.^[2] The film is the third of numerous film versions of the 1902 novel The Four Feathers written by A. E. W. Mason, and the cast features Richard Arlen, Clive Brook, William Powell and Noah Beery, Sr.

Cast

• Richard Arlen as Lt. Harry Faversham
• Fay Wray as Ethne Eustace
• Clive Brook as Lt. Jack Durrance
• William Powell as Capt. William Trench
• Theodore von Eltz as Lt. Castleton
• Noah Beery, Sr. as Slave Trader
• Zack Williams as Idris
• Noble Johnson as Ahmed
• Philippe De Lacy as Harry, age 10
• E. J. Ratcliffe as Col. Eustace
• George Fawcett as Col. Faversham

Accolades

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

• 2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – Nominated^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Four Feathers (1929 film).

• The Four Feathers on IMDb
• The Four Feathers synopsis at AllMovie
• The Four Feathers at the TCM Movie Database
• The Four Feathers at the American Film Institute Catalog