John Clements
Harry Faversham
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It was mostly filmed on location in the Sudan in Technicolor. Forty soldiers of the 1st Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment, were used in period uniforms for scenes in which they withstood the Dervish advance en masse. Reception. This version is widely considered the best of all the numerous film adaptations of the novel.
This is a wonderful British adventure film, equally on a par with anything Hollywood was to produce in that golden year of 1939. Shot in color, with spare-no-expense filming in the Sudan, THE FOUR FEATHERS is a paean to the glory days of Victoria's Empire & the men who fought to build it.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Zoltan Korda
- 1939-08-04
The Four Feathers, British action-adventure film, released in 1939, that was based on the 1902 novel of the same name by A.E.W. Mason. It is widely considered to be the best of the many film adaptations of the book. Harry Faversham (played by John Clements), a young British army officer, is.
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1939: The Four Feathers: UK: Zoltan Korda: Starring Ralph Richardson, John Clements, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez. Considered the best of the film versions, this was lavishly filmed in colour in many historical African locations. 1955: Storm Over the Nile: UK: Terence Young, Zoltan Korda
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According to modern sources, the picture was shot partially on location on the East bank of the Nile where the historical incidents depicted in the film actually occured in 1898.
A. E. W. Mason’s sweeping action novel The Four Feathers (1902) had already inspired three films by the time producer Alexander Korda got to it in 1939. It would be filmed three more times afterward.
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