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THE FOUR FEATHERS – Miklós Rózsa

October 2, 2023 Leave a comment

GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Original Review by Craig Lysy

Renowned film maker brothers Zoltan and Alexander Korda decided that for their next film they wanted to go for a historical epic. They chose to adapt the 1902 novel “The Four Feathers” by A. E. Wilson, which tells the story of the Madhist Wars circa 1881. Alexander would oversee production with a budget of $1.0 million, Zoltan would direct, and R. C. Sherriff, Lajos Bíró and Arthur Wimperis were hired to write the screenplay. The cast would include John Clements as Harry Faversham, Ralph Richardson as Captain John Durrance, C. Aubrey Smith as General Burroughs, and Jack Allen as Lieutenant Thomas Willoughby. Read more…