Jezebel (1938), Jezebel (1938), DVD
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$5 - $10, Academy Award Winner, All Titles, Bette Davis, Disc on Demand, Donald Crisp, Drama, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Gordon Oliver, Henry Fonda, Henry O'Neill, Irving Pichel, Janet Shaw, Jezebel (1938), John Litel, Margaret Early, Margaret Lindsay, Max Steiner, Movies, Movies & TV › Movies, Over $10, Richard Cromwell, Romance, Spring Byington, Theresa Harris, Under $5, Warner Archive Collection, William WylerWhile movie fans were abuzz over who might play Scarlett OHara in the upcoming Gone with the Wind, Bette Davis got another Southern-belle role - and gave a fiery performance that won the 1938 Best Actress Academy Award. Davis plays Julie, a New Orleans beauty whose constant attempts to goad fiance Pres Dillard (Henry Fonda) to jealousy backfire. Angry and disgraced, Pres breaks their engagement and leaves town. Julie endures a year of remorse until Pres comes home - married. Then her vengeance explodes. Jezebel is also noted for it's sumptuous sets and costumes, Fay Bainters Oscar -winning* performance and William Wylers vivid direction, highlighted by a horrifying re-creation of a yellow fever epidemic. But the films greatest strength is Davis, whose titanic talent has never been better displayed than in Jezebel.
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