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Jezebel

Name: Jezebel
Released: 1938-03-26T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 7.0

Half angel, half siren, all woman.

1938 • 103 min • ★ 7.0 (223) • Released

Drama Romance

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

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Original title: Jezebel
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: $1,250,000
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

CinemaSerf

Oct 9, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

This starts off really strongly with the arrival, on horseback, of the feisty "Miss Julie" (Bette Davis). She is the rather proud orphaned daughter of a wealthy southern family whom everyone wants to know and be seen with - even if she is a bit of a pain in the neck. It's "Dill" (a rather charmless Henry Fonda) who is the front runner for her rather vain affections but he is no push-over. Her desire to inappropriately wear a red gown to a formal ball initially elicits his reluctant support as he escorts her, but then the ensuing fallout ensures he flees leaving her alone and determined - to get him back. The onset of the plague forces her to flee to their plantation and he ends up there too - but with a significant complication. With her normally ordered life all askew, "Miss Julie" has to think, perhaps for the first time, not just about herself. I'm afraid, though that this film was just bit too much of a soap for me. Though Davis has loads of beans at the outset, the story rather manoeuvres us into a rather predictably sentimental cul-de-sac that's slightly cluttered up by the rather obnoxiously cocky "Buck" (George Brent). Donald Crisp and Spring Byington provide a bit of ballast now and again, but I just found this all rather disappointingly flighty and thin. A frustrated love story, yes - but I just needed much more of our original "Jezebel" and less of what her character became. I saw this very recently on a big screen and it is still, despite my reservations, a fine example of thoroughly well presented and opulent cinema with a star who very much owns the screen.

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epidemic female protagonist louisiana love of one's life new orleans, louisiana pride self-destruction southern belle southern usa vanity yellow fever

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Cast 38

Bette Davis

Julie Marsden

Henry Fonda

Preston Dillard

George Brent

Buck Cantrell

Margaret Lindsay

Amy Bradford Dillard

Donald Crisp

Dr. Livingstone

Fay Bainter

Aunt Belle Massey

Richard Cromwell

Ted Dillard

Henry O'Neill

General Theopholus Bogardus

Spring Byington

Mrs. Kendrick

John Litel

Jean La Cour

Irving Pichel

Huger

Theresa Harris

Zette

Janet Shaw

Molly Allen

Margaret Early

Stephanie Kendrick

Gordon Oliver

Dick Allen

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Gros Bat

Matthew Beard

Ti Bat

Georges Renavent

De Lautruc

Amzie Strickland

Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

Sheriff at Plantation (uncredited)

Al Bridge

New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Drunk (uncredited)

Tony Paton

Drunk (uncredited)

Edward McWade

Second Director (uncredited)

Georgia Caine

Mrs. Petion (uncredited)

Davison Clark

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Ann Codee

Madame Poulard (uncredited)

Frank Darien

Bookkeeper (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

Servant (uncredited)

George Guhl

Fugitive Planter (uncredited)

John Harron

Jenkins (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Doctor at Duel (uncredited)

Philip Hurlic

Erronens (uncredited)

Fred Lawrence

Bob (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

Driver (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

Bar Companion (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Officer (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Customer (uncredited)

Crew 10

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

John Huston

Second Unit

William Wyler

Director

Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

William Wyler

Producer

Hugo Friedhofer

Orchestrator

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

John Huston

Screenplay

Owen Davis

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US Release Dates 2

Mar 10, 1938

New York City, New York

NR Premiere

Mar 26, 1938

NR Theatrical