Jezebel:

"Jezebel" (1938) is a romantic melodrama with views of early 1850s New Orleans ante-bellum society. It was the first in a cycle of films with Dixie backdrops that studied Southern chivalry and honor. The role of the title character was offered as compensation to film star Bette Davis - her...

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Main Authors: Davis, Owen 1874-1956 (Author), Steiner, Max 1888-1971 (Composer)
Other Authors: Haller, Ernest 1896-1970 (Cinematographer), Davis, Bette 1908-1989 (Actor), Fonda, Henry 1905-1982 (Actor), Brent, George 1904-1979 (Actor), Lindsay, Margaret 1910-1981 (Actor), Ripley, Clements 1892-1954 (Screenwriter)
Format: Video Software
Language:English
Published: Burbank, CA Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. [2019]
Series:Warner Archive Collection
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Summary:"Jezebel" (1938) is a romantic melodrama with views of early 1850s New Orleans ante-bellum society. It was the first in a cycle of films with Dixie backdrops that studied Southern chivalry and honor. The role of the title character was offered as compensation to film star Bette Davis - her first major film role - when she lost the opportunity to play Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939), a characterization with a similar heroine. In fact, the film has been called a black-and-white version of the famous Selznick film that was in its pre-production stages. Director William Wyler and Warner Bros' Studios brilliantly fashioned the superb character study with superior production values. [www.filmsite.org]
Item Description:Orig.: USA, 1938
Special features: Commentary by Film Historian Jeanine Basinger; Featurette: Jezebel: Legend of the South; Vintage Musical Short Melody Masters: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra; Classic Cartoon Daffy Duck in Hollywood; Promotion: Rambling 'round the Hollywood Studio with the Candid Cameraman; Theatrical Trailer
Physical Description:1 Blu-ray-Disc (ca. 104 Min.) schwarz-weiß 12 cm