Jezebel / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a William Wyler production ; directed by William Wyler ; screen play by Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel and John Huston.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 67878 | Warner Home Video1000716489 | Warner Bros.Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Series: Bette Davis collection ; vol. 2Producer: [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Bros. Pictures, [1938]Publisher: [Atlanta, GA] : Turner Entertainment, [2006]Distributor: Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]Copyright date: ©1938Copyright date: ©2006Edition: Standard versionDescription: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1419823906
- 9781419823909
- 0790744120
- 9780790744124
- 1419823949
- 9781419823947
- Davis, Owen, 1874-1956. Jezebel -- Film adaptations
- Davis, Owen, 1874-1956. Jezebel -- Drama
- Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama
- Revenge -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Louisiana -- Drama
- Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865 -- Drama
- Feature films
- Film adaptations
- Feature films -- United States
- Romance films
- Cinematographer, Ernest Haller ; editor, Warren Low ; music, Max Steiner.
- 1938 Academy Awards for Best Actress (Davis) and Best Supporting Actress (Fay Bainter) ; Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, Best Music, Scoring and Best Cinematography.
- Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2009.
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA JEZEBEL | Available | 33111009959004 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In 1938, Jezebel was widely regarded as Warner Bros.' "compensation" to Bette Davis for her losing the opportunity to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Resemblances between the two properties are inescapable: Jezebel heroine Julie Marsden (Davis) is a headstrong Southern belle not unlike Scarlett (Julie lives in New Orleans rather than Georgia); she loves fiancé Preston Dillard (played by Henry Fonda) but loses him when she makes a public spectacle of herself (to provoke envy in him) by wearing an inappropriate red dress at a ball, just as Scarlett O'Hara brazenly danced with Rhett Butler while still garbed in widow's weeds. There are several other similarities between the works, but it is important to note that Jezebel is set in the 1850s, several years before Gone With the Wind's Civil War milieu; and we must observe that, unlike Scarlett O'Hara, Julie Marsden is humbled by her experiences and ends up giving of her time, energy, and health during a deadly yellow jack outbreak. Bette Davis won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Julie; an additional Oscar went to Fay Bainter for her portrayal of the remonstrative Aunt Belle (she's the one who labels Julie a "jezebel" at a crucial plot point). The offscreen intrigues of Jezebel, including Bette Davis' romantic attachment to director William Wyler and co-star George Brent, have been fully documented elsewhere. Jezebel was based on an old and oft-produced play by Owen Davis Sr. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Title from disc label.
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono 1.0 ; Dual-layer format.
English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned for main feature only.
Title from opening frames.
Bette Davis, George Brent, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Fay Bainter, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, Spring Byington, John Litel.
Cinematographer, Ernest Haller ; editor, Warren Low ; music, Max Steiner.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.
Based on the play written by Owen Davis, Sr.
Rating: Not rated.
Julie Marsden is a Southern belle in pre-Civil War New Orleans with a knack for manipulating the men in her life. Scorned by the man she loves, she lashes out in revenge and destroys lives in the process.
Special features: new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements; commentary by film historian Jeannine Basinger; new featurette: Jezebel, legend of the South; vintage musical short: Melody masters: Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra; Classic cartoon; The mice will play; theatrical trailer.
1938 Academy Awards for Best Actress (Davis) and Best Supporting Actress (Fay Bainter) ; Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, Best Music, Scoring and Best Cinematography.
Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2009.