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  1. Jezebel is a 1938 American romantic-drama film released by Warner Bros. and directed by William Wyler. It stars Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, supported by George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Richard Cromwell and Fay Bainter. The film was adapted by Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston and Robert Buckner from the 1933 play by Owen ...

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  3. Synopsis. The Old Guard of 1852 New Orleans protectively circles its wagons. Bankers are concerned that Yankee abolitionists could eventually change the way their accounts will be processed. The health administrator keeps evacuating people living below the ever-adjusted yellow fever quarantine line.

  4. Jezebel, American drama film, released in 1938, that features Bette Davis opposite Henry Fonda in an opulent antebellum romance. Davis, in an Academy Award-winning performance, portrayed Julie Marsden, the strong-willed belle whose impertinent spoiled nature wreaks havoc on her relationship with.

    • Lee Pfeiffer
  5. Synopsis. In New Orleans, in 1850, Julie Marsden, a strong-willed Southern belle, is engaged to marry Preston Dillard, a prominent New Orleans banker with an equally strong mind. Their struggle for supremacy in the relationship comes to a head the night of a traditional ball to which unmarried women are expected to wear white, but Julie ...

    • William Wyler, Art Lueker, Robert Ross
    • Bette Davis
  6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0030287Jezebel (1938) - IMDb

    Jezebel: Directed by William Wyler. With Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay. In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

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    • Drama, Romance
    • William Wyler
    • 1938-03-26
  7. In one of her most renowned roles, Bette Davis portrays Julie Marsden, a spoiled Southern belle who risks losing her suitor with her impetuous behavior.

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    • Drama
  8. The story in a nutshell: Julie is staying at the plantation of her Aunt Belle (Bainter) to escape the yellow fever epidemic that has hit where she lives. She has her eyes set on banker Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda), but she has no qualms with leading on the more rakish Buck Cantrell (George Brent).

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