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“Jezebel,” directed by William Wyler, opens in New Orleans in 1852. The film tells the story of Miss Julie, a strong-willed Southern belle played with passion and flair by the great Bette Davis. Miss Julie’s tempestuous relationship with a handsome gentleman (played by Henry Fonda) is played out in the shadow of both social controversies and a yellow fever epidemic.
“Jezebel” is a superbly produced period piece. The opulent sets and costumes, along with the romantic musical score, contribute well to the overall feel of the film. The black-and-white cinematography is breathtaking; Davis looks positively luminous in many scenes.
The excellent Davis gets solid support from the rest of the excellent cast. But make no mistake: this is Davis’ picture, and she commands the screen from her first scene. Her Miss Julie is a flawed but fascinating woman.
This is a thought-provoking film on many levels. The portrayal of Southern culture as strange and alien to Northerners, the fetishization of Southern womanhood (a “frail, delicate chalice,” as one male character puts it), the references to the abolitionist controversy, and the depiction of the relationships between black servants and white masters are all fascinating elements in the film, and richly ironic. “Jezebel” is one Hollywood classic that remains compelling and, I believe, open to new critical interpretations.
Probably (excluding All About Eve) the finest pictures Bette Davis made were under the direction of the great William Wyler. And Davis never looked better than in this film.
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Despite sterling performances from Henry Fonda and George Brent, Fay Bainter and Spring Byington, Henry O’Neil and Donald Crisp, Jezebel is really Davis’ movie as the camera caresses her in close ups time and again, and she rewards it’s attention with an A - class performance.
Davis also made The Letter and The Little Foxes under Wyler’s direction, she loved working with him, his attention to detail, her preparedness to redo scenes over and again until the Master was satisfied (Wyler was known to demand take after take - in some cases, 50 or 60 times - until he got what he was looking for) and of course, the finished product.
Jezebel was made in 1938 as Warner Bros wanted to cash in on the success of the book form of Gone With The Wind, a best seller - and another story of the fall of the South and a headstrong woman whose stubborness costs her the man she loves - and get Jezebel out in the theatres before GTW which was in pre-production, when Jezebel was being shot.
Jezebel is actually set before the Civil War (unlike GTW) in the early 1850’s when the South was a thriving place, and men held great store in their honour,and women well versed in meeting the strictly defined code of dress and behaviour that was so fundamental to life in the Olde South.
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For reasons known only to herself, Julie Marsden (Bette Davis) decides to ignore such boundaries and when fiance Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda)arrives to take her to the ball, he finds, to his horror that she has chosen to wear a red gown instead of the white one society expects her as a single woman to wear.
She is humiliated by the reaction of her contemporaries at the ball - especially when Pres refuses to allow her to slink away. And when the dance has been completed he takes her home and politely wishes her “Goodbye” not “Good Night”, thus breaking their engagement.
This may sound crass in the 2000’s, but in 1852’s New Orleans Julie’s scant regard for the manners of the day and her insensitivity to the feelings of others forced Preston to realise a life to her would be one long never ending battleground.
This is the first copy of Jezebel I have owned - because of the poor quality of the film in the past, I decided against buying one.
But the restoration has been superb and has allowed those of us not old enough to appreciate it’s original mint condition on it’s cinematic release back in ‘38 to see this masterpiece the way it was intended.
Bette Davis won an Academy Award for best actress and Fay Bainter won for Best Supporting Actress. Both awards were well earned.
The direction and photography, are wonderful, and despite Warners making Jezebel in black and white, it looks fantastic and gives the viewer a real
sense of the magesty and beauty that was the pre-Civil War south.
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