Jezebel

  • Drama
  • Romance
3/26/1938
103
NR

Half angel, half siren, all woman.

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

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$1,250,000

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  • Geronimo1967

    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 no...

    October 9, 2023

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