Jezebel

Overview

Spoiled, strong-willed New Orleans belle Julie Marsden (Bette Davis) is engaged to banker Preston 'Pres' Dillard (Henry Fonda). In retaliation for Pres refusing to drop his work and accompany her while she shops for a dress, she orders a brazen red one for the most important ball of the year, one where white dresses for unmarried women are expected. All of Julie's friends are shocked, but no one can convince her to give up her whim.At the Olympus ball, every woman on the floor is dressed in white. Pres and Julie's entrance is met with shock and disdain by all present. She finally realizes the magnitude of her social blunder and begs Pres to take her away, but by this time, he is implacable. He forces her to dance with him. All the other dancers leave the floor, finally leaving them alone. When the orchestra stops playing at the instruction of one of the ball's sponsors, Pres orders the conductor to continue. Pres and Julie finish the dance alone, with the assemblage looking on.

Released

19 March 1938

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£0

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£0

Language

English Spanish

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United States of America

Cast

Bette Davis	...	Julie Marsden
Henry Fonda	...	Preston Dillard
George Brent	...	Buck Cantrell
Margaret Lindsay	...	Amy Bradford Dillard
Donald Crisp	...	Dr. Livingstone
Fay Bainter	...	Aunt Belle Massey
Richard Cromwell	...	Ted Dillard
Henry O'Neill	...	General Theopholus Bogardus
Spring Byington	...	Mrs. Kendrick
John Litel	...	Jean La Cour
Irving Pichel	...	Huger
Theresa Harris	...	Zette
Janet Shaw	...	Molly Allen
Margaret Early	...	Stephanie Kendrick

Crew

William Wyler	...	Director
William Wyler	...	Producer
Hal B. Wallis	...	Executive Producer
John Huston	...	Screenplay
Robert Buckner	...	Screenplay
Max Steiner	...	Original Music Composer
Ernest Haller	...	Director of Photography

(1938)

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