JEZEBEL

While movie fans were abuzz over who might play Scarlett O'Hara in the upcoming Gone with the Wind, Bette Davis got another Southern-belle role – and gave a fiery performance that won the 1938 Best Actress Academy Award®. Davis plays Julie, a New Orleans beauty whose constant attempts to goad fiancé Pres Dillard (Henry Fonda) to jealousy backfire. Angry and disgraced, Pres breaks their engagement and leaves town. Julie endures a year of remorse until Pres comes home – married. Then her vengeance explodes.

Jezebel is also noted for its sumptuous sets and costumes, Fay Bainter's Oscar®-winning* performance and William Wyler's vivid direction, highlighted by a horrifying re-creation of a yellow fever epidemic. But the film's greatest strength is Davis, whose titanic talent has never been better displayed than in Jezebel.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• BRAND NEW REMASTER
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jeanine Basinger
• Featurette "Jezebel: Legend of the South"
• Vintage Musical Short "Melody Masters: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra"
• Classic Cartoon "Daffy Duck in Hollywood"
• Rarely-seen promo-teaser "Ramblin 'Round the Hollywood Studio with the Candid Cameraman"
• Theatrical Reissue trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature