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Jezebel (1938) Rank 5 Reviews
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Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
Max Steiner's sweeping score is similar to the more famous one he would write for Gone with the Wind the following year. Jezebel is a memorable movie that unfortunately gets too often overlooked, sitting as it does smack in the middle of the giant ...read the complete Jezebel movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
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Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
The third act of Jezebel swirls around an outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans, severely afflicting Fonda's Preston
and thus raising the stakes of competition between Davis' Julie and Preston's cultured and elegant wife Amy, played by ...read the complete Jezebel movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
A year later finds her still waiting, and Louisiana in the grips of a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. The city had ignored Fonda's suggestion that they drain the swamps, thus reducing the mosquito population that spreads the fever. No, they are ...read the complete Jezebel movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Thoughts as I watch this: Right away, quite a few black people on screen, all as servants, which for 1938 certainly means we're in the south. Bette Davis as Miss Julie simply exudes a reality of hidden agendas. When is this supposed to take place? ...read the complete Jezebel movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Jezebel's southern Civil War-era setting and its brazen female lead make it seem a lot like Gone With the Wind, but this Bette Davis Best Actress-winner can't hold a candle to the successor which would arrive the following year. Davis is the draw here, ...read the complete Jezebel movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
The Jujube Spotlight
En route to her second Oscar, Bette Davis starred in "Jezebel" as a wealthy orphan whose intractable nature destroys her hopes of happiness. In antebellum New Orleans, Davis' Julie Marsden begins as a spoiled young woman about to transfer guardianship ...read the complete Jezebel movie review at The Jujube Spotlight
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"It would have tasted more like lemonade than a mint julep without Bette Davis' fiery performance." ...read the complete Jezebel movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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