Jezebel

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Jezebel is a 1938 American drama film starring Bette Davis as a headstrong Southern belle whose defiance leads to personal and social ruin.

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Jezebel canonical 11
"Jezebel" 1
Jezebel (as actor) 1

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instanceOf American drama film
film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
awardReceivedBy Bette Davis
Fay Bainter
basedOn Jezebel (play)
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Ernest Haller
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director William Wyler
distributedIn theatrical release
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Warren Low
filmFormat 35 mm
genre drama film
hasTheme female defiance and consequences
social conventions in the antebellum South
mainCharacter Julie Marsden
musicBy Max Steiner
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture
notableFor Bette Davis’s Oscar-winning performance
originalLanguage English
playwrightOfSourceWork Owen Davis
plotSummary A headstrong Southern belle’s defiance leads to personal and social ruin.
portrayedBy Bette Davis
producer Hal B. Wallis
Henry Blanke
productionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1938-03-10
releaseYear 1938
runtimeMinutes 104
screenwriter Abem Finkel
Clements Ripley
John Huston
settingLocation Louisiana
settingTimePeriod Antebellum period
surface form: antebellum South
starring Bette Davis
Donald Crisp
Fay Bainter
George Brent
Henry Fonda
John Litel
Margaret Lindsay
Richard Cromwell
Spring Byington
title Jezebel

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Bette Davis notableWork Jezebel
William Wyler directed Jezebel
Ernest Haller workedOn Jezebel
Orry-Kelly notableWork Jezebel
Fay Bainter notableWork Jezebel
Fay Bainter awardWork Jezebel
Irving Pichel notableWork Jezebel
this entity surface form: Jezebel (as actor)
Margaret Early notableWork Jezebel
Douglass Dumbrille appearedIn Jezebel
this entity surface form: "Jezebel"
George Brent notableWork Jezebel