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Mood:
- EmotionalSentimentalTouchingAtmosphericStylizedCaptivatingTense
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsDestructive RelationshipUnfulfilled LoveMind and SoulUnfulfillmentCouplesFemme FataleComing of Age more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriodRomanceHollywood ToneMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century
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Place:
- LouisianaNew OrleansUSA
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedMasterpieceOscar WinnerPrestigious AwardsVenice Festival Winner
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Jezebel, 1938
English, French
USA
Profile of Jezebel
Jezebel can be described as emotional, sentimental, and touching. The plot revolves around unfulfilled love, a destructive relationship, and themes of unfulfillment. The main genres are drama, romance, and period. In terms of style, Jezebel has a Hollywood tone and is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Jezebel is located in New Orleans. It takes place in the 19th century. It is adapted from a play. Jezebel has received attention for being a masterpiece, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Jezebel
New Orleans, 1952. Julie Marsden (Bette Davis) and her fiancé, Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda), have a stormy relationship. He won't go with her--as promised--to collect her decorous white dress for the Olympus ball. In an act of angry defiance, she instead chooses a flamboyant red dress. Pres is dismayed and, at the ball, New Orleans's high society is outraged. Julie and Pres argue, and he leaves.
A year passes. New Orleans is stricken by yellow fever. Julie hears Pres has returned. Delighted, she throws a party. But, when Pres arrives, Amy (Margaret Lindsay) is with him, and they are married...
Details
| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 March 1938 |
| Runtime: | 104 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Julie
as Preston Dillard
as Buck Cantrell
as Amy
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