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Bette Davis didn't get to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the
Wind, but she did get to play a troublesome Southern belle in
William Wyler's 1938 Jezebel. Davis's character, a coquette
fond of stirring up rivalries among the men, goes too far and loses
her fiancé (Henry Fonda), but she finds atonement when she
cares for him during illness. This handsome melodrama by Wyler (who
later directed Davis in The Little Foxes)
is fully absorbing (John Huston contributed to the script), and
Davis's carefully constructed performance does make one draw instant
comparisons with Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind. The DVD
release has the theatrical trailer, closed captioning, optional
Spanish soundtrack, and optional subtitles in English, Spanish, and
French. --Tom Keogh
