Jezebel

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Jezebel, 1938.

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Jezebel, 1938.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Jezebel, 1938.

Robert Osborne Introduces Jezebel, 1938.

Pivotal scene, if only for the skirt-hoop, New Orleans socialite Julie (Bette Davis) interrupts fiance` Pres (Henry Fonda) at the bank, then makes a critical decision about her dress, in William Wyler's Jezebel, 1938.

Ex-beau Pres (Henry Fonda) has just returned to antebellum Louisiana, Julie (Bette Davis) not knowing he's now married to yankee Amy (Margaret Lindsay), Aunt Belle (Fay Bainter) and Buck (George Brent) in the aftermath, in William Wyler's Jezebel, 1938.

Noteworthy work by director William Wyler and cinematographer Ernest Haller, reluctant but resolute Pres (Henry Fonda) arrives at the ball with rebel fianceè Julie (Bette Davis) in her outrageous red dress, former boyfriend Buck (George Brent) taking some heat, in Jezebel, 1938.

Banker Preston (Henry Fonda) meets Aunt Belle (Fay Bainter) guardian General Bogardus (Henry O'Neill), en route to confront his rebellious fianceè Julie (Bette Davis), the Olympus ball that evening, in William Wyler's Jezebel, 1938.

New Orleans, 1852, defeated suitor Buck (George Brent), Aunt Belle (Fay Bainter) and guardian General Bogardus (Henry O'Neill) are among those waiting for Julie (Bette Davis) to arrive at her own party, Mrs. Kendrick (Spring Byington) and others aghast, early in William Wyler's Jezebel, 1938

Bette Davis received her second Academy Award portraying a fiery Southern belle in Jezebel (1938).