What is Jezebel (1938 movie)?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Henry Fonda and Bette Davis in Jezebel trailer.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Henry Fonda]] and [[Bette Davis]] in ''Jezebel'']] '''''Jezebel''''' is a [[1938]] [[United States|American]] [[drama movie]]. It stars [[Bette Davis]] and [[Henry Fonda]]. It was directed by [[William Wyler]]. The movie was based on a play by Owen Davis, Sr. Bette Davis won the Best Actress [[Academy Award]] for her performance. The movie was selected for preservation in the [[United States National Film Registry]] in 2009. The movie is set in [[Louisiana]] before the [[American Civil War]]. The story is about a headstrong young woman. She makes a social blunder that costs her the love of her fiancé. She finds redemption in nursing him during a [[yellow fever]] [[epidemic]]. == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline|Jezebel (film)}} * {{imdb title|0030287|Jezebel}} * [http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/film/e00114/jezebel_e00114.htm Jezebel review and information in cosmopolis.ch] {{Women's Movies}} {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jezebel (1938 movie)}} [[Category:1938 drama movies]] [[Category:1930s American drama movies]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Louisiana]] [[Category:United States National Film Registry movies]] [[Category:Women's movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by William Wyler]]