jezebel be bette davis consolation prize for lose the scarlett ohara sweepstakes . consider the sacrifice that the title character make in this film and it be fit and proper that davis get this role because she could have have scarlett and but she wouldn not make go with the wind if it include errol flynn a rhett butler . julie marsden be a willful and and spiteful a southern belle a scarlett ohara ever could be . but scarlett would never deliberately violate the code the way julie do and wear that red dress to a cotillion . just simply not do in the best family . bette davis be julie and while she go to be marry to the very proper henry fonda and she like the idea that she can still turn the head of every young blade in new orleans . especially george brent head a the dash buck cantrell . when fonda doesn not jump at her beck and call he prefer do business to cater to her whim she decide on a daring move . this be a woman who can not stand not be the center of attention . she wear a red dress to a cotillion when polite society dictate that all the unmarried young lady wear white . when she do and new orleans society shun her as effectively a the amish can and davis retreat to her plantation upriver . fonda go north and return after a while to new orleans with margaret lindsay who he be now marry to . an insult our southern belle would not put up with . davis set in motion a string of event that result in a lot of tragedy . i have to say that just a description of the plot seem a bit ridiculous at time and but bette davis do make this whole thing quite believable . she win her second oscar for best actress in this film and a her aunt who occasionally give her a reality check every now and then fay bainter be name best support actress of 1938. fonda and brent be fine in their part and but they be in support of bette davis in a bette davis film . another performance i like be that of donald crisp a the doctor who fight a lot of prejudice and ignorance in new orleans in try to deal with yellow fever . loom over all of the film be the knowledge we have that this society will come crash down in another eight year or so in event so well tell in go with the wind . this film should be see back to back with go with the wind a a view of southern society . this be bette davis first film with director william wyler who she admire above all other director . davis be not generous with praise for colleague so any kind word towards one be really something . apparently wyler do have the magic touch in handle bette . jezebel be one of bette davis fine film and maybe not the fine and but definitely right up there . unlike davis first oscar for dangerous which she say be a consolation for not win for of human bondage and this one she be proud of . and be proud of it too .