very good film from director wyler and although it be it star and bette davis and upon whom it high quality mostly rest . this be perhaps davis best performance that i have see . she play a spoiled southern belle whose fiancé ( henry fonda ) leave her after a socially embarrassing event . a he leave her and she swear that he will return and a he have in the past . and he do and one year later and with his new northern wife in tow . the film do wonder with it historical setting and new orleans a short while before the civil war . a year before go with the wind cooed over the fancy life and manner of the ante bellum south and jezebel be explore them in more detail and and with a more intelligent eye . also lurk about be the threat of yellow fever and which devastate new orleans in the 1830s and be start to grow rampant again . another thing i really like about jezebel be it end . perhaps when it be release in 1938 there would be a feeling that davis character have turn a corner and have become more selfless and but to me her motif seem awfully suspicious . that ambiguity be fascinate . along with the lead and donald crisp and george brent give fine supporting performance and and max steiner score be one of the best of it era . positive .