let put the best feature forward . jezebel be a superbly act film and well direct . both bette davis and fay bainter deserve their oscar for their performance in the film . davis julie have a remarkably blind spot about how far womens right have go in the age of millard fillmore and for it be only four year since the first womens suffrage conference be hold in new york state . the most noted woman of 1853 be probably george sand the novelist and but people thought of her a the lover of chopin . henry fonda pres be a man of dignity and one who will not let anyone make a fool of him . george brent a buck represent a final flowering of the old south aristocracy and even chivalry ( and again demonstrate that brent could act note the heavy restraint when he confront richard cromwell ted toward the end of the film ) . donald crisp have a great moment tell off the coward in the saloon in new orleans who would not assist him with a prominent patient . william wyler do do a first rate job of direct a in what be an early highpoint of the film represent pres teach davis julie a lesson by humiliate her at the nimbus ball for wear a scarlet dress . that say and why be jezebel a less film than go with the wind . jezebel be a film about a willful and spoil southern belle name julie and and how her selfishness hurt many of the people in her life . it be a great part for davis ( and probably would have be just as good for miriam hopkins and the one who play the role on stage ) . but it be not grand enough . maybe if it concentrate on the yellow fever epidemic it could have be ( but then and the 1938 audience have also see mgm yellow jack and and be aware of how to tell the story of that scourge ) . go with the wind have a willful and spoiled heroine too and name scarlet ohara and and play by vivienne leigh . but while she too be at the center of the story and the story be epic in describe the civil war affect on atlanta and georgia and and the slow reconstruction of the economy there in the late 1860s and 1870s . a a result there be more meat in go with the wind ( compare fonda genteel banker pres with the rough and ready rhett butler of clark gable and you can see what i be talk of ) . this do not diminish jezebel a entertainment and even if one dislike the stereotype of african american a incredibly loyal slave . i somehow think the average slave in louisiana in 1853 would have look to their own safety in such epidemic and be rather neutral about the number of caucasian american who be carry off by the disease . but then stereotype abound in go with the wind ( to it detriment ) . but there be no character like mammy ( hattie macdaniel ) in jezebel and to steal the picture from the star . actually and despite her be show to be simple mind and butterfly mcqueen prissy be also more memorable than her equivalent in jezebel . in the end and what can be say of jezebel . an entertaining film that be well make and act . a little out of date due to stereotype of slave . but it overall significance . it answer the question and which be the good of the two movie that bette davis win the academy award for in the 1930s . ( the other one be the now forget dangerous ) .