Bette Davis in 'Jezebel' (1938)

[@juliarobertchewza]

Why did they say Bette Davis wasnt pretty? Ithink she is very pretty!!

[@vintageman91]

She was very good looking in the early 30s-early 50s

[@jannamebaotocuaruneterra6211]

Well, all beautiful actresses was from MGM 🥴💁 They always play good girl characters 😒 They was scared of playing bad characters, it could affect their reputation 💁 But Bette was the exception! And she came from WB 💁

[@notthefather3919]

She was what Tyra Banks would call "model pretty".

[@guileniam]

She was, she just wasn't the sex bomb fap fantasies the others were. Compared to people on the street she was very good looking

[@cloudburstlia456]

They said the same thing about Judy Garland I’ll never understand 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ they’re both very unique and pretty imo

[@johnn.5033]

It's honestly kind of insane to see some movies from the early 30s and then flash forward to the kind of acting that Henry Fonda and Bette Davis were exhibiting in this scene. The actors of Classic Hollywood were incredible pioneers that moved the art of acting so far forward in a blink of an eye.

[@rhymeandreasoning]

The make up artists way back when were amazing. Her eyebrows are perfection.

[@jackjules7552]

I'm shocked to see that Bette Davis actually looked and sounded young at one time! I've only seen the movies where she was playing an old and wicked hag.

[@Cutiecomfy]

Bette is hands down THE BEST ACTRESS ever been born period. She looks gorgeous here too.

[@markrichards6863]

I agree but Barbara Stanwyck would give her a run for her money.

[@paulfraccalvieri903]

@@markrichards6863 Yes, Stanwyck imho was the most versatile actress of that era.

[@displaystortford]

How fabulous was Bette Davis, just love her films. Her and Marilyn Monroe, just make the screen glow.

[@peterpiper7441]

'Her' makes the screen glow?

[@plsspayorneuter]

@@peterpiper7441 The meaning is clear and it's a positive sentiment. I see only one of those traits in your reply, Peter Piper.

[@xihai5315]

Her acting is beyond description

[@hannahdeforest9148]

I always liked Henry Fonda as an actor, but I almost never looked at him when watching this scene. Bette Davis was a marvel!

[@jackanthony976]

Of course you did not look at Henry Fonda during this scene...If Bette knew nothing else she knew how to steal a scene!!

[@Jardinier2023]

This is where Bette became a box office star under Wylers hands. He subdued all her crazy mannerisms thankfully. She is lovely in this film..and that movie poster is incredible that would be a collectors item..wish they made posters like that again

[@billhilton3265]

Another great performance by Ms Davis. The embodiment of a spoiled southern belle . All fire and music

[@mka1967]

That look Davis gives at the end of this scene is chilling....says everything the character is thinking....Brilliant.

[@ProfessorSnape22]

That that scorpio rising in her . Her rising sign is that. Very seductive

[@pnavrrha]

@@ProfessorSnape22 you can't possibly be serious who tf still believes in the sign crap?

[@ProfessorSnape22]

@@pnavrrha hmm like many others out there like myself who still do . Just cause you dont understand it dont mean it dont mean nothing

[@pnavrrha]

@@ProfessorSnape22 Bro it's not about understanding it there's nothing to understand. There are millions of arieses with scorpio rising who are literal opposites of each other. You're not believing in it because it's true, you're making it true because you believe in it.

[@ProfessorSnape22]

@@pnavrrha idk wtf you saying sounds like shit to me no one says anyone is the same everyone is diffrent in there zodiac signs such as suns and moons and rising , whole diffrent placements. Maybe this is a sign of you needing to refrain from this topic

[@crees1445]

Its interesting to see how Bette Davis would have played Scarlett O'Hara if she had been cast in the role, as so many of Gone With The Wind's readers originally wanted her to be. Of course, with hindsight, Vivien Leigh was perfect but, here, Bette is very close to the character in the novel.

[@jmo5037]

She didnt even have a chance while I think she was better than all those girls who were testing for the role.

[@SoshoreRN]

It's rumoured Warner Bros were trying to secure that role for her, but she had at that time walked out on her contract because she wasn't getting good roles.

[@DebyAdairUnicornKisses]

Not her role. Vivien Leigh was perfect for it. Bette was better at other things.

[@cards0486]

C Rees I’ve seen all the documentaries and specials on GWTW. I’m obsessed with everything about the film. I’ve got the Special Anniversary (I forget which year it was) DVD box, with everything on the Bonus DVDs, including the screen tests of the actresses that were already stars. Bette was great (how could she NOT be?); but Vivien Leigh was the right choice for Scarlett. What I’ve always loved was JEZEBEL was made and released a year before GWTW. And Bette Davis got her Oscar.

[@markrichards6863]

I think Gone With The Wind is one of the most overrated films if all time. The acting was hammy and melodramatic, and the plot was overshadowed by the production. Scarlett's clothes handed in a better performance than her character. I know many will disagree with me. My fiancee out in on one night and I was screaming for the Yankees to burn Atlanta 10 minutes into the film. Bette Davis on the other hand was flawless in Jezebel

[@jimcadena8533]

Wyler got the best out of Davis in this film. She really delves into this character and her playing is more honest than some of her later films that are more mannered.

[@tiffythekewlchick3457]

Wyler also wanted to marry her but she felt that if she did it would affect her career and the magic they made with movies.

[@duskymoor9]

Is it me or am I the only one who thinks young Bette Davis and young Uma Thurman are almost carbon copies of one another..except Uma being the taller of the two naturally.

[@dylanbonnar]

+Dusky Moor DuskyMoor When Uma was younger, she was a carbon copy of the young Marlene Dietrich.

[@cabaleroinusa]

+Dusky Moor DuskyMoor I was thinking the same thing.

[@Mariathinking]

Add a dash of Amanda Seyfried

[@Dethmeister]

Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon and Dakota Fanning.

[@majatadic9241]

OMG, you're mind reader!!! I just think the same! The resemblance is striking!

[@kKkk-bi1ed]

I am glad to have stumbled upon such an iconic figure. It's something new for me to be delving into this area of old films, and I look forward to future discoveries. My impression on Bette Davis so far makes me admire and look up to her greatly.

[@guyNbluejeans]

She's got Betty Davis eyes.

[@MarkO-0520]

True

[@KingsDaughter1958]

Bette not Betty

[@phildodo7236]

im here because the song

Bette was awesome as Julie Marsdon such a beautiful women.

[@mumble.jumbles]

How did people think she wasn't pretty?

[@tonynegron1927]

☆ She wasn't,but she's was pretty in this movie. She's my favorite from the Golden age of Hollywood. Those big eyes of hers. 🚬 👄 👀 BD 1908-1989

[@susanb2015]

She was very pretty when she was young.

[@osimeon00]

She was pretty but not Greta Garbo pretty. The standards were ridiculously high then.

[@jsharkee]

@@osimeon00 dont know about standards as I never found Marlene Dietrich pretty but she was one of the super stars

[@terry4137]

osimeon00, I thought Bette was better looking than Greta she looked too mannish! The other, the blonde Marlyn was no beauty! Bette was a beauty when young!!

[@annew441]

I love Bette Davis movies she's definitely one of my favourites 😊

[@peterpiper7441]

Why do we still have to pay to see this film 80 years after it was made? Everyone who made the film is dead and obviously doesn't need the royalties any more.

[@ThatWeirdPlaceInYT]

I just watched it for free. You just have to google it, preferably when you Google search only for video results.

[@cynthiapowers3469]

@@ThatWeirdPlaceInYT why lie?

[@ThatWeirdPlaceInYT]

@@cynthiapowers3469 why do you care. I can't post links, if I do it's spam. If I tell people to google it, I'm a liar. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't 🙄. Why don't you go eat your words and Search online for "Jezebel 1938 full film ok.ru" and the movie is....gasp online for FREE.

[@ThatWeirdPlaceInYT]

@Aifric Brennan try this. Otherwise, it could be a country thing. m.ok.ru/video/294656871054

[@johnderham2829]

It's to do with Warner Brothers

[@ididitmyway6552]

Beautiful, Bette Davis. One of my favorite actresses of her era & beyond. Belated Happy Birthday 🎂to the wonderful & brilliant actress Bette Davis...... 🤍❣🤍

[@ladyred8948]

I love all of her movies...One of the greatest actresses that ever lived

[@zakkxx1]

I'm sorry but she was beautiful!!!! who said she wasn't also known for her beauty? of course her talent outshined everything else

[@kalevala29]

William Wyler was responsible for making her a better actress. Davis even said so herself.

[@cate4310]

Hi Tan- Thank you for this piece of the movie. What a classic movie Jezebel is. Bette Davis was a great actress. However, she is my favorite actress of all time. I have every one of her movies, and I have a copy of the video of the night she appeared on Johnny Carson, decades ago, now that is a classic. She did not like appearing on talk shows, but agreed to be on the JC show. She was somewhat of a recluse.

[@Rodrigo-wc6iy]

best actress in the history of Hollywood

[@paulfraccalvieri903]

I think Barbara Stanwyck, imho, is just as excellent, and more versatile.

[@RosieHarp]

I adore her 💕 My favourite actress of all time

[@RosieHarp]

Henry Fonda is very handsome in this film

[@montyduskin4610]

ALL THIS HEARTBREAK AND SADNESS ALL BECAUSE OF SOCIETY RULES OVER A DRESS !!

[@MrJpm1989]

I cant believe just how beautiful Bette Davis is I tell you I am like in love with this lady wow . Its amazing just how hot she was blows my mind.

[@thekidbizarre]

Haha you haven't seen much girls nowadays have you?

[@MrJpm1989]

She was off the chain so many years ago man

[@MrJpm1989]

In her early movies shit 10 out of 10

[@peterpiper7441]

Dude, you should travel back to the year 1938 and marry her.

[@ProfessorSnape22]

@@peterpiper7441 lol

[@AppreciateMuch]

Bette Davis is always awesome

[@mattwc4394]

Her face in the last seconds of this clip. Magic.

[@NoirFan84]

My favourite Betty Davis role & performance, likewise Roman Holiday was my favourite Audrey Hepburn role & The Heiress my favourite of de Havilland's. Nobody made bittersweet romantic dramas as well as William Wyler.

[@ЛесяЛат]

Мои любимые актёры, которыми восхищаюсь, Бетт Дэвис и Генри Фонда . Великие! Фильм Иезавель смотрела много лет назад. Вот были же актёры, режиссёры, фильмы, настоящие, которые сделали славу Голливуду! Теперь, извините, смотреть не на что и не на кого, понимаю, что зритель другой и фильмы должны быть кассовыми ,но они не представляют никакой ценности. За редким исключением. Так жаль!

[@rees276]

This film was Bette's consolation prize for not being cast as Scarlett O'Hara, and this scene proves that she would have been perfect in Gone with the Wind. Henry Fonda would've made a much better Ashley Wilkes than the older, less pretty Howard.

[@nauort23]

No one in the world is a bigger Bette Davis fan than I am, but we'll have to agree to disagree on casting her as Scarlett. As for Henry Fonda... He may have been "more pretty" than Howard, but he couldn't do a Southern accent if Mammy sat on his face for a year. His performance here is painful to listen to.

[@ohlawd4455]

Im sorry.... Bette Davis is not right for Miss Scarlet. No one but Vivien Leigh (across time and space).... she could had pulled Belle Watling... perhaps....

[@roter13]

+Zanzibar66 there is no way that bette would have done a better job than vivien leigh

[@CeeLiberty]

Only Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. I simply can't see Clark Gable running after Bette for 12 years. However...I would have liked to have seen anyone but Howard as Ashley. He did the job well enough but wrong casting.

[@marysepradet6515]

I don't agree with you , Leslie Howard was perfect for this role

[@Red_Rebel]

Her accent here was so natural! What a talent, what a beauty.

[@a.s.alfred9975]

Bette Davis is the godmother of all the female negative lead roles of the entire cinematic history.

[@titania145]

I grew up in an area where girls or women couldn't wear red dresses ....then my father went to NY and brought apple red dresses for us girls 👍😱 🍎💃🍎💃 We scandalized the next yatch club dinner & dance 👍😂🥰😂🥰😂 of course I am old now, but. Thanks dad ❣️🛐❣️

[@roberttrepagnier9149]

Another superb performance by Miss Davis

[@Emacosa]

Who said BETTE DAVIS🩷💞🐦‍⬛🌷 wasn't pretty is a complete Ass! Absolute nonsense! That Lady was STUNNING! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL ! Her Voice was STUNNING too! FIRST CLASS!!

[@vereda61]

"Oh Preston, you forgot your stick!" Hahahahahahahaaa

[@faithgeiger1444]

Betty Davis I love you........

[@leroymccoy9008]

0:19 apparently in one of the takes she smacked herself so hard with the brush that she bruised her face, and required a few days off for it to heal. 😂

[@lala-gj4oo]

bette was so lovely in this movie.

[@gothiccowgirl07]

What's with all of the political conversation? I'll be a part of the small group that takes a different course, and say that I think Bette Davis was an amazing actress. Whether she really was abusive to her children or not, I can't deny that she had talent. And she was absolutely stunning.

[@jackanthony976]

No one ever wrote or said that Bette Davis was abusive to her children. You must thinking of Joan Crawford and the book written by her daughter Christina Crawford. Bette's daughter admitted that she was treated well by Bette during her childhood, and whatever problems she had with her mother Bette did not start until she was an adult.

[@kawelapringle5713]

The movie queen Ms. Bette Davis!!!

[@taylorharris1796]

FUN FACT: This movie was released in 1938 which is a year earlier than GWTW in 1939. Betty was asked to do an audition for the part of Scarlet a year after this film but it was Betty who declined because she felt that she had already played that antebellum role and didn't want to be type cast for GWTW. I feel that parts of this film were used as a reference for Scarletts character not the other way around.

[@Libruhh]

Taylor Harris GWTW was already in production when this movie was released. It’s clearly a vehicle for Bette to show her chops if she had been given the role of Scarlett. She even wrote in her memoir about how furious she was that she was never seriously considered for the role. While Bette deserves recognition for her talent in Jezebel, it was definitely influence heavily by GWTW, not the other way around.

[@mark5ization]

If I were Henry Fonda's character, I'd have suggested either white or blue for her dress.

[@rumorady-4566]

Henry fonda was the guy Henry fonda? In this movie?

[@cleberrobertomourabenincas879]

Entre todas as atrizes citadas e ainda muito mais outras....... Olivia De Havilland Katherine Hapburn Vivien Leigh Grace Kelly Ava Gardner Meryl Streep Bárbara Stanwick Claudette Colbert Rita Hayworth Marlene Dietrich Greta Garbo Miriam Hopkins Anne Bancroft Joan Fontaine Para mim, Bette Davis e a rainha 👑 do cinema.

[@sadiaafrin2700]

Who says that? She is the most beautiful actress I have seen in my whole life

[@rumorady-4566]

Wow how beautiful a young bette davis looked ..i got to see that whole movie. Didn't she win an oscar for that. That was some mighty fine acting May she rest in peace.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@BitchErica1 "Over the top" is WHY Bette is so good ! Guaranteed to pull no punches, take no prisoners, play every scene to its utmost hilt . . . and then some !

[@trixiedelite2017]

Olden Days are not Forgotten ---------

[@jonathanwhittaker677]

Her performance in dark victory moves me every time....she was and always will be a great!!👏

[@Mojosbigstick]

wonderful

[@bytheway1031]

Happy Birthday Bette Davis 🎂🎥 04-05-2022

[@x77punk77x]

Wonderful scene & performance by Bette.

[@JamesBond-fg6bt]

3:16 now that's DISCIPLINE

[@vnach299]

Her acting in Jezebel was a looooot better than All About Eve’s, definitely.

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

I like both acting, much better than Dangerous

[@williamneely8366]

Cy esse says that woman had the most compelling eyes in Hollywood

[@rfuriati]

Linda y Gran Actriz 🎭 desde Jovencita

[@kellykitkat40]

So, that is where Anthony Hopkins got the voice of Dr. Hannibal Lecter - from Betty Davis. Baa! Baa! Beware the false shepherd.

[@johnderham2829]

It's Bette pronounce Betty. It took her 15 years to get people to say it the way she wanted it said

[@lisagrace4355]

Betty Davis is beautiful in this movie

[@guilloki]

Wonderful woman !!

[@lacouerfairy]

Oh Julie was so intolerable. Served her right that Preston moved on. Love this movie though.

[@graphiquejack]

lacouerfairy well, she was a free spirit and didn’t believe that women were supposed to be doormats to men. The idea that he ‘should’ have taken a stick to her is pretty primitive, but this was the Old South of slavery days, so clearly men didn’t think much of women but as bedmates and property

[@abusabah6615]

bette davis eyes !!!

[@LaughingSaint66]

Wow Henry Fonda is young !

[@johnderham2829]

I love the young Bette Davis well earnt oscar

[@sclogse1]

Funny, after reading all about this in William Wyler's bio, and all those takes...you'd think they'd have the right continuity with the cane...she sees it aiming at her at waist level when she opens the door, and then when it cuts back to inside looking out the door, the cane is back standing at his side. And that's a pretty sexual reference they got away with....

[@awcoman]

👌 just came here from a chapter on WB in Genius of the System, had the exact same thoughts!!

[@MsAldil]

I'm sorry, I don't get the reference. Can you please explain?

[@paquiromero3351]

Podeis bajar la pelicula entera en español ho donde poder verla.Gracias, soy amante de estas obras de arte

[@darlamae9876]

She reminds me of a young Drew Barrymore

[@oxfordpictionary]

it's really interesting; she really wanted the role of scarlett o'hara, apparently, and this role was partly given to her to appease her for not getting it. this movie tried to steal GWTW's thunder. didn't really work, though. bette davis is awesome in this, but i don't believe she would have been good as scarlett. this role she has made her own though.

[@taylorharris1796]

oxford pictionary You are wrong in your info. This movie was released in 1938 which is a year earlier than GWTW in 1939. Betty was asked to do audition for the part of scarlet a year after this film but it was Betty who declined because she felt that she had already played that antebellum role and didn't want to be type cast for GWTW. I feel that parts of this film were used as a reference for Scarletts character not the other way around.

[@wmomente]

Seamless - acting- actors - dialogue - direction.

[@mindspring57]

@blackiemittens I agree!

[@mindspring57]

@lorrainewands He doesn't actually say what he was going to use it for!

[@markallen843]

Someone please explain the focus on his walking stick. I don't get it

[@geoffreybreyley9272]

In the excitement of the moment Julie responds warmly toward Pres. The sight of the cane indicates that he intends to dominate her, and this snaps her back to reality. Then, she proceeds with the spiteful scheme involving the red dress. Justifiably so.

[@CC-ox9uc]

She’s Beautiful 🤩

[@shellybaby5th]

It's like comparing Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren. Both women are exceptionally attractive. Gladiola to gardenia.

[@ailtonsilva6075]

maravilhosa, Amo a senhora Davis

[@mindspring57]

@evry190 Probably you are right. To think that, in the antebellum South, he might have gotten away with it, is one of the frightening things to contemplate about that society.

[@Gargoyle786]

no one quite uses 'scandalize' in this delightful fashion anymore...

[@gvbrandolini]

Brava

[@aprilcarter7089]

Gorgeous

[@marienoreene]

love it!!!!

[@fitzpatric12]

for fuck sake!! she was so beautiful!!..and what an actress!!!

[@megaswenson]

I love those brocade-covered pilasters in the hall. And I just realized why Jezebel just HAD to wear that dress. She's a SPANK FREAK! She was tryin' to get another whippin' with that ridin' crop.

[@andrewbrendan1579]

To the left of Julie's bed there's a portrait of a woman who appears to be from the Tudor period, maybe Anne Boleyn? If the identity of the woman in the portrait is known, I suspect she's there for a reason; some kind of symbolism or foreshadowing.

[@lyannawinter405]

Wow, thank got we don't have these kind of relationships anymore.

[@rondajones1864]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Jezebel!!!!

[@bar-1studios]

Ayo that camera angle at 0:48 ...

[@johanericsson2403]

How much do we want this bedroom?

[@Mradford9898]

“So you did” 😂😂

[@alexandrapetropulos8650]

I hope she got to wear that red dress.

[@fanorama1]

oh she did. watch the movie.

[@amyclarke41]

to be honest on reflection it was more exciting that he didn't approve the film will be 5 mins😁

[@jazzym.ganelo8808]

Betty Davis looks like Madonna in her era. How could someone says shes not beautiful?

[@Gemini530]

She actually looks more like Uma Thurman

[@juliadawnyel3648]

Where can you see full movie

[@Dethmeister]

Does he really hit her with that cane?

[@CathyKitson]

No. Later in the film she hits HIM because he dumps her. But the way she keeps looking at that stick does make you wonder.

[@delinellychan]

He speaks like Charlton Heston 1:47

[@paquiromero3351]

Como ver Jezebel una ggran pelicula

[@oxfordpictionary]

i think you missed the original poster's point.

[@dorinavamuel7505]

Creo que era Bette Davis quien dijo aquella frase "cuando hago de buena, soy muy buena, pero cuando hago de mala, soy mejor"

[@mindspring57]

@macksfischer I guess that's true.