August 19 movie: Jezebel. The rumor is that Bette Davis did this movie about a willfull Southern Belle because she was angry about not getting the part of Scarlett O'Hara. But as Robert Osbourne pointed out, that can't be true because Jezebel was released almost a year before they started filming Gone With the Wind. In fact, he said that one reason she didn't get to play Scarlett was that she had just done such a similar character.
In any case, Jezebel is a great melodrama about a bad, bad Southern girl who causes a lot of trouble and then redeems herself with the ultimate sacrifice. Lots of ladies flouncing around in huge hoops skirts and saying "I declare!" and men drinking mint juleps and challenging each other to duels. Good fun. Afterwards I watched most of Now, Voyager which I may have mentioned is my favorite Bette Davis movie. I love TCM's "Summer under the Stars."
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