Figlia del vento

Titolo originale: Jezebel
Regia: William Wyler |
Anno: 1938
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Romance
Tag: love of one's life | southern usa | self-destruction | new orleans, louisiana | louisiana | yellow fever | female protagonist | epidemic | pride | vanity | southern belle |
Cast: Bette Davis | Henry Fonda | George Brent | Margaret Lindsay | Donald Crisp | Fay Bainter | Richard Cromwell | Henry O'Neill | Spring Byington | John Litel | Irving Pichel | Theresa Harris | Janet Shaw | Margaret Early | Lou Payton | Gordon Oliver | Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | Matthew Beard | Georges Renavent | Mary Field | Amzie Strickland | Trevor Bardette | Al Bridge | Maurice Brierre | Jack Norton | Tony Paton | Daisy Bufford | Frederick Burton | Edward McWade | Georgia Caine | Davison Clark | Ann Codee | Frank Darien | Suzanne Dulier | Jack George | Jesse Graves | George Guhl | John Harron | Stuart Holmes | Philip Hurlic | Fred Lawrence | Sam McDaniel | Louis Mercier | George Sorel | Charles Middleton | Cliff Saum | Jacques Vanaire | Charles Wagenheim |

L'ereditiera Giulia è fidanzata con Preston, facoltoso banchiere. I due si amano, ma lei è viziata e insopportabile e lui la lascia. Torna, poco dopo, con una moglie dolcissima. Quando Preston si ammala di febbre gialla, è però Giulia a stargli vicino fino a sacrificare la vita.

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Bette Davis allegedly took 45 takes to perfect the scene where she lifts her riding skirt with her c [...] D
Director William Wyler was known for working with the script of the films he was directing, but was [...] D
The duel between Ted and Buck was against the law. Duels were outlawed in New Orleans as early as 17 [...] D
To keep from falling further behind on schedule, writer John Huston was asked to direct the duel sce [...] D
Henry Fonda finished his scenes a day before the final date stipulated in his contract. This left Be [...] D
Shooting was scheduled to end on Saturday, January 15, 1938, but Bette Davis was too ill to work. (S [...] D
Humphrey Bogart, who had just worked with William Wyler on Strada sbarrata (1937), warned Bette Davi [...] D
Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. considered replacing William Wyler with William Dieterle. When Bette [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...] D
According to Robert Osborne, Julie's red dress was actually bronze colored, because bronze showed up [...] D
Bette Davis and William Wyler embarked on an affair. Crew members often saw him leaving her dressing [...] D
Some scenes were filmed around Henry Fonda, to allow him to be with his wife as she gave birth to th [...] D
Bette Davis reprised the role of Julie in two 30-minute adaptations of the film on radio: "Academy A [...] D
Throughout filming William Wyler kept at Bette Davis to drop her nervous mannerisms, yelling at her [...] D
The red dress sequence was based on a real-life white ball in Hollywood at which all the women dutif [...] D
Following a quarrel with William Wyler, Bette Davis embarked on an affair with Henry Fonda that grea [...] D
After winning the Best Actress Oscar for this film, Bette Davis was nominated for Best Actress for t [...] D
An early 1940s "Lux Radio Theater" adaptation of the film starred Loretta Young, Jeffrey Lynn, and B [...] D
The year after this film was made, Bette Davis, George Brent, and Donald Crisp appeared in the Civil [...] D
At the time of filming director William Wyler and lead actor Henry Fonda were both ex-husbands of ac [...] D
The film's signature piece - the Olympus Ball - originally had only half a day allocated to filming [...] D
Originally a flop play on Broadway starring Bette Davis' nemesis Miriam Hopkins. Hopkins assumed she [...] D
The only film in which Bette Davis gives an acting Oscar-winning performance in a Best Picture nomin [...] D
The first ever film to have two actresses win Academy Awards for their performances: Bette Davis for [...] D
The rumors that Henry Fonda and William Wyler didn't get on were not true. While Fonda found Wyler's [...] D
On hearing that he was about to make a film with William Wyler, Humphrey Bogart (who had just made S [...] D
The birth of Henry Fonda's daughter Jane Fonda was the cause of some interruptions during filming. D
Jeffrey Lynn originally was cast in the Pres role, but the producers of the play he was appearing in [...] D
Bette Davis credited William Wyler for making her a box-office star after he directed her Oscar-winn [...] D
Bette Davis came to the realization that William Wyler was a very special director when he insisted [...] D
William Wyler never said how he felt about a take after he printed it, which drove Bette Davis mad w [...] D
For a week and a half, William Wyler couldn't shoot any close-ups of Bette Davis because a pimple on [...] D
French audiences might confuse this film (French title L'insoumise) co-starring Henry Fonda, with Be [...] D
Bette Davis' Oscar was sold at auction on July 19, 2001 at Christie's for $57,800. The buyer was Ste [...] D
Franco Corsaro, Roger Valmy, George Sorel, Vic Demourelle and Louis LaBey are in studio records/cast [...] D
Bette Davis' father died during production on New Year's Day, 1938. With the production 24 days behi [...] D
A woman selling flowers is seen just after a traditional New Orleans horse drawn hearse passes by. A [...] D
Owen Davis's play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 19 December 1933 and closed [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Bette Davis first met William Wyler in 1931 when she auditioned for a part in his film La sposa nell [...] D
In an interview with Dick Cavett in 1971, Bette Davis said her salary was $650 a week. D
This film been called a black-and-white version of Via col vento (1939), which was in its pre-produc [...] D
After an advanced screening of the film, David O. Selznick wrote to Warner complaining about the fil [...] D
Bette Davis was originally not happy at learning that William Wyler was to direct the film, as she h [...] D
Is #79 in the American Film Institute's 2002 list of the top 100 America's Greatest Love Stories mov [...] D
William Wyler was not very impressed with Margaret Lindsay. Feeling she couldn't convincingly convey [...] D
Edmund Goulding was originally slated to direct and Anita Louise was originally cast in the Margaret [...] D
The Olympus Ball scene was only a few sentences in the script, and the film's assistant director sch [...] D
William Wyler was torn between a contractual need to finish Henry Fonda's scenes by December and his [...] D
A song called "Jezebel" with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer was published to prom [...] D
In order to minimize the impact of potentially going over budget (as this film did), director Willia [...] D
Because the original Broadway production was a flop, Warner Bros. was able to buy the rights to the [...] D
The play was purchased for Bette Davis in 1937, two years before Via col vento (1939) hit the screen [...] D
At one point William Wyler had considered casting his ex-wife (and Henry Fonda's too) Margaret Sulla [...] D
Because of excessive takes for each scene by director William Wyler, the film allegedly ran 28 days [...] D
This is the film Catherine O'Hara is watching on television at the beginning of For Your Considerati [...] D
Fay Bainter became the first actor to receive nominations in the Lead and Supporting acting categori [...] D
Bette Davis cried for days after finishing, and with good reason. Not only had she finished one of t [...] D