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Jezebel is a 1938 American romantic drama film released by Warner Bros. and directed by William Wyler. [2] It stars Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, supported by George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Richard Cromwell and Fay Bainter. The film was adapted by Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston and Robert Buckner from the 1933 play by ...
The Letter is a 1940 American crime film noir melodrama directed by William Wyler, and starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. [1] The screenplay by Howard E. Koch is based on the 1927 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham derived from his own short story.
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Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938) Fourteen actors won Oscars under Wyler's direction, including Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938) and her nomination for The Letter (1940). [79] Davis summed up their work together: "It was he who helped me to realize my full potential as an actress. I met my match in this exceptionally creative and talented director."
William Wyler circa 1945. William Wyler was a Swiss-German-American director and producer.. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished and versatile filmmakers for Classical Hollywood cinema, directing films during the silent era as well as the sound era, and in both black-and-white and technicolor film.
Bruce Davis (who is not related to Bette) and other historians take issue with Skolsky's account because the term Oscar appeared in an entertainment column for the defunct Los Angeles Post-Record ...
Bette Midler is opening up about her bittersweet encounter with her namesake, Bette Davis. “My mother named me for Bette Davis, which Bette Davis was not pleased to hear,” Midler, 78, said on ...
The Little Foxes is a 1941 American drama film directed by William Wyler.The screenplay by Lillian Hellman is based on her 1939 play The Little Foxes.Hellman's ex-husband Arthur Kober, Dorothy Parker and her husband Alan Campbell contributed additional scenes and dialogue.