A haughty headstrong Southern Belle (Bette Davis) in Antebellum Louisiana loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride and vows to get him back.
The Turner Classic Movies Database states that the film was offered as compensation for Bette Davis after she failed to win the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Despite a radio poll showing Bette Davis the audience favorite for the role, Selznick never seriously considered her for it. Though her portrait of the malicious Mildred in Of Human Bondage (1934) had made her a star, this film garnered the Best Actress Oscar many felt she deserved then, and established her as a leading lady from that point on.
Indeed, this was a great role for Davis, and she probably would have been impressive in "Gone With the Wind". Her career as a whole is quite odd. She had a promising beginning, and then grew sort of funny-looking as she aged. And yet, she kept getting big roles (even if the movies got stranger and more horror-oriented). Davis is interesting in that way... Hollywood allegedly rejects women as they age, but Davis was embraced.
The Turner Classic Movies Database states that the film was offered as compensation for Bette Davis after she failed to win the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Despite a radio poll showing Bette Davis the audience favorite for the role, Selznick never seriously considered her for it. Though her portrait of the malicious Mildred in Of Human Bondage (1934) had made her a star, this film garnered the Best Actress Oscar many felt she deserved then, and established her as a leading lady from that point on.
Indeed, this was a great role for Davis, and she probably would have been impressive in "Gone With the Wind". Her career as a whole is quite odd. She had a promising beginning, and then grew sort of funny-looking as she aged. And yet, she kept getting big roles (even if the movies got stranger and more horror-oriented). Davis is interesting in that way... Hollywood allegedly rejects women as they age, but Davis was embraced.