Plays very much like a smaller scale, black & white precursor to Gone With the Wind, being about a spoilt southern ho who thinks she can get guys to do everything they want until they grow sick of her shit.
Performances are charming, Bette Davis is luminous.
Just a nice movie. But not a masterpiece.
7/10
Shout by Tony BatesVIP 2BlockedParent2023-07-18T22:08:41Z
Bette Davis (very good performance) plays a willful Southern belle in antebellum South who runs circles around a very miscast Henry Fonda who lacks a spine to stand up to her. While I appreciated the Davis performance, the screenplay never provided a justification for Julie's behavior and I found myself to be a little bored with the bursts of obnoxious behavior. The sideplots involving an outbreak of yellow fever and multiple duels definitely didn't add anything to it all for me.