The Letter

This film (drama)Also known asJezebel，is aUnited StatesProducerwomen sex，At1938Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish, French，Current Douban rating7.3(For reference only)。

Bette Davis lost a lawsuit and returned to Warner Bros., but managed to secure some degree of casting rights. At this time, Warner assigned production responsibilities to the new director Hal Wallis, embarking on a "high-cost, high-quality" route. Under such circumstances, Bette felt right at home and quickly starred in another iconic work that won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, "The Letter": set in the Southern United States during the Civil War, it tells the story of a strong-willed beauty who, after impulsively losing her boyfriend, goes to great lengths to reclaim him, even though he is now a married man. The film received critical acclaim upon its release, a year before the landmark "Gone with the Wind." Bette collaborated with director William Wyler on three consecutive films, solidifying her status as a superstar. In fact, starting in 1937, Bette was named "box office queen" for ten consecutive years and was dubbed "First Lady of American Cinema," a distinction that is quite rare in the film industry. A close observation of Bette's on-screen persona reveals that she rarely played roles that were kind to other women; she typically engaged in conflict, resistance, and even fierce disputes, vividly illustrating the strong exclusionary nature of "same-sex repulsion." At the same time, Bette's characters also demonstrated that women could be fierce, ruthless, and aggressive, even subverting privileges traditionally seen as male, causing men to suffer losses at the hands of women; she can be considered the first interpreter of "female cinema."