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Synopsis: Set in antebellum New Orleans during the early 1850's, this film follows Julie Marsden through her quest for social redemption on her own terms. Julie is a beautiful and free spirited, rapacious Southern belle who is sure of herself and controlling of her fiancé Preston Dillard, a successful young banker. Julie's sensitive but domineering personality--she does not want so much to hurt as to assert her independence--forces a wedge between Preston and herself. To win him back, she plays North against South amid a deadly epidemic of yellow fever which claims a surprising victim.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): William Wyler
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
APPROVED
Year:
1938
104 min
1,013 Views


Well, then you just plain

bite him back.

- Good evening, Uncle Cato.

- Praise be, Miss Julie.

- Miss Belle's been nigh on to a fit.

- I know, I'm late.

Miss Julie, I done laid out

your party dress.

Thanks. No time.

Got to go in to my guests.

- Miss Julie, in them horse clothes?

- They won't mind.

Good evening, everybody.

Terribly sorry to be late.

I had trouble with the colt.

- Hello, dumpling.

- Julie, your riding habit.

No time to change, darling. Stephanie.

- I think it looks lovely.

- Thank you, honey.

- How are you, Ted?

- Fine as frog's hair.

Good evening. Good evening.

How do you do?

So sorry, but when a colt

gets high-headed...

...teach him his manners

or ruin him.

- Yes, that's so important, isn't it?

- Hello, Molly. Excuse me, will you?

I declare. I hope I'm broad-minded,

but I must say...

I know what Stephanie would get

if she did such a thing, big as she is.

I always say, "Spare the rod

and you spoil the child."

It sounds so thrilling, darling,

living way up North in New York.

Julie, I wish you and Pres

all the happiness...

...the best of health...

- And the most of prosperity.

Sherry, ma'am?

You said the very same thing

the last time Pres and I were engaged.

We'll keep right on saying it

until you finally get married.

My dear, the toddies

are for the gentlemen.

- Whiskey, Uncle Billy?

- Yes, ma'am.

- The very best of Bourbon.

- That's fine.

To the very good health

of the future Mrs. Dillard.

Buck.

Aren't you gonna wish me

happiness too?

What's the use? You won't get it

marrying a trader and going up North.

Pres is a banker, not a trader.

I'll thank you to remember that.

I keep forgetting there's a difference.

But you won't like it in the North,

Miss Julie, tell you what.

- I'll be happy anywhere Pres is.

- You won't like it at the North.

You know those little old white beans?

Horse-feed beans?

You know what they

do with them in Boston?

They eat them. Ladies and gentlemen

eat them, what I hear.

- Buck, you're...

- My dear.

Isn't Preston Dillard

ever going to arrive?

I'm sorry, Mrs. Kendrick,

I tried to persuade him...

...but he found it important

to meet with the directors of his bank.

Of course.

"Business before pleasure," I always say.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I give you a toast.

To the firm of Dillard and Sons,

a venerable institution...

...a financial colossus

with branches in New York...

...Boston, London and Paris.

I guess the one railroad we got

is not enough, huh?

Let's see what it does

before we finance another.

It's losing money by the fistful,

that's what.

Steam cars. Ten million dollars

to mess with another railroad.

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Clements Ripley

Clements Ripley (August 26, 1892 – July 22, 1954) was an American fiction writer and screenwriter. more…

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