Bette Davis Collection (BLU-RAY)

Jezebel (1938) Bette Davis may have been looked over for the role of Scarlett in "Gone With the Wind," but she won her second Oscar for this drama of a manipulative Southern belle who strings along fiancé Henry Fonda. After losing her would-be love due to her stubborn pride and vanity, she vows to take extreme measures to get him back. Based on the play by Owen Davis; George Brent and Best Supporting Actress winner Fay Bainter co-star. Dark Victory (1939) Being born to boundless privilege didn't shield socialite Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) from the shattering diagnosis of a brain tumor. After being treated by handsome surgeon Frederick Steele (George Brent), their professional relationship blossomed into something more... but fate would tragically provide other plans. Classic weepie also stars Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, and Henry Travers. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex (1939) Somewhat infamous for the contentious backstage relationship between leads Errol Flynn and Bette Davis, this lush historical drama revolves around Queen Elizabeth I's plan to give up her throne and wed the Earl of Essex. But when the queen (Davis) uncovers a treasonous plot orchestrated by Essex (Flynn), she must reluctantly order his execution. Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, and Vincent Price also star in director Michael Curtiz's adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's play. The Letter (1940) At a Malaysian rubber plantation, foreman's wife Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) shoots a respected local, claiming that she was fending off a sexual assault. Though the community accepts her story, her counsel (James Stephenson) has nagging doubts... and is faced with his own dilemma when written proof of a relationship between his client and the victim comes to light. William Wyler's taut take on the W. Somerset Maugham short story and play co-stars Herbert Marshall, Gale Sondergaard.