The Unsinkable Bette Davis - Documentary 1963 1937–1941: Success with Warner Bros. The same year, she starred with Humphrey Bogart in Marked Woman (1937), a contemporary gangster drama inspired by the case of Lucky Luciano, a film regarded as one of the most important in her early career. She was awarded the Volpi Cup at the 1937 Venice Film Festival for her performance. Davis's portrayal of a strong-willed 1850s Southern belle in Jezebel (1938) won her a second Academy Award for Best Actress, a