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Mr. Skeffington

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Mr. Skeffington
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NR,2hrs 27min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1944
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel  ...more
Synopsis: From a novel of the same name by "Elizabeth", the film begins in 1914, with Bette Davis cast as vain, flighty society woman Fanny Trellis. Informed by Jewish-American financier Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) that her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) has stolen money to pay his gambling debts, Fanny marries Job, securing his promise that he won't prosecute her thieving sibling. Angered by Fanny's agreeing to this loveless union, Trippy runs off to join the army, and is killed during World War I. Fanny ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Scripted by Philip Epstein and Julius Epstein form the novel by "Elizabeth", Bette Davis ages from beautiful New York coquette to a ravaged and chastened 50-year-old in the epic melodrama Mr. Skeffington (1944). Fearless about playing unlikable leads, Davis's Fanny Trellis Skeffington is an unstinting narcissist who cares only about the validation of her beauty by increasingly younger men. Photographed ... Full Review
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Bette Davis
"Fanny" Beatrice Trellis Skeffington
Claude Rains
Job Skeffington
Walter Abel
George Trellis
Richard Waring
Trippy Trellis
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