Mr. Skeffington

1944

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

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50%

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80%

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Whose face ravaged, grotesque is in the mirror? Surely it's not that of Fanny Skeffington, the prettiest woman in New York. Fanny always used her beauty to manipulate her way through life. She's encouraged dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. But now diphtheria has robbed her of her only attribute. And without her looks, she's lost. Bette Davis earned her eighth Best Actress Oscar nomination portraying Fanny.

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Cast

Bette Davis
as Fanny Trellis
Claude Rains
as Job Skeffington
Walter Abel
as George Trellis
George Coulouris
as Dr. Byles
Richard Waring
as Trippy Trellis
Marjorie Riordan
as Young Fanny
Johnny Mitchell
as Johnny Mitchell
Robert Shayne
as MacMahon
John Alexander
as Jim Conderley
Jerome Cowan
as Edward Morrison
Charles Drake
as Johnny Mitchell
Dorothy Peterson
as Manby
Peter Whitney
as Chester Forbish
Bill Kennedy
as Thatcher
Tom Stevenson
as Rev. Hyslup
Halliwell Hobbes
as Soames, Fanny's 1st Butler
Walter Kingsford
as Dr. Melton
Gigi Perreau
as Young Fanny at Age 25
Bunny Sunshine
as Young Fanny at 5
Dolores Gray
as Singer
Molly Lamont
as Miss Morris, Secretary
Sylvia Arslan
as Young Fanny at Age 10
Harry C. Bradley
as The Rector
Creighton Hale
as Casey, Employee
Ann Doran
as Marie, Nursemaid
Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Newton
Lelah Tyler
as Mrs. Forbish
Mary Field
as Mrs. Hyslup
Regina Wallace
as Mrs. Conderly
Bess Flowers
as Mrs. Thatcher
Edward Fielding
as Justice of the Peace
Vera Lewis
as Justice's Wife
Erskine Sanford
as Dr. Fawcette
Cyril Ring
as Perry Lanks
Crane Whitley
as Louie, Speakeasy Owner
Matt McHugh
as Drunk
Will Stanton
as Drunk
Sol (Saul) Gorss
as Plainclothesman
Ann Codee
as French Modiste
Jack George
as Henri
Dagmar Oakland
as Woman
William Forrest
as Clinton, Fanny's 2nd Butler
John Vosper
as Artist
Janet Barrett
as Witness
Frances Sage
as Skeffington's First Secretary
Minerva Urecal
as Woman in Beauty Shop
Joe Devlin
as Boat Employee
Richard Erdman
as Western Union Boy
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Critic Reviews for Mr. Skeffington

All Critics (6)

A squishy tearjerker melodrama that questions how to handle life when beauty fades, for someone who vainly lived for her beauty.

Oct 15, 2010 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

On target Warner super soaper features standouts Bette Davis and Claude Rains.

Mar 16, 2009 | Rating: 5/5
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Largely forgotten and for good reason, interesting now as a mile-marker on Davis' lonesome road to irrelevance.

Jul 25, 2007 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…
Film Freak Central

Sherman conduz bem a narrativa, que abrange três décadas das vidas de seus personagens, e é auxiliado na tarefa por excelentes atuações de Davis, Abel e Rains.

Apr 24, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
Cinema em Cena

This is a star vehicle in extremis.

Jun 7, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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Audience Reviews for Mr. Skeffington

½

Davis is absolutely outstanding in her Oscar-nominated performance - as well as Rains, who was also nominated -, and the most remarkable in this excellent film is Sherman's amazing direction as he fluidly conducts us through more than twenty years of his characters' lives.

Carlos Magalhães
Carlos Magalhães

Super Reviewer

A wonderful showcase for the talents of Bette Davis and yet another opportunity for her to play a most distasteful character.

Randy Tippy
Randy Tippy

Super Reviewer

½

bette davis is a wide eyed, breathy caricature of herself but claude rains is outstanding as the husband she doesn't love

Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas

Super Reviewer

½

i didn't even know this one was out there, but absolutely loved it when i first saw it. one of the great "undiscovered" films with one of the most underappreciated actors in film history, senor mister rains.

Kevin M. Williams
Kevin M. Williams

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