Type Feature. 1944 Directed by Vincent Sherman. Mr. Skeffington (2005) A woman dreams of a picture-perfect life but finds she's close to losing everything. Mr. Skeffington DRAMA Oscar-winners Bette Davis ("The Letter") and Claude Rains ("Casablanca") star in this drama about a flighty beauty who marries a stockbroker for convenience and … "Mr. Skeffington" is the polar opposite of feminism. Mr. Skeffington (2005) Cast and Crew. Receive $15 to Stream Movies.

Rating Info Contains mild sex and anti-Semitism references.

MR. SKEFFINGTON. Fanny's marriage plans are to preserve her family's reputation, but her machinations are rendered meaningless when her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) is killed in World War I. MR. SKEFFINGTON (1944). Running minutes 127 .

A popular and beautiful woman is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man to save her brother from an embezzlement charge. She was cast because she was a great actress. The … Release date 01/08/2005 .

Synopsis She was lucky that Mr. Skeffington was such a gentleman! The plot depends upon howshe performs with each appearance she puts on. X. Director(s) Vincent Sherman Cast includes Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, Marjorie Riordan, Robert Shayne, John Alexander, Jerome Cowan, Johnny Mitchell, Dorothy Peterson, Peter Whitney, Bill Kennedy, Tom … Mr. Skeffington (DVD) Bette Davis stars as a beautiful but vain society woman who, to pay her brother's gambling debts, marries a financier she does not love--Mr.Skeffington. The rest of the cast is stellar.At the top of the long list is the best lead actor who ever worked with Davis, Claude Rains (the title character, Mr. Job Skeffington). Starring: Walter Abel, Claude Rains, Bette Davis. Directed by: Vincent Sherman. Mr. Skeffington. Approved Running time 140m 16s . 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. It was written in 1939, and its portrayal of the role of women in that time period is nothing short of horrifying, thought it is intended to be charmingl "Mr. Skeffington" was a classic movie of Bette Davis's, so I should have known better than to read the novel it was (loosely) based on. Onward. Approx. Offers. Release dates 01/08/2005 . Rated the #24 best film of 1944, and #5056 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users). Look past the young Fanny Trellis's physical form and factor in her charm and amusing personality. ... Davis herself realized that she was "far from beautiful" when she was filming "Mr. Skeffington" but she relied on make-up, hair and costume designers to give her "the illusion of [physical] beauty." Cast; Crew; Genres: Drama, Melodrama. Drama 1944 2 hr 30 min ... (Bette Davis) appears to have her choice of men, and wealthy Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) is her pick. When you buy $30 of Monster between March-June. See Full Cast + Crew for Mr. Skeffington Features Load More Features Movie Reviews Presented by Rotten Tomatoes. Type of media Video. A woman dreams of a picture-perfect life but finds she's close to losing everything. Mr. Skeffington. The show is hers all the waythrough.