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Mr. Skeffington (1944)

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Overview

Director:
Vincent Sherman
Writers:
Elizabeth von Arnim (novel)
Julius J. Epstein (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 May 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge and predictable complications result. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Elizabeth's novel comes to the screen more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bette Davis ... Fanny Trellis

Claude Rains ... Job Skeffington
Walter Abel ... George Trellis
George Coulouris ... Doctor Byles
Richard Waring ... Trippy Trellis
Marjorie Riordan ... Frances Rachel Trellis aka Young Fanny
Robert Shayne ... MacMahon
John Alexander ... Jim Conderley
Jerome Cowan ... Edward Morrison
Johnny Mitchell ... Johnny Mitchell
Dorothy Peterson ... Manby
Peter Whitney ... Chester Forbish
Bill Kennedy ... Bill Thatcher
Tom Stevenson ... Reverend Miles Hyslup
Halliwell Hobbes ... Soames, first butler to Fanny
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Additional Details

Runtime:
145 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Spain:7 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | UK:U (re-rating) (2005) | UK:A (original rating)
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Trivia:
Bette Davis was not the first choice for the role of Fanny. The part was first offered first to Merle Oberon and then to Hedy Lamarr who both turned it down. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Job trips and falls, he drops his cane down by his feet. When he retrieves the cane, it is six paces forward to pick it up. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jim Conderley: Good evening, Soames!
Soames: Good evening, Mr. Conderley.
Jim Conderley: Afraid I'm a little early, aren't I?
Soames: Miss Trellis wasn't expecting anyone till 8 o'clock.
Jim Conderley: Well, I thought I'd come a little ahead of time; have a little chat with Miss Fanny.
Soames: Sorry, sir; she's still dressing.
Jim Conderley: All right, I'll wait.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "M*A*S*H: It Happened One Night (#4.3)" (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Someone to Watch Over Me more

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11 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
Elizabeth's novel comes to the screen, 25 November 2004
Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

'Mr Skeffington', by Elizabeth, came to the screen in 1944 with Claude Rains in the title role, Bette Davis as Fanny, Richard Waring as Trippy, Jerome Cowan as Edward, and others.

An absorbing and entertaining novel could only be buoyed up by the playing of Bette Davis as the self-absorbed Miss Trellis, who has no knowledge of the real world as it affects her friends and her family. Trippy's money problems mean as little to her as the attentions of her tribe of young men. Fanny losing her beauty would be her greatest calamity ...

As Job Skeffington, Trippy's understanding boss, Claude Rains adds a touch of dryness and dignity to the role. The teaming between Rains and Davis gives plenty of zip to the film and makes the whole thing hugely enjoyable - there is a tragic undercurrent to this story that both actors could carry off completely.

'Mr Skeffington' is excellent and one of those great 1940s wallows they just don't make anymore [sigh].

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why was Job the bad guy? How about Fanny? harrisonb-1
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Ugly Bette??? miriamwebster
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Does diphtheria ever really age people like that? ratgirlagogo
Hedy Lamarr ---a better choice wausau101
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