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Mr. Skeffington (1944)
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25 May 1944 (USA)
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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
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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A Woman is Beautiful Only When She is Loved
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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 |
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145 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Spain:7 |
Australia:G |
Australia:PG (Cable TV rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (certificate #9762) |
UK:U (re-rating) (2005) |
UK:A (original rating)
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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.
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Anachronisms: As a measure of the progression of time, a newspaper headline flashes President Harding's Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921-22, and stock footage shows the U.S. Capitol Dome with 1940s-era taxicabs pouring up Pennsylvania Avenue.
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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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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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Featured in Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength (2005) (V)
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Bye Bye Blackbird
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In 1914, in New York, Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) is a shallow futile selfish woman surrounded by suitors and without any other preoccupation but her beauty. Her brother Trippy Trellis (Richard Waring) wasted the fortune of the family. When he fakes business in stock market and embezzles US$ 24,000.00 commission from the Skeffington Bank, the wealthy Job Skeffington goes to Trellis' house to charge the amount back and meets Fanny. He falls in love for Fanny and she marries him to save Trippy. Fanny gets pregnant, but her selfishness destroys their marriage and they divorce. Many years later, when Fanny has diphtheria and loses her beauty, she realizes that a woman is beautiful only when she is loved.
"Mr. Skeffington" is a good melodramatic love story, silly and dated in many parts, but also very beautiful and touching. The story about a selfish woman that is only concerned with her beauty and does not learn how to grow-up and age has many memorable scenes, mostly because of the performance of Bette Davis and the make-up of the actors and actresses. In the present days, it can be clearly seem that the story shows also a quite incestuous relationship between Fanny and Trippy. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Vaidade" ("Vain")