loading...
Mr Skeffington
1944
When her brother is found to have embezzeld the Skeffington Bank, Fanny Trellis (Davis) finds herself marrying the owner to save her brother... Read more
| Starring | Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel |
|---|---|
| Director | Vincent Sherman |
| Genres | Drama |
loading...
Mr Skeffington
When her brother is found to have embezzeld the Skeffington Bank, Fanny Trellis (Davis) finds herself marrying the owner to save her brother...
| Starring | Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris |
|---|---|
| Director | Vincent Sherman |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 31 Oct 2005 Production year: 1944 |
| Format | DVD |
-
Critics' reviews (3)
View all -
In this vintage Warner Bros melodrama, a narcissistic, selfish, faithless and rich society woman marries a loyal, dignified and adoring businessman to protect her feckless brother's reputation, and treats him like dirt. Retribution arrives when diphtheria ravages her looks, redemption when he returns blind from a Nazi concentration camp. It's well directed by Vincent Sherman in opulent sets, and contains fabulous performances from the Oscar-nominated Bette Davis and Claude Rains, who are both at the height of their powers. Against a Franz Waxman score that emphasises the drama, Davis delivers a synthesis of the vain bitch roles she made uniquely her own; Rains, dignified and sincere, is the perfect foil. The plot, spanning the years from 1914 to 1940, is archetypal drivel, yet absolutely irresistible.
-
Take a large stock of hankies with you: this monumental soaper drips interminably on. It's a simple tale of a vain... read more on Time Out
-
Most helpful member's review
View all -
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
such a film
Bette Davis shows why she is an oscar winner.
One for all ages, a great film. -
Most recent members' review
View all -
a good evening film
This film is not Davis's best, in places the roles are overacted and with quite a poor script to deal with you would think it's a real boob.... however.... The sentiments expressed in the film 'cut the mustard' so to speak, but while it won't win many fans like Davis's later works have done, the films content surely is a force to be reckoned with.
-
More like this
View allShowing 1 to 4 of 20
Related user collection
80% from 1 member
Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop
-
-
-
Mr Skeffington
When her brother is found to have embezzeld the Skeffington Bank, Fanny Trellis (Davis) finds herself marrying the owner to save her brother......
-