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VHS : Mr SkeffingtonIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring directed by: Vincent Sherman  List Price: $19.98 Price: $12.99 You Save: $6.99 (35%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301973304 Format: Black & White, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6301973305 Label: MGM (Warner) Manufacturer: MGM (Warner) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Warner) Release Date: September 01, 1998 Running Time: 145 minutes Studio: MGM (Warner) Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 1944 Sales Rank: 12558 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Fanny Skeffington, an incorrigible society flirt of the WWI era, was one of the meatiest roles and most exasperating women Bette Davis ever played. Flighty Fanny loves the attention of her male suitors, but marries the steadfast Jewish financier Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) for security; long after their wedding day, she still enjoys receiving gentlemen callers. Time catches up with Fanny, of course, and the bills are due by the time World War II rolls around. Mr. Skeffington is a vintage Warner Bros. workout for Davis, who never shied away from playing unsympathetic or physically unappealing roles. (Her main worry here was looking pretty enough in the early reels to justify Fanny's reputation.) Her theatrical performance and Rains's impeccable work carry the handsomely dressed story through its many melodramatic shifts. The dialogue by Julius and Philip Epstein (who were doing Casablanca around this time) has the sprung rhythm of screwball comedy, although director Vincent Sherman and the cast don't always seem to have noticed this. There's also the growing issue of anti-Semitism--a subject rare in Hollywood prior to this--especially as it concerns Fanny and Job's daughter. But mostly the film has Bette Davis, who strides headfirst into the gray areas (her indifferent treatment of her daughter is especially unappetizing), a fearless attitude that looks like the polar opposite of Fanny Skeffington's vanity. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Some kind of wonderfulYou can't get better than Bette Davis in my opinion. Claude Rains is a wonderful male lead, portraying a calm, long-suffering Mr. Skeffington to Bette's selfish, manic Mrs. Skeffington. You won't want to miss a minute. Rating:  - What an interesting movie!I love it when the ending is unpredictable. The acting was great, the movie kept my attention and it had some good life lessons illustrated. The only thing was...one has to suspend disbelief to accept that Bette Davis was the most beautiful woman in New York. She did such a great job of acting - as always - that one may not mind that. I didn't. Rating: - "A woman is beautiful when she's loved, and only then..."Earning an eighth Oscar nomination, Bette Davis boldly owns this captivating "women's picture". Playing a vain and self-centered beauty, Davis commands the screen in every possible way. Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis), the darling of New York society, is penniless thanks to her weak-willed brother but enjoys a neverending string of male admirers traipsing through her Gramercy Park mansion. When marriage finally comes, it's more of a business arrangement. Although she's very fond of Job ... Read More Rating: - Ms. Davis yet again isn't afraid to play a flawed, less than admirable characterA vivid, sprawling, involving story about a woman who takes her beauty and charm for granted, reveling in the superficial benefits they attract while letting genuine opportunities for love and meaning pass her by. I think we all have met people like this, sharp and attractive and clever in their teens, twenties, and thirties, but then lonely and a bit paunchy as they enter their forties, because- way back when- they couldn't bring themselves to settle down with just one of the cute and charming people ... Read More Rating: - ClassicLoved this one. Just classic Bette Davis. I would watch her in any movie. A simple review I know, but what else can be said about Bette Davis?? She's the best! Browse for similar items by category:
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