| | Mr. Skeffington DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Romance Movies, Recommended Videos, Infidelity, Tear Jerker, Rags To Riches, Diseases | | Starring | Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Margorie Riordan, Richard Waring, Jerome Cowan, Robert Shayne, John Alexander | | Director | Vincent Sherman | | Composer | Franz Waxman | | Director of Photography | Ernest Haller | | Editor | Ralph Dawson | | Executive Producer | Jack L. Warner | | Music Director | Leo F. Forbstein | | Producer | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein | | Production Designer | Robert M. Haas | | Screenwriter | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein |
Bette Davis stars. A woman who marries out of obligation divorces and explores her wild side. Bette Davis portrays a conceited and pompous upper-class woman, from her teen years to middle-age. As this society matron grows older and faces illness, her looks gravely deteriorate, leaving her to wonder if the only man she ever truly loved -- her first husband -- will cherish her once again. The vain and beautiful Fanny marries for money, plays around behind her husband's back and then, finally, divorces him. It isn't until near the end of her lonely life that she discovers love - real love - for the first time. Academy Award Nominations: 2, Best Actress-Bette Davis, Best Supporting Actor--Claude Rains. Mr. Skeffington Reviews: "[The film] boasts a fascinating and bravely unsympathetic turn from Davis as the flirty New York belle with a heart of stone."
-- Kate Stables, Sight and Sound Mr. Skeffington | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.52) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1944 | | All Time Sales Rank |  18341  | | CD Universe Part number | 6851678 | | Catalog number | 67305 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 14, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 146 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Subtitled |
Mr. Skeffington Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  FANTASTIC
This movie is one of the greatest ever made and so very hard to find. I have been looking for years. This film shows how beauty is only skin deep and love lasts forever.
Submitted by mpenske (Canoga Park, CA. USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Wonderful!
This is one of the greatest movies ever made. I have looked all over for this DVD and finally found it. Bravo. I cried my eyes out at the ending. Too bad Hollywood cannot make movies of this calibur anylonger. There is no raw sex scene, nor filthy language, yet this movie will invigorate your brain and break your heart!
Submitted by mpenske (Canoga Park, Ca, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Beauty is only skin deep.
Excellent performance by Bette Davis. Gives you an insight as to what's really important!
Submitted by JGreenh626 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A shamefully neglected masterpiece
I was 11 years old when Mr Skeffington was released in England. Maybe because we were fighting Hitler and hearing of his barbarities, the ending really affected me. But I loved the whole film. I was not a Bette Davis fan but I loved Claude Rains and Walter Abel and I thought their performances were superb. And I had to admit so was Bette. The way the film chronicled her life from emptyheaded flirty flapper through the unpleasant truths of growing older to terrified old age was masterly. Her scene with George Coulouris makes me laugh every time I think of it, especially his final crack that she would be impressed when she got his bill. I thought Claude Rains should have got an Oscar but he was another of those actors who got many nominations but never the statue. Shame. The film has its faults, what film doesnt, but overall I loved every minute of it, and Franz Waxman's score was the icing on the cake.
I may be in a minority, but Mr Skeffington is in my list of 10 favourite movies, along with Casablanca, Laura and Sunset Boulevard. It's all a matter of taste I know, but Gone with the Wind and a load of other blockbusters you can keep I'd prefer to sit through Mr Skeffington any day just for the first class acting and happy memories it brings back.
Submitted by jill (Headley Down, Hampshire, England)
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Mr. Skeffington DVD Whose face ravaged, grotesque is in the mirror? Surely it's not that of Fanny Skeffington, the prettiest woman in New York. Fanny always used her beauty to manipulate her way through life. She's encouraged dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. But now diphtheria has robbed her of her only attribute. And without her looks, she's lost. Bette Davis earned her eighth Best Actress Oscar nomination portraying Fanny.
Source: Warner Home Video
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Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: MR. SKEFFINGTON: A PICTURE OF STRENGTH
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary: Vincent Sherman - Director
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