Mr Skeffington [VHS]

Mr Skeffington [VHS]
by Vincent Sherman

Mr Skeffington [VHS]
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Actor: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, Walter Abel
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
Producer: Jack L. Warner
Producer: Julius J. Epstein
Writer: Julius J. Epstein
Producer: Philip G. Epstein
Writer: Philip G. Epstein
Writer: Elizabeth von Arnim
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 145 minutes
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Studio: MGM (Warner)

VHS Movie Reviews of Mr Skeffington [VHS]

Movie Review: One of the all-time best movies...
Summary: 5 Stars

I've seen this movie many times over the years, and I never grow tired of it. Bette Davis is superb as the spoiled Fanny Trellis Skeffington. Only someone as skilled as Davis could develop such a complex character. There is a lot NOT to love about Fanny, but, in the end, I cannot hold back the tears as I watch the film's closing scene.

I could go into details about the plot which takes Fanny Skeffington from a beautiful girl to a ravaged older woman, but I would hate to ruin it for a first time viewer. Suffice it to say that "Mr Skeffington" is a classic film that should not be missed.

Summary of Mr Skeffington [VHS]

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

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