Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Directed by

Vincent Sherman

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A beautiful and self-centered woman marries a wealthy man to rescue her brother from prison. Over the years she reflects on her actions and the cost of her choices.

slow-burnmelancholicpoignantromanticsocially consciousintrospectiveemotional

What happens

Mr. Skeffington is a 1944 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman, based on the 1940 novel of the same name by Elizabeth von Arnim. The film stars Bette Davis as a beautiful but self-centered woman who has many suitors but marries Job Skeffington, played by Claude Rains, solely to save her brother from going to prison. It also makes a point about Skeffington's status as a Jew in 1914 high society and later in relation to Nazi Germany. Supporting actors include Walter Abel, George Coulouris and Richard Waring. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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