Directed by:
Vincent ShermanScreenplay:
Julius J. EpsteinCinematography:
Ernest HallerComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, Marjorie Riordan, Robert Shayne, John Alexander, Jerome Cowan, Dorothy Peterson (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
In 1914, beautiful Fanny Trellis is courted by many men including Jim Conderley, Ed Morrison and Thatcher. One evening, while her suitors wait downstairs, Fanny's cousin, George Trellis, returns home after several years away. George learns that contrary to their extravagant lifestyle, Fanny and her brother Trippy have no money. Trippy, however, now has a job working on Wall Street for Jewish Job Skeffington. Later that evening, Job calls unexpectedly for Trippy, who angrily refuses to see him. At George's instigation, he and Fanny speak to Job instead. Job has fired Trippy for embezzling and has come to ask him to repay the stolen money. He is stunned when Fanny explains their financial situation. The next day, Trippy threatens to commit suicide. Determined to save her brother, Fanny sets her cap for Job and soon marries him, even though Job fully realizes that Fanny does not love him. Her ploy backfires, however, when an angry Trippy leaves for Europe, and that night, Fanny locks Job out of her room. Fanny's suitors are unfazed by her marriage and continue to pursue her. Job endures their presence because, although Fanny enjoys their attentions, she always sends them away. On the night of the Skeffingtons' first anniversary, they learn that Trippy has joined the Lafayette Esquadrille and that Fanny is pregnant. Although Job is delighted by the coming child, Fanny sees it as a sign that she is growing old and insists on leaving for California until the baby is born and she is once again beautiful. Shortly after Fanny Junior is born, the U.S. enters the war. When Trippy is killed, Fanny blames Job for his death, and Job finally realizes that Fanny will never love him. After the war ends, Job devotes himself to his daughter, while Fanny occupies herself with a series of lovers. During prohibition, Fanny attracts a bootlegger named MacMahon, who is determined to marry her. To convince her to divorce Job, he demonstrates that Job has had several mistresses during their marriage. Although Fanny's rejection of her husband can be seen as partly responsible for his behavior, Job agrees to a divorce. Not wanting to be bothered by a child, Fanny suggests that Job take custody of their daughter. Job is reluctant because of the difference in their religions and also because he plans to live in Europe, where the Fascists are coming to power. Fanny Junior's distress at losing her father, however, convinces Job to take her with him. Several years later, a middle-aged Fanny becomes involved with the much younger Johnny Mitchell, and Fanny Junior returns to the U.S. from Berlin. After sailing in stormy weather with Johnny, Fanny falls seriously ill with diphtheria. She recovers, but the illness ages her greatly, and she begins to hallucinate, imagining that she sees Job everywhere. A psychiatrist tells her the hallucinations are a subconscious manifestation of a need to see her former husband because, now that she is fifty, her romantic life is over. Determined to prove him wrong, Fanny throws a dinner party for her old suitors, only to discover that they are all appalled by her aged appearance. Only Edward still seems smitten, but Fanny quickly realizes that he is only interested in her money. When Fanny Junior later announces that she and Johnny are getting married and moving to Seattle, Fanny is left totally alone. The next morning, George tells Fanny that he has seen Job, now a broken man after his stay in a concentration camp. George begs Fanny to care for Job in return for his generous care of her, but she refuses, believing that her lack of beauty will drive Job away as it did all the others. When she realizes that Job is blind, however, she knows that here is one man who will always remember her as beautiful and welcomes him home. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Lelah Tyler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/237/160237715_5ed0df.jpg)
Lelah Tyler
USA
Best movies:
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
![Molly Lamont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335590_22df73.jpg)
Molly Lamont
South Africa
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
![Fred Aldrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/260/160260239_2c735f.jpg)
Fred Aldrich
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
![Charles Jordan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217092_86988e.jpg)
Charles Jordan
UK
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Edge of the City (1957)
Jay Eaton
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Wallis Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/167/161167747_1e4c4d.jpg)
Wallis Clark
UK
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Tom Stevenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/015/161015313_b0e6b0.jpg)
Tom Stevenson
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
![Stuart Holmes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/224/161224824_e88fb6.jpg)
Stuart Holmes
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
![Vera Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/605/160605870_624d53.jpg)
Vera Lewis
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
King Kong (1933)
![Frank Mayo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/090/161090820_2f0134.jpg)
Frank Mayo
USA
Best movies:
Easter Parade (1948)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Gilda (1946)
![Edward Fielding](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/219/161219147_9f676b.jpg)
Edward Fielding
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Rebecca (1940)
Madame Curie (1943)
Frank McLure
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Georgia Caine
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Dodge City (1939)
Tom Wilson
USA
Best movies:
The Kid (1921)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Captain Blood (1935)
Ann Codee
Belgium
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Detective Story (1951)
Jezebel (1938)
Charles Marsh
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Angela Greene
Ireland
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Tickle Me (1965)
Herbert Evans
UK
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Will Stanton
UK
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
To Each His Own (1946)
Crane Whitley
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
To Each His Own (1946)
The Flying Deuces (1939)