Bette Davis
Fanny Trellis Skeffington
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Synopsis. 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.
Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.
A woman dreams of a picture-perfect life but finds she's close to losing everything. Gorgeous Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) appears to have her choice of men, and wealthy Job Skeffington (Claude ...
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Mr. Skeffington. Oscar-winners Bette Davis and Claude Rains star in this drama about a flighty beauty who marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives. 1,326 IMDb 7.6 2 h 26 min 1944. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Romance · Sad · Touching. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. HD $3.99 $3.59. Buy. HD $10.49. More purchase. options.
Informed by Jewish-American financier Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) that her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) has stolen money to pay his gambling debts, Fanny marries Job, securing his promise that he won't prosecute her thieving sibling.
Overview. A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty. Vincent Sherman. Director. Julius J. Epstein. Screenplay. Philip G. Epstein. Screenplay. Elizabeth von Arnim. Story.
180M subscribers. Subscribed. 286. Bette Davis stars as a beautiful but vain society woman who, to pay her brother's gambling debts, marries a financier she does not love--Mr.Skeffington. The...
