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 char... Read allPopular 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.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.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
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- TriviaBette Davis said that Claude Rains was her favorite male co-star. They co-starred in four movies: "Juarez" (1939), "Now, Voyager" (1942), "Mr. Skeffington" (1944), and "Deception (1946).
- GoofsAs a measure of the progression of time, a newspaper headline flashes President Warren G. Harding's Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921-22, and stock footage shows the U.S. Capitol Dome with 1940s-era taxicabs pouring up Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Job Skeffington: [to Fanny, when she reprimands him for being unfaithful] You mustn't be too harsh on my secretaries. They were always very understanding when I came to the office after a hard day at home.
- Alternate versionsSome prints of "Mr. Skeffington" run 127 minutes. The film was cut from 146 minutes immediately after its world premiere run in New York City in 1944, and the cut footage was considered "lost" until the 1988 home video release from MGM/UA restored the film to its original length.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
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- Nov 10, 2004
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- Das Leben der Mrs. Skeffington
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- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1