Tad Pole . . . the U.S. War Department Film Censors of the World War Two Era, nor could it survive the Extreme Vetting that Leader Trump's ICE men will be able to do once his tie-breaker U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (whom he trumped away from Barack Hussein Obama) overrules all of the latter's lowly so-called judges. MR. SKEVINZSKAVA confesses to American Intelligence Operative "Fanny Trellis" that he's assumed the name of "Skeffington" at 37:40. Bette Davis' "Fanny" then goes undercover (literally) to sleep with this MR. SKEVINZSKAVA (who is later reported to be one of Hitler's U.S. Fifth Columnist Minions), not unlike Ingrid Bergman's fate in NOTORIOUS. Bette goes Ingrid one better, getting knocked up with MR. SKEVINZSKAVA's child. The heroic Bette--then between her own Real Life abortions #5 and #6, according to her Trivia Page on this site--goes through a ROSEMARY'S BABY-type ordeal, in which this DEMONSEED makes her "all puffy and swollen and ugly" (58:30). Soon Bette, just 36 in Real Life, convinces us that she's a 50-year-old Fanny, pushing 97. Sadly, Bette's lizard-faced condition froze on her for the remainder of her career on the Big Screen, illustrating the sort of irreversible damage that can be done to our All-American Gene Pool if Homeland Security allows the MR. SKEVINZSKAVAs of this world to sow their Wild Oats--spreading STD's such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and diphtheria--among our delicate Fanny's.

John I will not write another review of "Mr. Skeffington" since this has already been done, and well done too I might add, by other users. I won't go on about the fact that the film is extremely well done, and one of Bette Davis' best performances in a distinguished career.I always find it fascinating, however, to think about the character who ends up getting his or her comeuppance and learning their lesson, as Mrs. Skeffington does, and ask "what if." Although I know that she receives a much needed lesson in values and priorities, so that by the end of the film she understands what is truly important, I always feel some measure of sympathy for the character.Vain, unfaithful and perhaps calculating though she might be, she is not without pathos and depth -- even in the beginning -- since her actions are motivated by the love of another, however misplaced. In attempting to help her brother, misguided though some might think it, she shows a willingness to help someone and to make a considerable sacrifice out of sisterly devotion.Ultimately, when she gets sick and loses her looks, it is ironically cruel that the last man she dated ends up marrying her daughter; this always felt a shade too mean for my taste, although I accept the action as part of the whole of a great classic movie. Nevertheless, I can't help feeling that there should have been more dialog about this since it strikes me as a potentially incestuous betrayal by the daughter to the mother.Once again, I do not discount or disagree with the general view about the film and its characters, but Mrs, Skeffington always elicited more sympathy from me than is perhaps usual among the movie's fans, even if she may not deserve it.Definitely worth watching!!!

evening1 As much as I found this movie to be interesting, I was a little miffed to have to place it into that large group of films in which captains of industry are idiots when it comes to women.Claude Rains was nevertheless moving in the role of a sensitive banker who falls for a vain manipulator. But you had to wonder why he put up with all of Bette Davis's crap -- i.e., why didn't he complain when she did such outrageous things as refuse to speak with him once she had given birth? Sure, he used humor and rationalization -- i.e., he saved money on candy and flowers by allowing a parade of suitors to provide them -- but c'mon, man, wake up and smell the coffee!("Babies grow up and everybody expects you to grow up with them!" Fannie pouts. And Job only humors her. The examples add up ad infinitum...)There are several stellar scenes in this film, including the father-daughter dinner at a fancy restaurant, and Fannie's encounter with a psychoanalyst. "Go back to your husband," the latter yells, and who could have foreseen that she would? The happy ending in this film is a little too neat, but Rains's acting chops help pull to it off.(Does anyone else wonder why they didn't call this "Mr. AND MRS. Skeffington"?)

nomoons11 This one is all Bette Davis' movie. As good a role as Claude Rains plays, he's the anchor of the film, he's secondary to Davis' performance.A lady back in the first world war, in her mid 20's, thinks she's the bee's knees. All the men come to court her but she has no interest in their affections. She just likes the attention. Her brother gets in trouble with stocks selling/buying and she proceeds to bail him out by marrying his rich boss...Mr. Skeffington.From their what you get is a woman who cares very little for the love her husband gives her, its just what he can give her and their stature in society. Problem is that he's a real nice guy and genuinely cares for her. Her main concern, her vanity.Time takes it toll through the years and her vanity and their marriage fails and she begins to see what she was really about throughout her life...her looks/appearance.This is not even close to my favorite Bette Davis film but she does give a winner of a performance. She's as "Bette Davis" in this film as she is in any other of her films. For a long melodrama, you can't go wrong with this one.