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Mr. Skeffington /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 67305 | Turner Entertainment Co.Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Series: Bette Davis collectionPublisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2005]Distributor: Turner Entertainment Co. Copyright date: ©2005Edition: Standard versionDescription: 1 videodisc (146 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1419804936
9781419804939
1419867105
9781419867101

Other title:

Mister Skeffington

Uniform titles:

Mr. Skeffington (Motion picture)
Bette Davis collection, volume one.

Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1997 .M698 2005

Production credits:

Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, Ralph Dawson ; art director, Robert Haas ; set decorations by Fred M. MacLean ; gowns by Orry-Kelly ; orchestral arrangements by Leonid Raab ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein ; music by Franz Waxman.

Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, Marjorie Riordan, Robert Shayne, John Alexander, Jerome Cowan, Johnny Mitchell, Dorothy Peterson, Peter Whitney, Bill Kennedy.Summary: 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. But Fanny has always used beauty to manipulate her way through life by encouraging dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. However, when she falls ill her beauty is gone and she is lost. This film deals openly with anti-Semitism, the story spans World War I, Prohibition and the preliminary volley of World War II.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02809 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050276331

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.

From a story by "Elizabeth."

Also issued as part of the box set: Bette Davis collection, volume one.

Special features: Commentary by director Vincent Sherman; "Mr. Skeffington : a picture of strength" featurette; Theatrical trailer.

Not rated.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

In English (container erroneously states that dialog is in English or French) with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.

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