| Release Date: | May 1944 |
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| Genres: | Romance / Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. |
| Cast: | Bette Davis (Fanny Trellis), Claude Rains (Job Skeffington), Walter Abel (George Trellis), George Coulouris (Doctor Byles), Richard Waring (Trippy Trellis), Marjorie Riordan (Frances Rachel Trellis aka Young Fanny), Robert Shayne (MacMahon), John Alexander (Jim Conderley), Jerome Cowan (Edward Morrison), Johnny Mitchell (Johnny Mitchell), Dorothy Peterson (Manby), Peter Whitney (Chester Forbish), Bill Kennedy (Bill Thatcher), Fred Aldrich (Speakeasy Bouncer (uncredited)), Sylvia Arslan (Fanny (at age 10) (uncredited)), Janet Barrett (Witness (uncredited)), Harry C. Bradley (Rector (uncredited)), Georgia Caine (Mrs. Newton (uncredited)), Wallis Clark (Clubman (uncredited)), Ann Codee (French Modiste (uncredited)), Gino Corrado (Waiter (uncredited)), Joe Devlin (Boat Employee (uncredited)), Ann Doran (Maria, a nursemaid (uncredited)), Helen Eby-Rock (Woman in Cafe (uncredited)), Richard Erdman (Western Union Boy (uncredited)), Edward Fielding (Justice of the Peace (uncredited)), Mary Field (Mrs. Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)), Bess Flowers (Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited)), William Forrest (Clinton, second butler to Fanny...), Jack George (Henri (uncredited)), Sol Gorss (Plainclothesman (uncredited)), Creighton Hale (Casey, an employee (uncredited)), Hans Herbert ((uncredited)), Halliwell Hobbes (Soames, the Trellis's first butler...), Stuart Holmes (Man in Skeffington's Office (uncredited)), Fred Kelsey (Cop in Speakeasy Raid (uncredited)), Andrea King (Dr. Byles' Nurse (uncredited)), Isabel La Mal (Woman in Cafe (uncredited)), Vera Lewis (Wife of Justice of the Peace...), Michael Mark (Fanny's beautician (uncredited)), Matt McHugh (Drunk (uncredited)), Harold Miller (Party Guest (uncredited)), Bert Moorhouse (Nightclub Extra (uncredited)), Edmund Mortimer (Nightclub Extra (uncredited)), Jack Mower (Man in Skeffington's Office (uncredited)), Dagmar Oakland (Woman (uncredited)), Cyril Ring (Perry Lanks (uncredited)), Frances Sage (Skeffington's first secretary...), Erskine Sanford (Dr. Fawcette (uncredited)), Jeffrey Sayre (One of Fanny's Admirers (uncredited)), Will Stanton (Sid Lapham, Drunk (uncredited)), Lelah Tyler (Mrs. Forbish (uncredited)), Minerva Urecal (Woman in beauty shop (uncredited)), John Vosper (Artist (uncredited)), Regina Wallace (Mrs. Audrey Newton Conderley...), Leo White (Henri's Assistant Beautician...), Crane Whitley (Louis, the speakasy owner (uncredited)) |
In 1914, in New York, Fanny Trellis is a shallow futile selfish woman surrounded by suitors and without any other preoccupation but her beauty. Her brother Trippy Trellis wasted the fortune of the family. When he fakes business in stock market and embezzles US$ 24,000.00 commission from the Skeffington Bank, the wealthy Job Skeffington goes to Trellis' house to charge the amount back and meets Fanny. He falls in love for Fanny and she marries him to save Trippy. Fanny gets pregnant, but her selfishness destroys their marriage and they divorce. Many years later, when Fanny has diphtheria and loses her beauty, she realizes that a woman is beautiful only when she is loved.
