Mr. Skeffington

1944 • 146 minutes
4.7
43 reviews
57%
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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 marriage does not last, and the former Mrs. Skeffington flits from beau to beau casually leaving a trail of broken hearts. But when she contracts a near-fatal case of diphtheria, her beauty is destroyed by the terrible scars left by the disease. Now middle-aged,scarred and unable to win men's hearts with her beauty, she finally finds love with the now-blind man she had wed years before--Mr.Skeffington.

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4.7
43 reviews
judy dennis
November 20, 2019
Teaches a true lesson.... 'You are always beautiful to those who truly love YOU.'💖
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Brandie Napier Heaton
June 8, 2020
This is such a diamond hidden from my library and now a favorite of all times
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matthew valentini jr
August 20, 2015
Bette Davis & C.Reins were the greatest of actors.
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