Alicia Malone Intro - Mr. Skeffington (1945)

Mr. Skeffington - (Original Trailer)

A flighty beauty (Bette Davis) marries a stockbroker (Claude Rains) for convenience and almost ruins both their lives in Mr. Skeffington (1944).

Mr. Skeffington (1944) -- (Movie Clip) He Created Everything But Rhode Island

Responsible cousin George (Richard Waring) is present for the first meeting between Bette Davis (as "Fanny") and stock broker Claude Rains (title character), dropping by to discuss her brother's embezzlements, early in Mr. Skeffington, 1944.

Mr. Skeffington (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Some Committed Suicide

New York, 1914, having left a gang of suitors in her drawing room, we learn that Walter Abel is cousin George to top-billed Bette Davis, in her first scene as socialite Fanny, her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) joining them, early in Mr. Skeffington,1944, with Claude Rains in the title role.

Mr. Skeffington (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Half Peppermint And Half Strawberry

Preparing her for divorce, and knowing she'd prefer to live with him, Job (Claude Rains, title character) takes a crack at explaining anti-Semitism to daughter Fanny "Junior" (Marjorie Riordan) in Mr. Skeffington, 1944.

Mr. Skeffington (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Cordial Not Connubial

On the ferry back from their wedding in New Jersey, Claude Rains (title character) and flighty Fanny (Bette Davis) compare their bliss to another couple, in Mr. Skeffington, 1944, directed by Vincent Sherman.