Fitting Bette Davis like a silk glove, the same as the gowns which she wears to intrigue the male of the species in defiance of all the laws of good womanhood, in the part of the vainglorious, selfish ...

There is no more sumptuous example of the Warner Bros. melodrama than “Mr. Skeffington,” made in 1944 and showing at MOMA on Jan. 3. The film, directed by Vincent Sherman, stars Bette Davis as Fanny: ...

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level. MR. AND MRS. FILMS Who played the title ...

Vincent Sherman (July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director, and actor, who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young ...

WHEN A writer names a character Job, it’s a pretty sure bet that tribulation will figure in the story. No matter if he is a self-made man, a rich man, a kind man, even a good man. The original Job, ...

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 ...