Bette Davis,
Claude Rains,
Walter Abel,
Richard Waring,
George Coulouris
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Whose face ravaged, grotesque is in the mirror? Surely it's not that of Fanny Skeffington, the prettiest woman in New York. Fanny always used her beauty to manipulate her way through life. She's encou... read more
DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005
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Flixster Reviews (141)
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November 3, 2009Davis is totally outstanding in her performance, as well as Rains, and Sherman does a perfect job as he fluidly conducts us through more than twenty years of their characters' lives.
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May 9, 2009A wonderful showcase for the talents of Bette Davis and yet another opportunity for her to play a most distasteful character.
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August 5, 2008bette davis is a wide eyed, breathy caricature of herself but claude rains is outstanding as the husband she doesn't love
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April 23, 2008i didn't even know this one was out there, but absolutely loved it when i first saw it. one of the great "undiscovered" films with one of the most underappreciated actors in film history, senor mister rains.
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October 6, 2010Worth watching for Bette Davis and a subdued but touching performance by Claude Rains. I loved how vanity was tackled in this film, as Fanny (played by Davis) becomes increasingly desperate to cling to her youth,. It is shocking how Davis ages in this film. Thankfully the makeup ... read more
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September 3, 2009Claude Rains can definitely hold his own with Bette Davis. Davis' performance seems to forshadow her excellent work in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
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December 2, 2008Great film about a beautiful women who marries for security and 25 years later when her looks fade she begins to see what a vain shallow person she really is. Bette Davis and Claude Rains are fantastic in this and the supporting cast is at times dramatic and funny.Great direction... read more
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November 10, 2011Vanity, thy name is Fanny.Fanny is a manipulative woman(Bette Davis) with numerous options,but marries a man(Claude Rains) for money.Marriage doesn't stop her from constantly entertaining & flirting, & she continues to get Marriage proposals from dozens of men, although she is Ma... read more
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April 13, 2007BLAH! You'll cry at the ending, and want to kick Bette in the butt for being so mean to her husband.
Critic Reviews
October 15, 2010
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
March 16, 2009
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
On target Warner super soaper features standouts Bette Davis and Claude Rains.
July 25, 2007
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Largely forgotten and for good reason, interesting now as a mile-marker on Davis' lonesome road to irrelevance. Full Review
April 24, 2006
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Sherman conduz bem a narrativa, que abrange três décadas das vidas de seus personagens, e é auxiliado na tarefa por excelentes atuações de Davis, Abel e Rains.
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