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SYNOPSIS: Whose face - ravaged, grotesque - is in the mirror? Surely it's not that of Fanny Ske4ffington, the prettiest woman in New York. Fanny always used her beauty to manipulate her way through life. She's encouraged dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. But now diptheria has robbed her of her only attribut. And without her looks, she's lost.
Bette Davis earned her eighth Best Actress Oscar nomination portraying Fanny. Backed by Claude Rains as her devoted husband, glorious costumes and a lush Franz Wiseman score. Davis takes what might in lesser hands by just a woman's picture and turns it into art. Watch her ruinde
SYNOPSIS: Whose face - ravaged, grotesque - is in the mirror? Surely it's not that of Fanny Ske4ffington, the prettiest woman in New York. Fanny always used her beauty to manipulate her way through life. She's encouraged dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. But now diptheria has robbed her of her only attribut. And without her looks, she's lost.
Bette Davis earned her eighth Best Actress Oscar nomination portraying Fanny. Backed by Claude Rains as her devoted husband, glorious costumes and a lush Franz Wiseman score. Davis takes what might in lesser hands by just a woman's picture and turns it into art. Watch her ruinded face glow with an inner light when she finds hope in the words: "A woman is beautiful when she's loved. And only then". Magic.
ABOUT THE DVD: This is WARNER HOME VIDEO release for the UK market (Region 2 PAL format - which will play on all standard DVD players in the UK and the rest of Europe - buyers outside of Europe will need a multi-region DVD player in order to view this) - The film is presented in its original BLACK & WHITE and FULL SCREEN format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) and runs for a total of 145 minutes - the AUDIO is the original ENGLISH language (Mono) - there is also a Spanish dubbed audio-track on the disc - SUBTITLES are in English, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portugese and Spanish (there are also hard-of-hearing subs for Englsih language only) - SPECIAL FEATURES are a commentary by Director Vincent Sherman, a new featurette 'Mr. Skeffington: A Picture Of Strength' and the film's original theatrical trailer
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 7321900673051
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