"MR. SKEFFINGTON"
CIVIC'S WEEKEND ATTRACTION Providing an important vehicle for the extraordinary acting talents of Bette Davis, Warner Bros.' "Mr. Skeffington," screen version of the wideiy-read novel by "Elizabeth" opens on Saturday at the Civic Theatre. Miss Davis is ably .-iupported by Claude Rains in the titie role. The notable cast includes Walter Abel, Richard Waring, j George Coulouris and Mafjorie Riordan. - Fanny Skeffington, beautiful but flighty heroine of a motion picture which encompasses 26 - eventful years excending from the first World War to the outbreak of the last, is a character wholly unlike that ever essayed before by Bette Davis. Produced by Philip G. and Julius J. Epstein, these celebrated Hollywooa brothers also prepart d thQ screen play. Vincent Sherman directed. The original sccre was composed by Franz Waxman, and expert make-up effects wfere obtained by Perc Westmore.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 February 1947, Page 2
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