Movie #3....................."Mr. Skeffington"

Donna Kramer BarnesMovie #3 in DBarnes' and the Netflix Challenge is Mr. Skeffington. I didn't realize Bette earned an oscar for this film ----I think it is for the first half of the movie because I had never seen her so light and flirty and naive, but then after the tragedy strikes, she's back to badass Bette -----the condescending, biting Bette Davis we all know so well. Poor Claude Rains, who unfortunately falls in love with her and marries her, knowing she doesn't love him. The famous line from the film: A woman is truly beautiful when someone loves her. So for Bette, she had to move from loving herself to loving others. It was just okay. She spends most of the second half of the film tearing up the scenery being haughty. Predictable.