Mr. Skeffington is a 1944 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman, based on the 1940 novel of the same name by Elizabeth von Arnim. The film stars Bette Davis as a beautiful but self-centered woman who has many suitors but marries Job Skeffington, played by Claude Rains, solely to save her brother from going to prison. It also makes a point about Skeffington's status as a Jew in 1914 high society and later in relation to Nazi Germany. Supporting actors include Walter Abel, George Coulour

The only pure comedy directed by Alfred Hitchcock once he came to America, MR. & MRS. SMITH ('41) was the last film released in theaters before star Carole Lombard's untimely death in a plane crash while on a war bond tour in January of 1942. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM