The next year, in 1943, Bette starred in the critically acclaimed "Watch on the Rhine", which also starred Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Beulah Bondi and George Coulouris. Lukas won the Best Actor Academy Award for this movie. In 1944, Bette starred with George Coulouris again in the movie "Mr. Skeffington". Claude Rains, who was also a former co-star, played Job Skeffington, who was hopelessly in love with socialite Fanny Trellis (Bette). Fanny only marries him because of his money, and cheats on him left and right, despite Job's undying love for her. So he leaves her, and takes their daughter with him to Switzerland. Fanny is left to enjoy her life with lots of admirers and money. However, she contracts diphtheria, and almost dies. She recovers, but loses her looks. Instead of looking years younger than her age, which she looked before, she now looks years older. I definitely recommend this movie to any movie buff. Bette received another Best Actress Oscar nomination for "Mr. Skeffington", but lost to Ingrid Bergman. Rains also was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
In 1945, Bette gave one of her best performances as schoolteacher Lilly Moffat in the drama "The Corn is Green". Miss Moffat sets up a school in a poor Welsh mining town, despite the misgivings of others, including her daughter. But she transforms a bully to a scholar, and a wonderful guy. Although Bette wasn't nominated for an Oscar for this film, I think she deserved one!
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