My Reputation (1946)

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A woman struggling to rebuild her life becomes the victim of uncharitable rumors in this sudsy drama. After the recent death of her husband, and with her sons away at school, Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) is lonely and out of sorts -- and uninterested in the potential suitors her mother, Mrs.… More A woman struggling to rebuild her life becomes the victim of uncharitable rumors in this sudsy drama. After the recent death of her husband, and with her sons away at school, Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) is lonely and out of sorts -- and uninterested in the potential suitors her mother, Mrs. Kimball (Lucile Watson), chooses for her. Jessica joins her close friend Ginna Abbott (Eve Arden) on a skiing trip and meets Maj. Scott Landis (George Brent), a handsome man who is clearly attracted to her. Jessica makes it clear that she has no interest in a short-term fling, and upon returning home, she meets Frank Everett (Warner Anderson), a sweet but dull man whom she begins dating. Frank is willing to marry Jessica, but by chance she meets Scott again, and while she's not willing to be seduced by him, she finds him more exciting and alluring than Frank. As Jessica debates the merits of passion vs. security, she becomes the subject of mean-spirited gossipmongers who speculate that her relationship with Scott has become inappropriately intimate for a new widow. My Reputation was shot in 1944, but it wasn't released until 1946, as the studio believed that it would be better received after the end of WWII. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By: Curtis Bernhardt
Genres: Drama, Romance, Classics

In Theaters: Jan 26, 1946 Wide
On DVD: Oct 30, 2007

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AJ V

Better than All That Heaven Allows. This movie and that one have similar plots, but I liked this one better.
Michael G

You see that incredibly sexy picture of Barbara Stanwyck? The picture and that title kind of makes you think or hope that Barbara Stanwyck is going to play some kind of freewheeling gal with some liberal views on life and love, right? WRONG!!! That foxy-ass picture may be able to melt… More
You see that incredibly sexy picture of Barbara Stanwyck? The picture and that title kind of makes you think or hope that Barbara Stanwyck is going to play some kind of freewheeling gal with some liberal views on life and love, right? WRONG!!! That foxy-ass picture may be able to melt butter in seconds flat but a story about a widow getting hooked up with an Army Major doesn't. Stanwyck's character tries to break the conventions that have ruled her life and speaking of conventions, you know how My Reputation is going to end within the first 10 minutes. This isn't a bad movie, I just couldn't really bring myself to care.

Cast

            Barbara Stanwyck as Jessica Drummond

            George Brent as Maj. Scott Landis

            Eve Arden as Ginna Abbott

            Lucile Watson as Mrs. Kimball

            Warner Anderson as Frank Everett

            John Ridgely as Cary Abbott

            Robert Shayne as "Hank" Hawks

            Esther Dale as Anna

            Jerome Cowan as George Van Orman

            Scotty Beckett as Kim Drummond

            Bob Cooper as Keith Drummond

            Leona Maricle as Riette Van Orman

            Mary Servoss as Mary

            Cecil Cunningham as Mrs. Thompson

            Nancy Evans as Baby Hawks

            Ann E. Todd as Gretchen Van Orman

            Janis Wilson as Penny Boardman

            Darwood Kaye as Bill "Droopy" Hawks

            Oliver Blake as Dave

            Frank Darien as Elevator Operator

            Dan Dowling as Party Guest

            Helen Eby-Rock as Mrs. Hanson

            Dick Elliott as Tipsy Man

            Marjorie Hoshelle as Phyllis

            Dick Humphreys
            
            Charles Jordan as Butcher

            Fred Kelsey as Conductor

            Sam McDaniel as Johnson

            Hugh Prosser as Les Hanson

            Rosalie Roy as Party Guest

            Harry Seymour as Hotel Desk Clerk

            Bruce Warren as Man in Bar

            Dick Winslow as Orchestra Leader

            Tom Quinn as Party Guest

            Leah Baird as Woman

            Alan Ward as Party Guest

            Elyse Brown
            
            Marilyn Kay
            
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