My Reputation (1946)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Curtis Bernhardt

Writers:

Clare Jaynes (novel)
Catherine Turney (writer)

Release Date:

26 January 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Of all the dramatic triumphs from Warners this one is the greatest!

Plot:

Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems...

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Orchestral Music Score | Based On Novel

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Jessica Drummond
George Brent	...	Maj. Scott Landis
Warner Anderson	...	Frank Everett
Lucile Watson	...	Mrs. Mary Kimball
John Ridgely	...	Cary Abbott
Eve Arden	...	Ginna Abbott
Jerome Cowan	...	George Van Orman
Esther Dale	...	Anna
Scotty Beckett	...	Kim Drummond
Leona Maricle	...	Riette Van Orman
Mary Servoss	...	Mary
Cecil Cunningham	...	Mrs. Stella Thompson
Janis Wilson	...	Penny Boardman
Ann E. Todd	...	Gretchen Van Orman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bobby Cooper	...	Keith Drummond
Leah Baird	...	Woman (uncredited)
Ellsworth Blake	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Oliver Blake	...	Dave (uncredited)
Elyse Brown	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Dale Cornell	...	Jitterbug (uncredited)
Frank Darien	...	Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Shirley Doble	...	Jitterbug (uncredited)
Dan Dowling	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock	...	Mrs. Hanson (uncredited)
Dick Elliott	...	Tipsy Man (uncredited)
Nancy Evans	...	Baby Hawks (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Guest at Van Ormans' New Years Eve party (uncredited)
Marjorie Hoshelle	...	Phyllis (uncredited)
Dickie Humphreys	...	Jitterbug (uncredited)
Charles Jordan	...	Al, the Butcher (uncredited)
Darwood Kaye	...	Bill 'Droopy' Hawks (uncredited)
Marilyn Kaye	...	Jitterbug (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey	...	Train Conductor (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel	...	Johnson, Van Ormans' Butler (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien	...	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser	...	Les Hanson (uncredited)
Tom Quinn	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Rosalie Roy	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Husband of Scott's Old Girlfried (uncredited)
Harry Seymour	...	Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Shayne	...	Hank Hawks (uncredited)
Alan Ward	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Bruce Warren	...	Man in bar (uncredited)
Dick Winslow	...	Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Clare Jaynes		novel "Instruct My Sorrows"
Catherine Turney		writer

Produced by
Henry Blanke	....	producer
Jack L. Warner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Max Steiner

Cinematography by
James Wong Howe

Film Editing by
David Weisbart

Art Direction by
Anton Grot

Set Decoration by
George James Hopkins

Costume Design by
Leah Rhodes

Makeup Department
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jesse Hibbs	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Everett A. Brown	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Roy Davidson	....	special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edith Head	....	costumes: Barbara Stanwyck

Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein	....	musical director

Other crew
Jack Gage	....	dialogue director

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1946) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Wrightwood, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The Nissen Hut where the movie "My Reputation" had its world premiere was located in the base cinema on the 467th Bomb Group airbase in Rackheath, England.

Soundtrack:

Silent Night, Holy Night

Weepy Woman's Picture Saved by Stanwyck's Presence

Despite being cast-against-type as a widow dominated by the whims and needs of her family, Stanwyck delivers a fine performance as a young upper-class widow who causes a scandal amongst her family and friends when she meets and falls in love with a wolf of an Army major (blandly played by George Brent) in the early days of World War II. Lucile Watson plays her pill of a mother.