My Reputation

1946

Drama / Romance

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 2049 2K

parent child relationship widow single mother gossip domineering mother snow skiing

Plot summary

Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.

Director

Curtis Bernhardt Photo
Curtis Bernhardt

Top cast

Scotty Beckett Photo
Scotty Beckett as Kim Drummond
Barbara Stanwyck Photo
Barbara Stanwyck as Jessica Drummond
Bess Flowers Photo
Bess Flowers as Guest at Van Ormans' New Years Eve Party
Dick Elliott Photo
Dick Elliott as Tipsy Man
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863.02 MB
990*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 56
1.56 GB
1484*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 100+

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ptb-8 8 / 10

A grade, m'dear Barbara.

This is a terrific film; lushly produced at WB in 1943 and with a performance by Stanwyck that I am still thinking about days later. I am puzzled at some of the negative comments and reviews as I went completely with this film and her performance; not once did I consider it a 'weepie' or felt it was a Crawford or Davis cast off. ... although it did remind me that it could have been almost a sequel to NOW VOYAGER (see both and you will recognize what I mean). MY REPUTATION deals in a very adult and modern manner with the perils of gossip and perceived social status and the mental straight-jacket that entraps the vulnerable. It also deals with a woman's sexuality post widowhood and the effect it has on her teenage sons. The sequence late in the film where she explains this to the boys is one of the great scenes in 40s cinema. The use of shadow (James Wong Howe photography) is ideal. Barbra Stanwyck is breathtakingly beautiful all through this very humane intelligent film; with a supporting cast of strong humorous characters led by the gargoyle Mother played by stone-faced Lucile Watson... giving Gladys Cooper (VOYAGER) a run for her money, or Laura Hope Crewes from the genuinely shocking SILVER CORD from 1932. I had never heard of this title so I was genuinely enthralled and thrilled at MY REPUTATION. It appears the release was botched in 1946 leaving this 3 year old film on the shelf until then which made certain parts of the romance irrelevant to post war audiences. MY REPUTATION is an excellent film, with beautiful sets and art direction, hilarious whimsy and very strong adult themes. Even the Max Steiner score is lovely. Do not be put off by any carping about any aspect of this well intentioned drama... MY REPUTATION is intact (which is more than I can personally say for me today).
Reviewed by jotix100 7 / 10

Mourning doesn't become Jessica

Reviewed by blanche-2 7 / 10

Sudser with Stanwyck as a widow

A young widow is criticized for trying to build a new life in "My Reputation," a 1946 film starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lucile Watson, and Eve Arden. Some time after Stanwyck's husband dies from a protracted illness, the lonely and devastated woman goes on a skiing trip and meets an army major, played by George Brent. She falls in love with him, but gossip circulates about her and affects two sons.The film is dated, but Stanwyck is wonderful in an emotional role of a woman who all her life was cowed by her mother's ideas of convention and always afraid to stand up for herself. Brent is okay as her leading man, but if he was supposed to be this love 'em and leave 'em type, he didn't pull it off. He seems too staid. Eve Arden has a small role that perhaps was cut down - she has very little to do and disappears for the last half of the film. It's strange because she seemed to be encouraging the relationship, but why isn't she present to come to Jessica's defense? It's the same crowd of friends, so it's odd that she's missing.This is an entertaining film with an excellent performance by Stanwyck.
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