I'm sure that both Bette Davis and Joan Crawford must have passed on this script. This vehicle seems right up Crawford's alley, but to play a widow with two boys in prep school, certainly would not have appealed to her. Stanwyck, while doing a fine job, seems out of place in this Warner production. All the production values are there (including practically every stock player that Warner's had under contract) but I couldn't get passed Joan Crawford's presence that seemed to echo throughout the film. Perhaps this is somewhat dated material for I couldn't see why anyone would raise a well penciled eyebrow for her "dating" a service man, during WWII no less. Of course this material would be revisited with "All That Heaven Allows', with Jane Wyman dating a younger man instead of a service man. A nice time capsule of a movie.
Review of My Reputation
