Tarnished Reputations

Tarnished Reputations
Tarnished Reputations
	Advertisement using the film's working title
Directed by	Alice Guy-Blaché
Written by	Jean Durand (scenario); Léonce Perret(screenplay)
Starring	Dolores Cassinelli; Alan Roscoe; Georges Deneubourg
Cinematography	Harry D. Harde
Production; company	Perret Productions Inc.
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	March 14, 1920;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Tarnished Reputations is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (which is her last), supervised by Léonce Perret and starring Dolores Cassinelli, Alan Roscoe, and Georges Deneubourg. It is presumed to be a lost film.^[1]

Plot[edit]

As described in a film magazine,^[2] Helen Sanderson (Cassinelli) has become infatuated with Robert Williams (Roscoe), a painter who has come to her small village. While painting The Saint Among the Lillies in which Helen is the model, their friendship develops into love. Helen receives a rude awakening when Robert suddenly departs, leaving only a letter to say goodbye. After the death of her aunt, Helen goes to New York to see her sweetheart after he has found fame with his painting, but finds that he has departed for Europe to paint a portrait of the Pope. In financial straits, Helen goes to a garment shop to make a living. One night she is wrongly accused of accosting a man, and is sentenced to jail for thirty days. After her release, she visits Judge Princeton (Burton) from her case. There she meets author George de Wendbourg (Deneubourg), who offers aid. He takes her home and develops her into a great actress in his play. Robert then returns from Europe and her love for him returns.

Cast[edit]

Dolores Cassinelli as Helen Sanderson
Alan Roscoe as Robert Williams (credited as Albert Roscoe)
Georges Deneubourg as George de Wendbourg
Ned Burton as Judge Princeton

Production[edit]

The working title for the film was A Soul Adrift.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Progressive Silent Film List: Tarnished Reputations at silentera.com
^ "Reviews: Tarnished Reputations". Exhibitors Herald. 10 (12). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 54. March 20, 1920.

External links[edit]

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[SilentEra-1] Progressive Silent Film List: Tarnished Reputations at silentera.com

[2] "Reviews: Tarnished Reputations". Exhibitors Herald. 10 (12). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 54. March 20, 1920.

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