Reputation
Cast & Crew
John B. O'brien
Edna Goodrich
William Hinckley
Frank Goldsmith
Carey Lee
Esther Evans
Film Details
Synopsis
Reared in a small town by a maiden aunt, Constance Bennett leaves her home and sweetheart John Clavering, the local grande dame's son, to go to New York, where she models at a suit and cloak house. Her employer, Edmund Berste, attempts to force his attentions on her, which provokes Berste's wife to become wildly jealous. Constance returns home and establishes her own store, but Berste follows. After Mrs. Berste arrives and denounces Constance before a crowd of customers, Constance is turned out of church and ostracized by her community. Back in New York, Constance lures Berste to her apartment where she has arranged for Mrs. Berste to overhear his avowal of love. In retaliation, Berste hires a woman detective to lure Constance to his hotel room. Clavering, who has been in Mexico, returns and after searching for Constance, bursts into Berste's room as he and Constance struggle. A pistol shot kills Berste and Constance is arrested, but after a jury acquits her, she marries Clavering and returns home.
Director
John B. O'brien
Cast
Edna Goodrich
William Hinckley
Frank Goldsmith
Carey Lee
Esther Evans
Nellie Parker Spaulding
Mrs. Mathilde Brundage
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Notes
This film was shot at the Empire All Star Corp. studios in Glendale, Long Island. This was the first of Edna Goodrich's Mutual pictures. It was completed in May 1917, according to a news item, but release was held up until the third film in the Goodrich series was well under way.
