''Tarnished Reputations'' is a 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by

Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (née Guy; ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, s ...

(which is her last), supervised by

Léonce Perret Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer.The Museum of Modern Art(retrieved 7 June 2007) He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant ...

and starring

Dolores Cassinelli Dolores Cassinelli (July 4, 1888 – April 26, 1984) was an American film actress and singer. She appeared in 69 films between 1911 and 1925. Born in New York City, Cassinelli and her family moved to Chicago. Her parents put her in a conven ...

Alan Roscoe Alan Roscoe (born John Albert Rascoe; August 23, 1888 – March 8, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent and early talking film eras. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1933. Roscoe was born John Albert Rascoe ...

, and

Georges Deneubourg Georges Deneubourg (1860–1936) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.163 Selected filmography * ''La Tosca'' (1908) * ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) * ''Mothers of France'' (1917) * ''The Fall of the Romanoffs'' (1917) * '' Th ...

. It is presumed to be a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy ...

.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Tarnished Reputations''
at silentera.com

Plot

As described in a

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, 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

as Helen Sanderson *

as Robert Williams (credited as Albert Roscoe) *

as George de Wendbourg *

Ned Burton Ned Burton (1850–1922) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.Waldman p.32 Selected filmography * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1914) * '' The Fat Man's Burden'' (1914) * '' Hogan's Alley'' (1914) * ''The Velvet Paw'' (1916) *'' Man ...

as Judge Princeton

Production

The working title for the film was ''A Soul Adrift''.

References

External links

* * 1920 films American silent feature films Films directed by Herbert Blaché American black-and-white films Lost American films American adventure drama films 1920s adventure drama films Pathé Exchange films 1920 lost films Lost adventure drama films 1920 drama films 1920s American films Silent American drama films Silent adventure drama films 1920s English-language films {{silent-drama-film-stub