Faithful in My Fashion

Faithful in My Fashion
Directed by	Sidney Salkow
Written by	Lionel Houser
Produced by	Lionel Houser
Starring	Donna Reed Tom Drake Edward Everett Horton Spring Byington Harry Davenport
Cinematography	Charles Salerno, Jr.
Edited by	Irvine Warburton
Music by	Nathaniel Shilkret
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	August 22, 1946 (1946-08-22)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$680,000
Box office	$626,000

Faithful in My Fashion is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Donna Reed, Tom Drake and Edward Everett Horton. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Jeff (Tom Drake) arrives home to New York City after being away in the Army—and in a POW camp—for several years. When Jeff shipped out, he received an enthusiastic kiss from Jean. Leaping to conclusions, he sent her an engagement ring and for various reasons—which she babbles to her boss—she could never disabuse him. Jeff is unaware that Jean has been promoted far above him and is now a buyer at the department store where they work. He is also unaware that his supposed fiancée is dating Walter Medcraft, also a store employee. Jeff assumes she still intends to marry him. In order to save him from heartache, Jean's boss and several employees at the store set up a ruse to keep Jeff unaware of Jean's new man for the two weeks until he is deployed again. Jean cooperates with the ruse by pretending to work in the stockroom, but it is not long before things going awry, starting with Jeff's desire to get married immediately and the need to persuade the current occupant of her old apartment to move out temporarily.

Cast

• Donna Reed as Jean "Chunky" Kendrick
• Tom Drake as Jeff Compton
• Edward Everett Horton as Hiram Dilworthy
• Spring Byington as Miss Mary Swanson
• Harry Davenport as Great Grandpa
• Sig Ruman as Professor Boris Riminoffsky
• Margaret Hamilton as Miss Applegate
• Warner Anderson as Walter Medcraft
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Mr. Wilson
• Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Murphy
• Fred Essler as Nikolai
• Wilson Wood as Henry Stute
• William 'Bill' Phillips as 1st Barfly
• Jack Overman as 2nd Barfly
• Phyllis Kennedy as Miss Dale, Walter's Secretary
• Barbara Billingsley as Mary
• Lillian Yarbo as Celia

Reception

According to MGM records the movie was not a hit, earning $486,000 in the US and Canada and $140,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $307,000.

External links

• Faithful in My Fashion at IMDb
• Faithful in My Fashion at TCMDB
• Faithful in My Fashion at AllMovie
• Faithful in My Fashion at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films