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Donna found a new way to "kiss and make up"

JP
Aug 22, 2025
1 min read

August 22, 1946 - MGM releases "Faithful in My Fashion" starring Donna Reed and Tom Drake.


Jeff (Tom Drake) arrives home to New York City after being away in the Navy for several years. Unaware that his fiancée, Jean (Donna Reed), is now dating a man (Warner Anderson) at the department store where she works, Jeff assumes she still intends to marry him. In order to save Jeff from heartache, several employees at Jean's store set up a ruse to keep Jeff unaware of Jean's new man until he is deployed again. Jean cooperates with the ruse, but it isn't long before secrets get revealed.


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.


A Variety review said, "Donna Reed makes an appealing heart interest in this hokey story."


11 Comments


vemderglade
Aug 05

Interesting piece of film history! Funny how a well-meaning ruse plot couldn't save it from financial loss. Donna Reed's charm clearly carried the film though, even critics noted her appeal despite the "hokey" story. Cooking games

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hi
Jun 28

This is a sweet little film I hadn't heard of before. The whole "guy comes home from war expecting everything to be the same" plot feels so of its era. Speaking of revisiting old things with fresh eyes — kind of like how Pokemon Lazarus gives classic games a completely different story, these old movies offer similar surprises when you dig into the classics.

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