Barbara Stanwyck portrays an upper-class widow whose romance with an army officer causes trouble for her gossiping friends, domineering mother and young sons.

When Jess finds herself lost with a broken ski, she meets Major Scott Landis, who helps her back to the Abbotts' lodge.

She later confronts the gossipers at a New Year's Eve party, where Riette expresses her disapproval of Jess's behavior.

For this earnest dramatic disquisition on the great value of a good name, after making elaborate clawing gestures at the hearts of the customers for more than an hour, arrives at an easy conclusion which makes the whole preceding turmoil seem absurd…Dismissing completely the aspects of egocentrism in this yarn…the mere demonstration of behavior and social conventions herein is so thoroughly stilted and stuffy that the whole thing lacks common sense.

As the beautiful widow-lady, Barbara Stanwyck tries hard to act real, but the script seems to make her uncomfortable, except in a tight sweater in one scene.

George Brent plays the role of the major with a strong list to juvenility, especially in those passages wherein he is supposed to make wolfish love.

[1] Though the film was produced in 1944 on the heels of Stanwyck's great success, Double Indemnity, it was not released in the U.S. until 1946.