The Doctor's Secret (1929 film)
| The Doctor's Secret | |
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| Directed by | William C. deMille |
| Screenplay by | William C. deMille |
| Based on | Half an Hour by J. M. Barrie |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Ruth Chatterton H. B. Warner John Loder Robert Edeson Wilfred Noy Ethel Wales |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | Merrill G. White |
| Music by | Seymour Burns |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Doctor's Secret is a 1929 American
and released the following year.Plot
Young Englishwoman Lillian Garson is unhappy with her marriage and decides to elope with another man. However he is killed in a car accident and she returns home to her husband and tries to carry on as if nothing had happened. Only the doctor who shows up at their house for dinner that night, and who dealt with the crash, knows the truth.
Cast
- Ruth Chatterton as Lillian Garson
- H. B. Warner as Richard Garson
- John Loder as Hugh Paton
- Robert Edeson as Dr. Brodie
- Wilfred Noy as Mr. Redding
- Ethel Wales as Mrs. Redding
- Nanci Price as Susie
- Frank Finch Smiles as Wethers
Preservation
See also
References
- ^ "Movie Review - Captain Lash - THE SCREEN; Barrie's "Half an Hour." His "Blooming Angel." Other Photoplays. - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ^ "The Doctor's Secret (1929) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ^ The Doctor's Secret at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files
Bibliography
- Crafton, Donald. The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
- The Doctor's Secret at IMDb
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