Secrets (1933 film)

Secrets
Theatrical poster
Directed byFrank Borzage
Written bySalisbury Field
Frances Marion
Leonard Praskins
Based onSecrets
1922 play
by Rudolph Besier
May Edginton
Produced byMary Pickford
StarringMary Pickford
Leslie Howard
CinematographyRay June
Edited byHugh Bennett
Music byAlfred Newman
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 16, 1933 (1933-03-16)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Secrets is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Mary Pickford in her last film role. The film is a remake of Secrets (1924), a silent film starring Norma Talmadge, which was based on a 1922 play of the same name.

In 1930, Pickford had begun a remake of the Norma Talmadge Secrets titled Forever Yours with director Marshall Neilan and actors Kenneth MacKenna and Don Alvarado. After spending $300,000, Pickford stopped production and destroyed all the negatives[1] because she was unhappy with the results; in 1933 a fresh start with Borzage was announced.[2][3]

  1. ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. p93
  2. ^ "Notes". Turner Classic Movies.
  3. ^ Leavey, Peggy Dymond (September 15, 2011). Mary Pickford: Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart. Dundurn. pp. 146–147. ISBN 9781554889464.