Secrets

Secrets

83 mins | Drama, Western | March 16, 1933

In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle rustling gang, as well as the tragic loss of their only son. With Mary's help, John defeats the gang, which propels him to political power that, over the years, gradually erodes the once-happy marriage.

Secrets

83 mins | Drama, Western | March 16, 1933

Secrets
In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle rustling gang, as well as the tragic loss of their only son. With Mary's help, John defeats the gang, which propels him to political power that, over the years, gradually erodes the once-happy marriage.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers United Artists, Mary Pickford Company
Original title Secrets
Directors Lew Borzage, Frank Borzage
Writers May Edginton, Rudolph Besier, Frances Marion

Cast

Mary Pickford

as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton

Leslie Howard

as John Carlton

C. Aubrey Smith

as William Marlowe

Blanche Friderici

as Martha Marlowe

Doris Lloyd

as Susan Channing

Herbert Evans

as Lord Hurley

Ned Sparks

as Sunshine

Allan Sears

as Jake Houser

Mona Maris

as SeƱora Lolita Martinez

Huntley Gordon

as William Carlton

Ethel Clayton

as Audrey Carlton

Bessie Barriscale

as Susan Carlton

Theodore von Eltz

as Robert Carlton

Randolph Connolly

as Robert Carlton as a Child (uncredited)

Virginia Grey

as Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)

Ellen Johnson

as Susan Carlton as a Child (uncredited)

Florence Lawrence

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Jerry Stewart

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Lyman Williams

as William Carlton as a Young Man (uncredited)