The Secret Bride
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| Directed by | William Dieterle |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke |
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Concealment (play) by Leonard Ide |
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| Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
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64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Secret Bride is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William. Based on the play Concealment by Leonard Ide, the film is about governor's daughter and a state attorney general who are forced to keep their marriage secret after the governor is accused of a crime.
Attorney General Robert Sheldon (Warren William) and Ruth Vincent (Barbara Stanwyck), the daughter of Governor Vincent (Arthur Byron), have to keep their marriage a secret when investigator Daniel Breeden (Douglas Dumbrille) uncovers evidence that may show that the governor took a bribe from J.F. Holdstock (Russell Hicks) an embezzling financier he pardoned. Holdstock's private secretary, Willis Martin (Grant Mitchell), who deposited the bribe money in the governor's private bank account, tells Sheldon and Breeden that he knows of no business between Holdstickk and the governor that would explain the money.
Sheldon goes to the Governor's Residence to tell Ruth about the situation, and that he is obligated to present the evidence to a legislative investigation committee. Ruth is certain that her father did not take a bribe, and that Holdstock can explain everything, but they learn by phone from Breeden that Holdstock has committed suicide.
The Governor is concerned about the allegations, but his financial backer, Jim Lansdale (Henry O'Neill) calms him down, and takes him to lunch. Before he does he makes a phone call in which he learns that Sheldon is at the Governor's residence, but he does not tell the Governor this.
In Holdstock's papers, Sheldon finds a typed note which apparently provides a motive for the bribe: "My dear friend Holdstock ... the expense of maintaining my sockfarm has exceeded the income during the year ... the time for the matter we discussed has come. W.H.V." Sheldon rushes to show it to Ruth, and they decide to take it to police headquarters to be compared with a sample from the governor's personal typewriter. Lt. Tom Nigard (Arthur Aylesworth) shows them the comparison: both samples are definitely from the same machine. Ruth returns home to tell her father about the evidence, and he adamantly denies that he wrote the note, giving her his word of honor.
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