The Secret Heart (1946)

movie

(720)

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1946-12-25
Director: Robert Z. Leonard (1889–1968)
Writers: Whitfield Cook , Anne Morrison Chapin , Rose Franken , William Brown Meloney
Language: English
Stars: Claudette Colbert , Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984) , June Allyson , Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954) , Robert Sterling , Marshall Thompson , Elizabeth Patterson , Richard Derr , Patricia Medina , Eily Malyon (1879–1961)
Runtime: 97 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Tajemnicze serce (Poland) , The Secret Heart (United Kingdom) , Тайное сердце , Desconfianza (Spain) , Emoção Secreta (Brazil) , Hjertets hemmelighed (Denmark) , The Secret Heart , Salainen sydän (Finland) , Paixão Secreta (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Apolytrosis (Greece) , In fondo al cuore (Italy) , Geheimnis des Herzens (Germany) , Corazón secreto (Mexico) , Coeur secret (France, French Republic) , The Secret Heart (Canada) , Ett hjärtas hemlighet (Sweden) , The Secret Heart (United States of America) , 秘めたる心 (Japan)
Plot: Brillant pianist Larry Addams allows his frustrated ambitions to ruin his life and commits suicide, leaving his wife, Lee, and two small children, Penny and Chase, under the stigma of disgrace. Lee takes over and devotes her life to paying off Larry's debts and raising her two step-children. Prior to her marriage, Lee had turned down the proposal of Chris Matthews, wealthy ship builder and college friend of Larry's, but he had remained as a true friend to both. On the night of the suicide, Lee and Chris had attended a dinner party together and, horrified and shocked at the death, Lee sends Chris away, and for ten years does everything possible for the children to make up for the loss of their father. Bewildered by some of the strange stories concerning her father, the grown-up Penny (June Allyson) questions Lee and her brother Chase. Later, Penny meets and falls in love with Chris, not realizing he is the man Lee gave up.
IMDB:tt0038916