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Mary Marlowe (Mary Pickford) is a child of privilege, daughter of a wealthy New England banker. She has been pledged by her father into marriage with Lord Hurley, an effete British aristocrat. However, she's in love with John Carlton (Leslie Howard), a clerk at her father's bank. Her father William (C. Aubrey Smith) finds out about this and not only fires John, but says he'll prevent John from getting a decent job anywhere in New England. Meanwhile, Mary's marriage to Lord Hurley will take place in two days.
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Mary Marlowe (Mary Pickford) is a child of privilege, daughter of a wealthy New England banker. She has been pledged by her father into marriage with Lord Hurley, an effete British aristocrat. However, she's in love with John Carlton (Leslie Howard), a clerk at her father's bank. Her father William (C. Aubrey Smith) (Creator/CAubreySmith) finds out about this and not only fires John, but says he'll prevent John from getting a decent job anywhere in New England. Meanwhile, Mary's marriage to Lord Hurley will take place in two days.
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* VerbalIrony: "She's the weakest and most obedient of women," says William, at the very moment his daughter is eloping out the front gate.
* YourCheatingHeart: John has a series of affairs after rising to prominence in California.
* YourCheatingHeart: John has a series of affairs after rising to prominence in California.
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* VerbalIrony: "She's the weakest and most obedient of women," says William, at the very moment his daughter is eloping out the front gate.
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* YourCheatingHeart: John has a series of affairs after rising to prominence in California.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Mary Pickford: still cute]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Mary Pickford: still cute]]
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* DeathGlare: Mary shoots a brief but intense one at John after John's lover Lolita shows up at a fancy dress ball being hosted by the Carltons.
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: It can't be a coincidence that, for their confrontation at the ball, sweet and nurturing wife Mary is wearing a white dress, while John's fiery mistress Lolita is wearing a dark (red? It's a black-and-white movie) one.
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* ThreeActStructure: Three largely self-contained acts in different locations. Act I is John and Mary falling in love in New England and eloping. Act II is their life as pioneer ranchers somewhere in California, confronting violent cattle rustlers. Act III finds them living in a mansion with John campaigning for governor, only to have his mistress pop up.
* TitleDrop: While telling their children that they want some time alone in their old age, John and Mary explain that there are certain "secrets" between every married couple that only they know.
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* DeathOfAChild: John and Mary's baby dies of a fever as the house is besieged by cattle rustlers.
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* EnemyEatsYourLunch: Jake Houser and his goons steal John's cattle, but not before barging into the house and demanding at the point of a gun that Mary fix them lunch. It's that, rather than the loss of the cattle, that spurs John to raise a posse and come after them.
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* KirksRock: Thirty years before ''Star Trek'', John and his ranch hand are riding through the Vasquez Rocks formation when they see Houser headed the other way with John's cattle.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: How to demonstrate that Jake Houser the cattle rustler is really really evil? Have him point a gun at a baby while demanding food.
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* TheRustler: Jake Houser, a super-evil cattle rustler who becomes the antagonist in the second act, attacking the Carlton ranch.
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* HighClassGlass: Helps to establish Lord Hurley as an effete aristocrat.
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''Secrets'' is a 1933 film directed by Creator/FrankBorzage, starring Creator/MaryPickford and Creator/LeslieHoward.
Mary Marlowe (Mary Pickford) is a child of privilege, daughter of a wealthy New England banker. She has been pledged by her father into marriage with Lord Hurley, an effete British aristocrat. However, she's in love with John Carlton (Leslie Howard), a clerk at her father's bank. Her father William (C. Aubrey Smith) finds out about this and not only fires John, but says he'll prevent John from getting a decent job anywhere in New England. Meanwhile, Mary's marriage to Lord Hurley will take place in two days.
John and Mary elect to elope. They head out to California and raise cattle. They get rich, and John becomes a prominent man in the new state of California, eventually running for public office. However, John has a wandering eye, and his affairs threaten both their marriage and his political career.
Mary Pickford's last film. 41 years old, she was no longer able to play TheIngenue or DawsonCasting roles, and the public proved uninterested in seeing her tackle adult fare.
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!!Tropes:
* {{Elopement}}: Her father's class snobbery forces Mary to run off with John.
* EnterStageWindow: John climbs a ladder up to Mary's room and then comes in through the window that he's going to California to make a new life.
* ExactWords: When her father demands she leave her room and come back to the engagement party, Mary says "I'll be out of here in ten minutes." It's true, as she immediately elopes with John.
* {{Fainting}}: Mary fakes this to escape the engagement party.
* HaveAGayOldTime: When John climbs up to Mary's window during the engagement party, he says "Do you expect me to stand outside windows all my life watching British lords make love to you?"
* NoPeripheralVision: With her father hammering on the door, Mary hurriedly throws her dress down on the floor (it's a huge 19th century formal dress) for John to hide under. William enters the room, sees the dress on the floor, picks it up, and scolds Mary for not taking care of her dress, while John's legs are in plain view at his feet.
* YourCheatingHeart: John has a series of affairs after rising to prominence in California.
Mary Marlowe (Mary Pickford) is a child of privilege, daughter of a wealthy New England banker. She has been pledged by her father into marriage with Lord Hurley, an effete British aristocrat. However, she's in love with John Carlton (Leslie Howard), a clerk at her father's bank. Her father William (C. Aubrey Smith) finds out about this and not only fires John, but says he'll prevent John from getting a decent job anywhere in New England. Meanwhile, Mary's marriage to Lord Hurley will take place in two days.
John and Mary elect to elope. They head out to California and raise cattle. They get rich, and John becomes a prominent man in the new state of California, eventually running for public office. However, John has a wandering eye, and his affairs threaten both their marriage and his political career.
Mary Pickford's last film. 41 years old, she was no longer able to play TheIngenue or DawsonCasting roles, and the public proved uninterested in seeing her tackle adult fare.
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!!Tropes:
* {{Elopement}}: Her father's class snobbery forces Mary to run off with John.
* EnterStageWindow: John climbs a ladder up to Mary's room and then comes in through the window that he's going to California to make a new life.
* ExactWords: When her father demands she leave her room and come back to the engagement party, Mary says "I'll be out of here in ten minutes." It's true, as she immediately elopes with John.
* {{Fainting}}: Mary fakes this to escape the engagement party.
* HaveAGayOldTime: When John climbs up to Mary's window during the engagement party, he says "Do you expect me to stand outside windows all my life watching British lords make love to you?"
* NoPeripheralVision: With her father hammering on the door, Mary hurriedly throws her dress down on the floor (it's a huge 19th century formal dress) for John to hide under. William enters the room, sees the dress on the floor, picks it up, and scolds Mary for not taking care of her dress, while John's legs are in plain view at his feet.
* YourCheatingHeart: John has a series of affairs after rising to prominence in California.
