Lady of Secrets

Lady of Secrets is a 1936 American drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Ruth Chatterton, Otto Kruger and Lionel Atwill.^[1]

Lady of Secrets
Directed by	Marion Gering
Written by	Zoe Akins Joseph Anthony Katharine Brush
Produced by	B.P. Schulberg
Starring	Ruth Chatterton Otto Kruger Lionel Atwill
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Music by	Howard Jackson
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 21, 1936 (1936-02-21)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Celia Whittaker, a reclusive socialite who has long eschewed romantic opportunities, learns her younger sister Joan intends to marry David Eastman, an older author and professor, though she is truly in love with Richard, a fledgling doctor. Meeting David before learning he is her fiancée, she learns he is not fully in love with her either. Despite this circumstance, their domineering father insists on seeing the wedding go forward, to the point of attempting to have Celia confined to her home against her will. In a flashback, the roots of Celia's behavior of melancholy isolation are revealed.

Partial cast

• Ruth Chatterton as Celia Whittaker
• Otto Kruger as David Eastman
• Lionel Atwill as Mr. Whittaker
• Marian Marsh as Joan Whittaker
• Lloyd Nolan as Michael
• Robert Allen as Richard Terrance
• Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
• Nana Bryant as Aunt Harriet
• Esther Dale as Miss Eccles