The Doctor's Secret (Swedish: Doktorns hemlighet) is a 1930 drama film directed by John W. Brunius and starring Ivan Hedqvist, Pauline Brunius and Olof Sandborg.[1] It was produced and distributed by the Swedish subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the company's Joinville Studios. It was one of a large number of multiple-language versions shot at Joinville during the early years of the sound era. It is a Swedish-language remake of the Hollywood film The Doctor's Secret, based on the play Half an Hour by J.M. Barrie. It is now considered to be a lost film.[2]
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Directed by | John W. Brunius |
Written by | Per Stille |
Based on | Half an Hour by J. M. Barrie |
Starring | Ivan Hedqvist Pauline Brunius Olof Sandborg |
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Distributed by | Film AB Paramount |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Countries | Sweden United States |
Language | Swedish |
Synopsis
editLillian Gardner is unhappily married to a wealthy businessman. She meets another man and falls in love, planning to elope with him, but he is killed in a car accident.
Cast
edit- Ivan Hedqvist as Doctor Bolton
- Pauline Brunius as Lady Lillian Gardner
- Olof Sandborg as Richard Gardner
- Hugo Björne as Hugo Paton
- Erik Berglund as Mr. Redding
- Märta Ekström as Mrs. Redding
- Anne-Marie Brunius as Annie
- Ragna Broo-Juter as Mary
References
edit- ^ Sadoul p.32
- ^ "Lost sound films".
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Sadoul, Georges. Dictionary of Film Makers. University of California Press, 1972.
External links
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