''Secrets of an Actress'' is a romantic drama film directed by

William Keighley William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889 – June 24, 1984) was an American stage actor and Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood film director. Career After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of ...

, and starring

Kay Francis Kay Francis (born Katharine Edwina Gibbs; January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 an ...

, George Brent, and Ian Hunter in 1938. It is about a

love triangle A love triangle is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, or in which one person in a romantic relationship with someone is simultaneo ...

between a stage actress, her financial backer, and his friend.

Plot summary

Architects Dick Orr and Peter Snowden fall in love with actress Fay Carter and get involved in her show business aspirations.

Cast

as Fay Carter * George Brent as Dick Orr * Ian Hunter as Peter Snowden * Gloria Dickson as Carla Orr * Isabel Jeans as Marian Plantagenet *

Penny Singleton Penny Singleton (born Mariana Dorothy McNulty, September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003) was an American actress and labor leader. During her six decade career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip he ...

as Miss Reid *

Dennie Moore Dennie Moore (born Florence Moore; December 30, 1902 – February 22, 1978) was an American film and stage actress. Early life Moore was born in New York City on December 30, 1902, to immigrant parents of Scottish and Irish descent. She wa ...

as Miss Blackstone *

Selmer Jackson Selmer Adolf Jackson (May 7, 1888 – March 30, 1971) was an American stage film and television actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963. His name was sometimes spelled Selmar Jackson. Jackson was born in Lake Mills, Iowa ...

as Mr. Thompson *

Herbert Rawlinson Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...

as Mr. Harrison * Emmett Vogan as Joe Spencer (as Emmet Vogan) * James B. Carson as Carstairs *

George O'Hanlon George O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action ''Joe McDoakes'' short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voic ...

as Flowers Delivery Boy (uncredited)

References

External links

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''Secrets of an Actress'' at AllMovie
* * * 1938 films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Keighley Films scored by Heinz Roemheld 1938 romantic drama films Warner Bros. films American romantic drama films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language romantic drama films {{1930s-romantic-drama-film-stub