''Her Forgotten Past'' is a 1933 American

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directed by Wesley Ford and starring

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and

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.Pitts p. 253

Synopsis

Without telling her wealthy father, Doris Maynard marries the family

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. When he finds out the couple leave together, but after a few months she discovers that her husband is a reckless gambler, who with a warrant out for his arrest goes on the run. Doris returns home and sometime later is courted by a

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, but on her father's advice declines to tell him about her recent marriage as it is believed her husband is now dead in an automobile accident.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 mystery films 1930s English-language films American mystery films Mayfair Pictures films Films directed by Wesley Ford 1930s American films {{mystery-film-stub