''The Doctor's Secret'' (Swedish: ''Doktorns hemlighet'') is a 1930

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directed by John W. Brunius and starring Ivan Hedqvist,

Olof Sandborg Olof Sandborg (April 30, 1884 in Gothenburg – March 26, 1965 in Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1962. Filmography * ''The Voice of Passion, Blodets röst'' (1913) * ''Lady Marion's Su ...

and John's spouse

Pauline Brunius Pauline Brunius, née ''Emma Maria Pauline Lindstedt'' (10 February 1881 in Stockholm – 30 March 1954 in Stockholm) was a Swedish stage and film actor, screenwriter and film and theatre director. She was the managing director of the Royal Dra ...

. It was produced and distributed by the Swedish subsidiary of

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at the company's

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. It was one of a large number of

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s shot at Joinville during the early years of the

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. It is a Swedish-language remake of the

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film '' The Doctor's Secret'', based on the play ''Half an Hour'' by

J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succ ...

. It is now considered to be a

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Synopsis

Lillian 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

* Ivan Hedqvist as Doctor Bolton *

as Lady Lillian Gardner *

as Richard Gardner *

Hugo Björne Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor. Biography Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalm ...

as Hugo Paton *

Erik Berglund Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred films. ...

as Mr. Redding *

Märta Ekström Märta Valborg Ekström (28 January 1899 – 23 January 1952) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Charles XII'' (1925) * ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925) *'' The Doctor's Secret'' (1930) * '' The Two of Us'' (1930) * ' ...

as Mrs. Redding * Anne-Marie Brunius as Annie * Ragna Broo-Juter as Mary

References

Bibliography

* 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

* 1930 films American drama films Swedish drama films 1930 drama films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by John W. Brunius Swedish black-and-white films Swedish films based on plays Films shot at Joinville Studios Paramount Pictures films Films set in London Films based on works by J. M. Barrie 1930s American films 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub