''The Doctor's Secret'' (Italian: ''Il segreto del dottore'') is a 1931 American

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directed by Jack Salvatori and starring

Soava Gallone Soava Gallone, née Stanisława Winawerówna (1880 – 30 May 1957) was a Polish and later Italian film actress who appeared in early Italian cinema. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1913 and 1931. She was the wife of film director Car ...

Lamberto Picasso Lamberto Picasso (21 October 1880 – 17 September 1962) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1914 and 1953. Life and career Born in La Spezia, Picasso studied at the Istituto Tecnico in Genoa, and made his acting debu ...

and Alfredo Robert.Waldman p.160 It was made at the

Joinville Studios The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont making films there. A second studio was a ...

in Paris, as the Italian-language version of

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's '' The Doctor's Secret'' (1929). A separate Swedish-language version had also been produced at Joinville. The film's sets were designed by Paolo Reni.

Cast

as Liliana Garner *

as Giovanni * Alfredo Robert as Il dottor Brady *

Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily, he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany, which had the largest European film ind ...

as Redding * Lina Modigliani as La signora Redding *

Vanna Vanni Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915 – 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943. Life and career Vanni was born in Florence as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful a ...

as Susanna, la cameriera * Antonio Niccodemi as Riccardo, marito di Liliana

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 drama films Paramount Pictures films American drama films Films shot at Joinville Studios 1930s Italian-language films Films based on works by J. M. Barrie American black-and-white films Italian-language American films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub