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A Woman's Secret is a 1949 American film noir / mystery starring Maureen O'Hara, Gloria Grahame and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Nicholas Ray, it was written and produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz based on the novel Mortgage on Life by Vicki Baum.
A Woman's Secret: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams. Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Nicholas Ray
- 1949-02-07
Woman's Secret, A (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Songs Of Estrellita The prominent movie music director Constantin Bakaleinikoff appears, directing a radio orchestra, as director Nicholas Ray introduces his leading ladies, Susan (Gloria Grahame) and Marian (Maureen O'Hara), opening A Woman's Secret, 1949, from a Vicki Baum novel.
- Nicholas Ray, Doran Cox
- Maureen O'hara
Desk Sergeant. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Fred Aldrich. ... Policeman (uncredited) C. Bakaleinikoff. ... Studio Recording Session Conductor (uncredited) Guy Beach.
A Woman's Secret. A popular singer, Marian Washburn (Maureen O'Hara), suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player ...
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- Maureen O'hara
- Nicholas Ray
- Drama
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down ...
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Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz adopts the same prismatic-flashback technique he'd used so well in Citizen Kane for the 1949 filmic soap opera A Woman's Secret. Based on a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum, the film begins with the shooting of nightclub singer Susan Caldwell (Gloria Grahame).