Kay Francis
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Secrets of an Actress is a romantic drama film directed by William Keighley, and starring Kay Francis, George Brent, and Ian Hunter in 1938. It is about a love triangle between a stage actress, her financial backer, and his friend.
Secrets of an Actress: Directed by William Keighley. With Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter, Gloria Dickson. Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
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- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- William Keighley
- 1938-09-10
A typical 1930s melodrama with a brisk pace and an interesting array of women characters, Secrets of an Actress (1938) starred Kay Francis in one of her last films for Warner Brothers. Francis's career is most often discussed by historians and biographers as one that was cut short by the machinations of the studio system, and this film is ...
- William Keighley, Chuck Hansen
- Kay Francis
Secrets of an Actress (1938) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Kay Francis: Secrets of an Actress: New Books Reveal the “Wavishing” Star. “I’m not a star, I’m a woman, and I want to get fucked!”. A combination clotheshorse/workhorse, Kay Francis made 67 films from 1929 to 1946. Her life and career are a splurging record of indulgent consumption and extravagant dissipation.
If My Bill didn’t make it clear to audiences that Kay Francis was old news on the Warner Brothers lot, Secrets of an Actress confirmed it. The plot is so empty, so unimportant, a canvas so blank it makes one wonder why they even stretched it out into the tiny duration it already has.
Secrets of an Actress. Fay Carter (Kay Francis), the daughter of a successful actor, has also gone into show business but cannot find good roles. After she meets architect Pete Snowden (Ian...
- Romance
