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Release Date:
December 25, 1946
Original Title:
The Secret Heart
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 97
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
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Additional Music:
Robert Franklyn
Lennie Hayton
Art Direction:
Edward C. Carfagno
Cedric Gibbons
Assistant Director:
Bill Lewis
Costume Supervisor:
Irene
Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Director of Photography:
George J. Folsey
Editor:
Adrienne Fazan
Orchestrator:
Robert Franklyn
Wally Heglin
Original Music Composer:
Bronislau Kaper
Producer:
Edwin H. Knopf
Screenplay:
Whitfield Cook
Anne Morrison Chapin
Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis
Henry Grace
Sound Director:
Douglas Shearer
Special Effects:
Warren Newcombe
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