秘密(1924)

剧情简介

SECRETS (USA 1924) An elderly woman looks back on her life with her heavily ill husband and recalls when she fell in love. With quiet nuance and with a fine sense of observation, Borzage uses flashbacks to tell the story of young Lady Mary who crosses social boundaries when she falls for her father’s employee and chooses to leave her family for him. She tells her children, who do not understand her sense of sacrifice, the secret of love that should be preserved like a treasure and for this to be possible social conventions have to be flouted and adversities and a variety of inner and external tests have to be overcome. A dramaturgical highlight full of refinement and wit is the long scene when Lady Mary puts on an elaborate ball gown, a scene that is abruptly ended when the father discovers a letter written by John. The removal of the dress is no less tricky and accompanied by numerous interruptions. Borzage made a sound remake in 1933, but it is without compare to the original in terms of lightness and charm.