Secrets (United Artists Pressbook) (1933)

Catch Lines In every human life there are secret joys and secret sorrows that we keep locked up in our heart. What a combination! America’s sweetheart and Leslie Howard, who is riding the crest of a wave of popularity as the screen’s best liked romantic player. * * * In a twinkling of an eye, their minds were made up. They eloped and set their faces toward the West, empty pockets, but hearts singing with hope. A mad elopement that blossomed into a beautiful love that kept them side by side through a half century of joy and sorrow. * * * “I was unfaithful because I was lonesome and you were two thousand miles away.” But Mary with a forgiving look answered, “When you deceived me in New York, I was with you, and not two thousand miles away. * * * The charm of “SMILING THROUGH,” the sweep of “CIMARRON,” the epic greatness of “THE COVERED WAGON.” All of these woven into a story that summarizes all that Mary Pickford has meant to the screen. * * * Hemmed in on all sides, fighting a certain losing battle, should he give himself up and save his wife and child, or should they all go down fighting together? No protection, and their little homestead at the mercy of wandering bands of rustlers, no wonder they took the law into their own hands and fought fire with fire. Charm, sentiment, action and romance, all cleverly woven into a panorama of entertainment that proves a triumph of the talking screen. all she has meant to the screen IS SUMMARIZED IN THIS MOST BRILLIANT TRIUMPH OF A BRILLIANT CAREER! 10 — Two Col. Ad (Mat .10 ;Cut A0) Door Knob Hanger An unusual effect has been ob¬ tained in the use of this doorknob hanger since the hole that fits over the doorknob is die cut through the parasol held in the hand of Mary Pickford. Above on the right, you see how its fits snugly over the doorknob and on the left is a close- up view of this novelty. There is a certain teaser element that is bound to rouse quite a bit of interest due to the catchline, “Don’t keep any ‘SECRETS’ from your neighbors, tell them to see Mary Pickford in ‘SE¬ CRETS’.” You should make good use of these doorknob hangers not only using them for house-to-house place¬ ment, but fitting them over the handles of automobiles at street cor¬ ner intersections wherever traffic stops so that when the cars start up again these little doorknob hangers will act as moving billboards for your picture. They are made of strong cardboard and are 11 inches in height and 4 inches in width. Prices include theatre imprint and playdate: Order these direct from Economy Novelty & Printing Company, 239 West 39th Street, New York. SECRETS wifh LESLIE HOWARD Do Married Men Claim Polygamy Their Privilege? [ ^ NOTE: The following story can be used both as a newspaper 1 exploitation stunt for “Secrets” J publicity yarn or as Is it true that man is perennially polygamous? Can he philander with many women, yet love but one? Can a wife forgive and forget and continue to live happily with her husband until “death do them part,” even after he has confessed his infidelities? Are the divorce courts the only solution when a marital bark heads for the whirlpool of disaster, or can this problem be solved in the tribunal of the human heart? Great minds and foremost authorities on human conduct have long debated the single versus the double moral standard. Controversies have raged and prudish eye-brows have been raised over these intricate questions of behavior since time immemorial, but in all the realm of fiction or fact, they never have been answered more convincingly than in Mary Pickford’s “Secrets,” which comes to the . See this powerful and gripping love story in which Leslie Howard, madly in love with his screen wife. Miss Pickford, nevertheless finally becomes so entangled in an affair that he confesses he has broken his marriage vows, but insists he loves only his wife. To his amazement he learns that she is aware of this affair, as well as several others in which he has been involved. How the wife handles this situation provides a strange denouement. Should the heroine have done as she did? Or can you suggest a better solution? Now is your opportunity to voice your thoughts and views, and in so doing, qualify for one of the prizes offered by the management of the. After viewing “Secrets,” write from 100 to 200 words, giving YOUR opinion, and mail to the man¬ agement of the ., or leave at the box-office. The winning letters will be published in the newspapers. There are several other fine sequences that emphasize Leslie Howard’s unfaithfulness in the role of husband. For example, he confesses that he was unfaithful during a long ocean voyage and alibis it by saying his wife was two thousand miles away. However, Mary later pins him down to an affair with a New York actress while Mary was in the same city with him, and she gently hints that when he was unfaithful in New York she was not two thousand miles away.