The Secret Call

A girl's struggle for revenge and against love!

The Secret Call — Plot

The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.

• Release date
• July 24, 1931
• Runtime
• 73 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Stuart Walker

The Secret Call — Cast

Richard Arlen Tom Blake Peggy Shannon Wanda Kelly William B. Davidson Jim Blake Charles Trowbridge Phil Roberts Ned Sparks Bert Benedict

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Jane Keithley Grace Roberts Selmer Jackson Matt Stanton Jed Prouty Jim Neligan