The Secret Bride is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William. Based on the play Concealment by Leonard Ide, the film is about governor's daughter and a state attorney general who are forced to keep their marriage secret after the governor is accused of a crime.Synopsis
Attorney General Robert Sheldon (Warren William) and Ruth Vincent (Barbara Stanwyck), the daughter of Governor Vincent (Arthur Byron), have to keep their marriage a secret when investigator Daniel Breeden (Douglas Dumbrille) uncovers evidence that may show that the governor took a bribe from J.F. Holdstock (Russell Hicks) an embezzling financier he pardoned. Holdstock's private secretary, Willis Martin (Grant Mitchell), who deposited the bribe money in the governor's private bank account, tells Sheldon and Breeden that he knows of no business between Holdstickk and the governor that would explain the money.
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