The Secret Heart

About The Secret Heart

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 Lee's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can br…

The Secret Heart is a 1946 drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. At 97 minutes long, it arrived in December 1946.

Claudette Colbert appears as Lee Addams, Walter Pidgeon as Chris Matthews, June Allyson as Penny Addams, and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Rossiger. Written by Anne Morrison Chapin and Whitfield Cook.

Shelv files it under psychiatrist, childhood trauma, pianist, and alcoholic father. In the United States it streams on YouTube TV.

Matilda, Ray, and August: Osage County make useful companions to The Secret Heart, all filed under parent child relationship. It carries a NR rating.