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Her Sister's Secret

Her Sister's Secret

There are two ways a woman can love...IN GLORY and IN DESPAIR! These sisters knew them both!

1946 · 86 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

A WWII tale of romance that begins during New Orlean's "Mardi Gras" celebration when a soldier and a girl meet and fall in love. He asks her to marry him but she decides to wait until his next leave. He is sent overseas and she does not receive his letter and feels abandoned, but she does find out she is pregnant. She gives the child to her married sister and does not see her child again for three years. She returns to her sister's home to reclaim the child, and the soldier, who has been searching for her, also turns up. The sister is not interested in giving up the child. Written by Les Adams

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer · Written by Anne Green

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