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This movie does not have a great original story, excellent acting or a great cast. What it does have is the incredibly attractive Rochelle Swanson. I have to say when I first saw this actress I thought she looked truly amazing. He physical attributes are stunning along with her gorgeous dark raven coloured hair and amazing eyes. Her acting is also not bad for this genre, I could actually imagine her playing a femme fatale type in a forties or fifties set thriller with ease. The overall movie is not really that great, but the nude scenes with Rochelle Swanson, in fact any scenes with her in are watchable. Woody Brown is fairly convincing as the obsessive guy but when he goes crazy he becomes a little less convincing. May Karasun is also quite attractive but looks bored at times and the actor playing the husband is not great either. Still, I don't think anyone will be watching this for the acting. So if you are looking for a bit of late night romance or nudity with great looking women this should suit your needs just fine.

The Secret Game
Directed by	William C. deMille Harry Haskin (ass't director)
Produced by	Jesse Lasky
Written by	Marion Fairfax (story, scenario)
Starring	Sessue Hayakawa
Cinematography	Charles Rosher
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 3, 1917
5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Secret Game is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Sessue Hayakawa. It survives complete at the Library of Congress and was released on DVD.^[1][2]

Plot[edit]

As described in a film magazine,^[3] Kitty Little (Vidor), a German spy under the direction of Dr. Ebell Smith (Ogle), is employed by Major John Northfield (Holt). The spies are anxious to obtain information on the sailing dates of transport ships. Nara-Nara (Hayakawa), a clever Japanese spy, is on the trail of the German spies and suspects Northfield of dishonesty. However, a letter makes him suspect Kitty, whom he has grown to love. Northfield, who also loves Kitty and also suspects her, as a test gives her a blank letter which he tells her to mail as it contains transport sailing dates. Kitty takes the letter to Smith. Nara-Nara follows and in a struggle kills Smith. He then endeavors to force Kitty to go away with him, but she reminds him of his ambition to keep his sword clean and he leaves her. While going to examine the body of Smith, Nara-Nara is killed by one of Smith's accomplices. Northfield comes to Kitty, who is in receipt of a letter from her brother in the German trenches that states he is to be shot for shielding women and children. Kitty becomes a true American and the fiance of Northfield.

Cast[edit]

• Sessue Hayakawa as Nara-Nara
• Jack Holt as Major John Northfield
• Florence Vidor as Kitty Little
• Mayme Kelso as Miss Loring
• Raymond Hatton as 'Mrs. Harris'
• Charles Ogle as Dr. Ebell Smith

References[edit]

1. ^Progressive Silent Film List: The Secret Game at silentera.com
2. ^The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Secret Game
3. ^'Reviews: The Secret Game'. Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (25): 28. December 15, 1917.

External links[edit]

• The Secret Game on IMDb
• allmovie/synopsis Synopsis at allmovie.com