Borzage's considerably altered remake of his own 1923 version is a film rarely shown, even in Borzage retrospectives. Secrets tells the story of John (Leslie Howard) and Mary (Mary Pickford). Between their much discouraged romance in the New England of bicycles-built-for-two, to their rise to prominence as one of California's most successful families (with John a possible gubernatorial candidate), something has gone sour in their lives. Their story unfolds in flashbacks recounting their elopement, their arduous journey West by covered wagon and, finally, John's secrets, which bring us back to the present with a new sense of who he is.