An edition of Mary Astor's Purple diary (2016)

Mary Astor's Purple diary

the great American sex scandal of 1936

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An edition of Mary Astor's Purple diary (2016)

Mary Astor's Purple diary

the great American sex scandal of 1936

First edition.

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In 1936 newspapers were ablaze with a scandalous child custody trial taking place in Hollywood and starring the actress Mary Astor; the story pushed Hitler and Franco off the front pages. George S. Kaufman, then the most successful playwright on Broadway and a married man to boot, had been Astor's lover. The scandal revolved around Mary's diary, which her ex-husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, had found when they were still together. Mary, he claimed, had not only kept a tally of all her extramarital affairs but graded them-- and he already alerted the press in order to obtain a divorce and get custody of their daughter. Sorel provides all the juicy details of this particular slice of Hollywood Babylon, including Mary's life as a child star, and her teenage love affair with the much older John Barrymore.

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Liveright
Language
English
Pages
167

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Subjects

Sex scandals, Biography, Motion picture actors and actresses, Motion picture actors and actresses, united states, Comics & graphic novels, nonfiction, biography & memoir, Scandals, New York Times reviewed

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Mary Astor (1906-1987)

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United States
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Cover of: Mary Astor's Purple diary
Mary Astor's Purple diary: the great American sex scandal of 1936
2016, Liveright
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Purple diary

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Dewey Decimal Class
791.4302/8092, B
Library of Congress
PN2287.A8 S67 2016, PN2287.A8S67 2016

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167 pages
Number of pages
167

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OL27220446M
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maryastorspurple0000sore
ISBN 10
1631490230
ISBN 13
9781631490231
LCCN
2016012782
OCLC/WorldCat
937452609

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