The Purple Diaries Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s
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Erscheinungsdatum
30.04.2020
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Diversion BooksSeitenzahl
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Englisch
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9781682302989
The "endlessly fascinating" true story of a custody battle that threatened to expose the seedy secrets of Hollywood's Golden Age-illustrated with photos (
Entertainment Weekly).
Most famous for playing opposite Humphrey Bogart in
The Maltese Falcon, Mary Astor was one of Hollywood's most beloved film stars. But her story wasn't a happy one. Widowed at twenty-four, she quickly entered a rocky marriage with Dr. Franklyn Thorpe in which both were unfaithful. When they finally divorced in 1936, Astor sued for custody of their baby daughter Marylyn, setting off one of Hollywood's most scandalous court cases.
In the ruthless court battle, Thorpe held a trump card: the diaries Astor had been keeping for years. In them, Astor detailed her own affairs-including with playwright George S. Kaufman-as well as the myriad dalliances of some of Hollywood's biggest names. Studio heads were desperate to keep such damning details from leaking. But speculation of the dairy's contents became a major news story, stealing the front page from The Spanish Civil War and Hitler's 1936 Olympic Games in newspapers all over America.
With unlimited access to the photographs and memorabilia of Mary Astor's estate,
The Purples Diariesis an in-depth look at Hollywood's Golden Age as it has never been seen before.
Entertainment Weekly).
Most famous for playing opposite Humphrey Bogart in
The Maltese Falcon, Mary Astor was one of Hollywood's most beloved film stars. But her story wasn't a happy one. Widowed at twenty-four, she quickly entered a rocky marriage with Dr. Franklyn Thorpe in which both were unfaithful. When they finally divorced in 1936, Astor sued for custody of their baby daughter Marylyn, setting off one of Hollywood's most scandalous court cases.
In the ruthless court battle, Thorpe held a trump card: the diaries Astor had been keeping for years. In them, Astor detailed her own affairs-including with playwright George S. Kaufman-as well as the myriad dalliances of some of Hollywood's biggest names. Studio heads were desperate to keep such damning details from leaking. But speculation of the dairy's contents became a major news story, stealing the front page from The Spanish Civil War and Hitler's 1936 Olympic Games in newspapers all over America.
With unlimited access to the photographs and memorabilia of Mary Astor's estate,
The Purples Diariesis an in-depth look at Hollywood's Golden Age as it has never been seen before.
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