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Apr 7, 2021 · 7. Rumors spread that Mary Astor kept a scorecard of Hollywood lovers. In absence of the real diary, the press published excerpts from a pornographic forgery, which included the rumor that...
— Excerpts published in Kenneth Anger’s HollywoodBabylon, from the diary of actress Mary Astor, whose affair with the playwright and critic George S. Kaufman was exposed during her 1936...
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Sep 14, 2016 · October 2016 Issue. Inside the Trial of Actress Mary Astor, Old Hollywood’s Juiciest Sex Scandal. In 1936, the star’s dirty laundry—including a steamy affair with Broadway legend George S....
Jan 12, 2017 · The court battle shone a spotlight on the diary and the excerpts that hit the press (some genuine, some ginned-up and fabricated by Astor’s adversaries) really were something in their day.
Mary Astor's "purple" diary pushed Hitler and Franco off the tabloid front pages in 1936 as the Hollywood star battled her ex-husband for custody of their daughter. In an adaptation from his book about the scandal, EDWARD SOREL revisits the courtroom drama, the diary's steamy revelations about Astor's affair with (married) Broadway legend ...
Jan 1, 2022 · With the economy picking up after the Great Depression, Americans everywhere were sitting in the dark watching the stars--and few stars shined as brightly as one of America's most enduring screen favorites, Mary Astor. But Astor's story wasn't a happy one.
Apr 21, 2022 · Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936. 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.
