Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
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Apr 7, 2021 · In 1936, Mary Astor, star of The Maltese Falcon (1941), was the center of a Hollywood scandal so big, it knocked news of Hitler off the front page. Her estranged husband stole her private...
Sep 14, 2016 · 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. Kaufman—was the talk...
In 1936, Astor's career was nearly destroyed by scandal. She had an affair with playwright George S. Kaufman and was branded an adulterous wife by her former husband during a custody fight over their daughter.
Jan 26, 2021 · Although Astor's diary scandal set the world alight, today we know the grim truth. In an act of supreme vengeance, Thorpe likely faked most of Astor's supposed "confessions," though Astor did confirm her dalliance with Kaufman.
— 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 custody...
Jul 5, 2018 · Many movie lovers know actress Mary Astor for her role in the 1941 Warner Bros. film, "The Maltese Falcon," but even those who have followed her work may not know the details of the scandal...
Jan 12, 2017 · Published late last year, “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936” comes from illustrator Edward Sorel. He’s the first to admit it: For much of his life (he was born...
Dec 22, 2016 · Lasky changes her unwieldy Teutonic birth name, and suddenly she is transmogrified by this Hollywood god into Mary Astor.
Jun 2, 2016 · The fuel for the 1936 scandal: Astor's ex-husband Franklyn Thorpe had stolen her diary and was threatening to reveal its shocking contents in a child-custody case.
Jan 1, 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.
