Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

2018•1h 2m•4.4/10

Documentary

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4.4/10(5)

This documentary recounts the difficult choice actress Mary Astor had to make after learning her personal, very intimate, diaries had been stolen. The film tells the story of Astor's 1936 child custody case.

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Narrator (voice)

Molly Haskell

Molly Haskell

Herself

Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

Himself

Marylyn Roh

Herself, Mary Astor's daughter

David Wyler

Himself, William Wyler's son

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