Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

Apr 27, 2018

1h 2m

★ 4.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Lee Grant

Herself

Molly Haskell

Himself

Leonard Maltin

Herself, Mary Astor's daughter

Marylyn Roh

Himself, William Wyler's son

David Wyler

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Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

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