Mary Astor's Purple Diary - The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 (Hardcover)

In 1965, the young illustrator Edward Sorel discovered a treasure in his railroad flat on Manhattan's Upper East Side: issues of the New York Daily News and Daily Mirror from 1936 ablaze with a trial taking place in Hollywood. Mary Astor was enough of a star to make headlines when it came out that George S. Kaufman, then the most successful playwright on Broadway and a married man, had been her lover. The scandal revolved around Mary's diary which her ex-husband had found. Its contents forced her to give up custody of their daughter in order to obtain a divorce. Mary, he claimed, had not only kept a tally of all her extramarital affairs but graded them-and he had alerted the press. Mary Astor's Purple Diary narrates and illustrates the travails of the Oscar-winning actress alongside Sorel's own story of discovering an unlikely muse.

General

Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2016
Authors:	Edward Sorel
Dimensions:	241 x 173 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-63149-023-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Fiction > Special features > Graphic novels Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Promotions
LSN:	1-63149-023-0
Barcode:	9781631490231

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