The Resource Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936, Edward Sorel
Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936, Edward Sorel
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The item Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936, Edward Sorel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936, Edward Sorel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- Summary
- 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. George S. Kaufman, then the most successful playwright on Broadway and a married man to boot, had been Astor's lover. The scandal revolved around Marys diary, which her ex-husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, had found when they were still together. Mary, he claimed, had not only kept a tally of all her extramarital affairs but graded them-- and he already alerted the press in order to obtain a divorce and get custody of their daughter. Sorel provides all the juicy details of this particular slice of Hollywood Babylon, including Mary's life as a child star, and her teenage love affair with the much older John Barrymore
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631490231
- Label
- Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936
- Title
- Mary Astor's purple diary
- Title remainder
- the great American sex scandal of 1936
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward Sorel
- Title variation
- Purple diary
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. George S. Kaufman, then the most successful playwright on Broadway and a married man to boot, had been Astor's lover. The scandal revolved around Marys diary, which her ex-husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, had found when they were still together. Mary, he claimed, had not only kept a tally of all her extramarital affairs but graded them-- and he already alerted the press in order to obtain a divorce and get custody of their daughter. Sorel provides all the juicy details of this particular slice of Hollywood Babylon, including Mary's life as a child star, and her teenage love affair with the much older John Barrymore
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1929-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sorel, Edward
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Astor, Mary
- Astor, Mary
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Sex scandals
- Sex scandals
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- United States
- Label
- Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936, Edward Sorel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn937452609
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631490231
- Lccn
- 2016012782
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40026745615
- Other physical details
- color illustrations (chiefly color)
- Label
- Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936, Edward Sorel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn937452609
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631490231
- Lccn
- 2016012782
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40026745615
- Other physical details
- color illustrations (chiefly color)
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