Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 - September 25 ... Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. She eventually made a successful transition to talkies ...

4. The press reported that Mary Astor’s diary was written in purple ink. The diaries were the focus of the custody trial. Thorpe's lawyer announced that they would "split the movie industry wide ...

When it comes to detective stories in film noir, The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart, is the best one and we explain the reasons why.

It was a diary, written by Mary Astor, a classically beautiful movie star and Columbia Pictures contract player embroiled in a battle for custody of her 2½-year-old daughter. Astor’s estranged ...

Mary Astor is best remembered for her role as the treacherous Brigid O’Shaughnessy in “The Maltese Falcon,” the classic detective movie brimming with intrigue and twists and turns.

Mary Astor, whose piercing eyes and finely honed ... of independence from not only the parents who had pushed her into movies but from four unhappy marriages and alcohol, she discovered her ...

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On Oct. 3, 1941, Warner Bros. premiered the thriller starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. By THR Staff On Oct. 3, 1941, Warner Bros. premiered thriller The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey ...