Watch Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018) Online Free
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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Lee Grant, Molly Haskell, Leonard Maltin, Marylyn Roh, David Wyler
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