Scandal, The Trial of Mary Astor Full Interview SIFF 2019

The movie deals with Astor’s sensational 1936 trial to regain custody of her 5-year-old daughter, Marilyn, following Astor’s divorce from Dr. Franklyn Thorpe. Seeking to show that Astor was an unfit mother, Thorpe’s attorneys released portions of the actress’ diary containing hundreds of pages of what the Los Angeles Times called “intimate secrets concerning Miss Astor’s private life, written painstakingly in lavender ink.”