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  1. Mental Floss
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    10 Juicy Facts About Mary Astor’s Purple Diary, Old Hollywood's …

    • The diaries were the focus of the custody trial. Thorpe's lawyer announced that they would "split the movie industry wide open" because Astor "experimented with love as a scientist experimen… See more

    Franklyn Thorpe Read About Mary Astor's Affair with A Famous Playwright.

    By 1936, Astor and Thorpe, a physician, had been married five years and shared a daughter, … See more

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    For Revenge, Franklyn Thorpe Blackmailed Mary Astor.

    Thorpe demanded Astor give him sole custody of Marylyn, half of Astor's house, and control of her finances. If she didn't agree, he said he'd release the diaries to the public. I… See more

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    Mary Astor Put Everything on The Line For Her Child.

    But Thorpe didn't stop there. For the next 15 months, whenever he and Astor clashed, he threatened to take Marylyn away. Astor alleged he also started abusing the child. "… See more

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    George Kaufman Fled California to Avoid Jail.

    Kaufman, meanwhile, wanted nothing to do with the trial. When ordered to testify, he didn't show up to court. Furious, Judge Goodwin Knight put out a bench warrant for his arrest. … See more

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    Franklyn Thorpe’s Bad Behavior Came Out During The Trial.

    On the stand, Thorpe's infidelities were revealed. In addition to the common-law wife, he had an affair with a showgirl named Norma Taylor, who once chased Thorpe with a carvi… See more

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    Mary Astor's purple diary : the great American sex scandal of 1936

  3. New York Times
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    Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous …

    WEBMARY ASTOR’S PURPLE DIARY. The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936. By Edward Sorel. Illustrated. 167 pp. Liveright Publishing. $25.95. Life is so unfair. I tore up the old linoleum in a...

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    Old Hollywood’s Juiciest Sex Scandal | Vanity Fair

    WEBAlthough Mary had in fact used brown ink in her fountain pen, the tabloids couldn’t resist making it jibe with the prose so they could call it “the Purple Diary.”

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    WEBIn 1965, a young, up-and-coming illustrator by the name of Edward Sorel tore away layer after layer of linoleum from the floor of his $97-a-month Manhattan apartment until he discovered a hidden treasure: issues of …

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  14. W. W. Norton & Company
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    Mary Astor's Purple Diary | Edward Sorel | W. W. Norton

  15. Vanity Fair
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    The Ecstasy & the Agony | Vanity Fair | October 2016

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    WEBAstor and Thorpe were both ruthless in their fight to gain custody of their daughter, but Thorpe held a trump card: the diaries that Mary Astor had been keeping for years. In these diaries, Astor detailed her own affairs …

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