The Great Lie
Summary:
The Great Lie is Soap Opera Deluxe from Bette Davis' peak period at Warner Bros. Davis plays a socialite who is madly in love with playboy aviator George Brent. Brilliant but bitchy concert pianist Mary Astor (who won a well-deserved Academy Award for her chain-smoking histrionics) is also in love with Brent, going so far as to marry him in a secret ceremony. When it... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Bette Davis - (Maggie Van Allen)
George Brent - (Pete Van Allen)
Mary Astor - (Sandra Kovac)
Hattie McDaniel - (Violet)
Lucile Watson - (Aunt Ada)
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Review:
Despite star Bette Davis's initial reluctance about the soap opera screenplay, she and co-star Mary Astor turned The Great Lie (1941) into a deliciously outrageous yet emotionally involving woman's melodrama. Bowing to the content restrictions of the Production Code while preserving the original novel's central struggle over George Brent... Continue >>
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