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by Mrs. Osborne
January 22nd, 2017, 5:41 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Thanks Sue Sue. Yes, Mrs. Osborne is your documentarian. Joe was gracious enough to trust me with his incredible book. Another question Joe: Will you tell the SSO members that unbelievable story about the studio heads meeting and trying to stop Astor from continuing with her trial/law suit? Mrs. O
by Mrs. Osborne
January 22nd, 2017, 5:27 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Joe- It's so interesting that Ruth Chatterton was also Bette Davis' idol, which seems to show that Astor, Davis and Chatterton were similar in their interests and priorities. I am hearing that NYC will be the next stop for the documentarian. She's planning to snag Molly Haskell and Robert Osborne. T...
by Mrs. Osborne
January 22nd, 2017, 3:35 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Joe-

Is there any newsreel footage of the trial?
I know there are many photos of the trial taken by the swarm of newspaper reporters. I cannot imagine the noise and crowd and claustrophobia in that courtroom.

Mrs. O
by Mrs. Osborne
January 22nd, 2017, 10:36 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Joe-

Tell us more about what happened at the trial. As I remember Astor was making Dodsworth at the time - in the daytime and attending court at night. And is it true that co-star Ruth Chatterton went to court with Astor to help her get through the ordeal?

Mrs.O...
by Mrs. Osborne
January 21st, 2017, 8:56 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Joe

Thanks for your answers.
Do you think a transcript exists for the trial? Your book is so thorough that I was under the impression that you had gotten a transcript.

And is it true that she and Bette Davis worked on the dialogue of The Great Lie to help make it better?

Mrs. O.
by Mrs. Osborne
January 21st, 2017, 6:36 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Joe-

After all your research and emotional investment in Astor, did you wish you had the opportunity to interview her?

Mrs. O
by Mrs. Osborne
January 21st, 2017, 4:58 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Joe -

So the trial was NOT a divorce trial but a child custody trial.
Was Astor working on film projects at the time of the trial in 1936?

thanks,
Mrs. O
by Mrs. Osborne
January 21st, 2017, 3:36 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Joe-

That was beautifully put.

Thank you.
by Mrs. Osborne
January 21st, 2017, 1:57 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

Hi Joe!

Yes that is right - PAUL Osborne - that delightful host of TCM. :)))

Will you tell us a bit about Mary Astor and her romance with John Barrymore - she was 17 and he was FORTY.....
and also about her first husband Kenneth Hawks.

Mrs. O
by Mrs. Osborne
January 20th, 2017, 1:09 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22
Replies: 69
Views: 111367

Re: Welcome Joseph Egan for a Q & A on Mary Astor 1-21 & 1-22

HI JOE!!! We're so happy to welcome you to the SSO! In an odd twist of fate, another Mary Astor book was published ONE MONTH before your wonderful book, The Purple Diaries. Would you tell us in a nutshell what that other Mary Astor book concerns and briefly detail how your book is different from the...
by Mrs. Osborne
December 3rd, 2016, 2:14 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: WELCOME TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER RON HUTCHINSON DECEMBER 3 & 4.
Replies: 34
Views: 66325

Re: WELCOME TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER RON HUTCHINSON DECEMBER 3 & 4.

Ron- Tell the story you told me about the reactions you've gotten from older people when they've been able to see the Vitaphone shorts after so many years, including relatives that you've been able to find. Mrs. Osborne PS I'm now a huge fan of Shaw and Lee and I am delighted to see that Jimmy Conli...
by Mrs. Osborne
December 3rd, 2016, 11:45 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: WELCOME TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER RON HUTCHINSON DECEMBER 3 & 4.
Replies: 34
Views: 66325

Re: WELCOME TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER RON HUTCHINSON DECEMBER 3 & 4.

Happy Saturday Ron!

That is a fabulous picture of you with Ben Mankiewicz by the way.

Did Fox have an early version of Vitaphone? For example with the Fox Movietone News?
I'm confused about that and what, if any, the difference was with their process and Vitaphone.

Many thanks,
Mrs. Osborne
by Mrs. Osborne
November 13th, 2016, 11:48 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: The Q & A with Lynn Zook on Nov. 12 & 13
Replies: 31
Views: 62621

Re: The Q & A with Lynn Zook on Nov. 12 & 13

Lynn:


I am so proud AND excited for you.
There is nothing better than good accurate research, and you obviously did yours with this book and before that with your documentary about Las Vegas. Which did you enjoy most - writing the book or making the documentary?

Best,
Mrs. Osborne
by Mrs. Osborne
October 24th, 2016, 4:46 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: The Q & A with Steve Hayes, Tired Old Queen of the Movies 10-22 10-23
Replies: 61
Views: 101749

Re: The Q & A with Steve Hayes, Tired Old Queen of the Movies 10-22 10-23

You mean like The Bad Seed Suesue? :)))
Steve:
Can you comment on director husbands and actress wives collaborators such as DeToth and Lake, Litvak and Hopkins?
by Mrs. Osborne
October 23rd, 2016, 7:34 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: The Q & A with Steve Hayes, Tired Old Queen of the Movies 10-22 10-23
Replies: 61
Views: 101749

Re: The Q & A with Steve Hayes, Tired Old Queen of the Movies 10-22 10-23

and as you and Sue sue well know, with The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, there was no 20th Century-Fox fanfare over the logo at the beginning of that movie, because Zanuck loved the score so much......