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Bette Davis Season: The Great Lie

on BBC Two England

continues a series of late-night movies starring one of Hollywood's most outstanding actresses. Tonight with George Brent , Mary Astor
After the dissolution of his hasty marriage to Sandra, a rich socialite, Peter van Allen marries Maggie, the woman he really loves. He disappears on a trip to South America; Maggie is grief-stricken. Then Sandra reveals she is expecting his child.
Screenplay by LENORE COFFEE based on a novel by POLAN BANKS Directed by EDMUND GOULDING
Films: page 20

Contributors

Unknown:
George Brent
Unknown:
Mary Astor
Play By:
Lenore Coffee
Novel By:
Polan Banks
Directed By:
Edmund Goulding
Maggie:
Bette Davis
Pete:
George Brent
Sandra:
Mary Astor
Aunt Ada:
Lucille Watson
Violet:
Hattie McDaniel
Joshua Mason:
Grant Mitchell
Jock Thompson:
Jerome Cowan
Senator Greenfield:
Charles Trowbridge
Worthington James:
Thurston Hall
Colonel Harriston:
Russell Hicks

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