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The Great Lie (1941)

By Alexander Inglis

In The Great Lie (1941), dashing Pete Van Allen (George Brent) is an ace flyer … and playboy society drunk. On a bender, he hooks up with snooty upper class concert pianist Sandra Kovak (Mary Astor); before the night is over, they are married… »

The Old Maid (1939)

By Alexander Inglis

The Old Maid isn’t just remarkable for being made in 1939 — the year of Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz — but also for being the same year Bette Davis also starred in Dark Victory, one of her most indelibly famous films. Edmund Goulding, who would turn 50 during the filming… »