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The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding, and starring Bette Davis, George Brent and Mary Astor. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee is based on the novel January Heights by Polan Banks.
A woman marries a man who is still in love with his ex-fiancée, who is pregnant with his child. She tries to expose the truth and win his heart in this Oscar-winning drama starring Bette Davis, George Brent and Mary Astor.
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- Drama
- Edmund Goulding
- 1941-04-12
After her long-time boyfriend, pilot Pete Van Allen (George Brent), marries fiery concert pianist Sandra Kovak (Mary Astor) while drunk, Maggie Patterson (Bette Davis) is heartbroken. Pete learns...
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- Bette Davis
- Edmund Goulding
- Romance
Believing her husband to be dead, a flyer's wife bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby in this well-made romance starring Oscar, Emmy and G...
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After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child. Sandra ( Mary Astor) and Pete ( George Brent) elope, but their marriage is invalid as she's not yet divorced. Sandra is, however, pregnant by Pete.
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After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child. Edmund Goulding. Director. Polan Banks.
