The Great Lie

1941, Movie, NR, 102 mins

The Great Lie: Review

Grand soap opera at its best. Here Davis is a wealthy socialite in love with Brent, a reckless playboy flyer. Astor, a concert pianist, is also in love with Brent, who marries her on the spur of the moment, but later they find out the wedding may be invalid. Brent offers to go down the aisle again with Astor but is secretly relieved when she puts him off, saying she must play a concert first. Next Brent goes to Davis' Maryland plantation, where he proposes to her--he's defin... read more leave a comment

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"Bette Davis, believing her husband to be dead, bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby in The Great Lie (1941)."
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Posted: 8/1/2008

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