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The Great Lie Overview:

The Great Lie (1941) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Edmund Goulding and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke.

Academy Awards 1941 --- Ceremony Number 14 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Supporting ActressMary AstorWon
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The Great Lie (1941)

By Kayla on Aug 6, 2015 From The Cinema Dilettante

The Great Lie (1941) August 6, 2015August 6, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Time to turn the serious business meter up to 11. So, The Great Lie. Look, I am not exaggerating one bit* when I say that this is the greatest piece of fine, soapy melodrama this side of a Lux commercial abo... Read full article

The Great Lie (1941)

By Beatrice on Jun 15, 2014 From Flickers in Time

The Great Lie Directed by Edmund Goulding Written by Lenore J. Coffee based on a novel by Polan Banks 1941/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental This is a competently made “woman’s picture” raised above the ordinary by the lively performance of Mary Astor. After a night of ... Read full article

The Great Lie (1941).

By Dawn on May 6, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

The Great Lie (1941). Drama. Director: Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee, the movie is based on the novel, January Heights by Polan Banks. Cast: Bette Davis, Mary Astor, who the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and George Brent. When concert pianist Sandra Kovak and her a... Read full article

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The Great Lie Quotes:

Sandra Kovac: "If I didn't think you meant so well, I'd feel like slapping your face"
Sandra Kovac: I'm not one of you anemic creatures who can get nourishment from a lettuce leaf - I'm a musician, I'm an artist! I have zest and appetite - and I like food!
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The Great Lie Facts
Bette Davis and 'Mary Astor (I)' thought the original script was not very good. They ended up doing massive rewrites on the script themselves.
Mary Astor mimed playing the piano in this film extremely convincingly, being an accomplished pianist in her own right. However, the actual piano playing on the soundtrack was dubbed by Max Rabinowitz. When close-up shots were required, Norma Drury Boleslavsky 's hands are those we see on the piano.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 2, 1942 with George Brent and Mary Astor reprising their film roles.
One of Mary Astor 's lines is, "Who brought me to this dump?" Eight years later Bette Davis said "What a dump!", one of her best known quotes, in Beyond the Forest. Both original scripts were written by Lenore J. Coffee.
George Brent was a licensed pilot and did his own landings in the movie.
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