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Maddie Orton
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Oct 15, 2026
Cabaret Team Brings "Mary Astor's Purple Diary" To Life
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[upbeat music] I'm Maddie Orton, and you're listening to the Jersey Arts Podcast.
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You might know classic Hollywood actor Mary Astor from The Maltese Falcon or Meet Me in St. Louis, but in 1936 her name was splashed across newspapers for a very different reason.
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Astor was entrenched in a messy custody battle with her ex-husband, and at the center of what was then deemed the trial of the century was Mary Astor's own salacious diary.
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The Jersey Arts Podcast is presented by Art Pride New Jersey, advancing a state of creativity since 1986.
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31:38Maddie OrtonHOST
The show is co-founded by and currently supported by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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31:43Maddie OrtonHOST
This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by yours truly, Maddie Orton.
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Executive producer is Jim Atkinson.
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Special thanks to Michael Garin, Marti Millett, Dominic Billetta, and Ed Sorel.