Prologue: "Over a period of 43 years, she went from silent film ingenue to mature character actress always proving to be graceful, fierce, funny and above all beautiful: The remarkable Mary Astor."
Epilogue: "Mary Astor won the Best Supporting Actress for 'The Great Lie.' And she became the perfect mother in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and 'Little Women.' The diaries were destroyed in July 1952 as part of a settlement agreement."