The Great Lie

"The Great Lie" (1941) is a Warner Bros. melodrama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor.

Pete wakes up married to concert pianist Sandra after a drunken night — then learns the marriage isn't legally valid. He goes back to Maggie, the woman he'd been planning to marry all along. That seems to settle things, until Sandra reveals she's pregnant with his child.

Bette Davis plays Maggie with surprising restraint; she mostly steps aside and lets Mary Astor command every scene. Astor's performance landed her the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Watch "The Great Lie" (1941) online on iFILM.