Letty Lynton (1932)

Directed by

Clarence Brown

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy young woman gets entangled in a toxic relationship and resorts to murder to escape blackmail. The movie follows her attempt to cover up the crime while pursuing a new romance.

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What happens

Letty Lynton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery and Nils Asther. The film was directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes; the novel is based on a historical murder allegedly committed by Madeleine Smith. Crawford plays the title character, who gets away with murder in a tale of love and blackmail. The film has since become famous partially due to its unavailability after a 1936 court case. It is remembered for the "Letty Lynton dress" designed by Adrian: a white cotton organdy gown with large ruffled sleeves, puffed at the shoulder. Macy's department store copied the dress in 1932, and it sold over 50,000 replicas nationwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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