Letty Lynton 07/11/26

This Blu-ray re-premieres a notable Joan Crawford picture that’s been all but unseeable since 1936. It’s romance and murder the way the Rich do it: Crawford’s swank socialite falls in love with the ideal mate played by Robert Montgomery, but she can’t shake a foreign lover who would rather blow up a scandal than give her up. What else are little bottles of poison for?  Nils Asther is perfectly slimy as the Uruguayan louse; the dialogue gets thick and flowery but Clarence Brown’s direction is excellent, and Crawford is in control of her performance … too much in control?  How often do we get a ‘new’ picture by a golden-era movie star? On Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
07/11/26