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 an historical murder allegedly committed by Madeleine Smith. [2]

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 an historical murder allegedly committed by Madeleine Smith.

Letty Lynton: Directed by Clarence Brown. With Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Nils Asther, Lewis Stone. A socialite begins a shipboard romance with a wealthy man, but is blackmailed by a former lover.

Wealthy socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-tine lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him.

Jul 15, 2021 · Letty (Crawford) is a gorgeous socialite who has all the men fawning over her and why not? She’s Joan Crawford draped in luxuriant furs and the immaculate creations of Adrian. However, one of her suitors, Emille (Nils Aster) is particularly persistent.

Jul 28, 2016 · When the real Letty Lynton emerges from her carefully fashioned facade, it shows just what Joan Crawford could do. Never mind the first twenty minutes, in which she’s insubstantial fluff, the 1932 equivalent of Kim Kardashian, it’s the last hour that shows her talent and it begins out there on the balcony fighting away the tears at Christmas.

For legions of Crawford fans, and for many decades, Letty Lynton was a mystery movie because of the plagiarism suit filed against MGM. The film was rarely viewed or ever shown to the public. It could be quite a challenge to try to find a copy of it and of course somebody did!

Movie Synopsis. Letty Lynton (Joan Crawford) plays a wealthy New York socialite who is vacationing in South America where she meets a charming persuasive man named Emile Renaul (Nils Asther).

« A sensational filming of modern morals with a vivid climax in which the heroine is faced with the choice of loss of reputation or prison. (Print Ad – Endicott Bulletin, ( (Endicott, NY)) 22 July 1932)» A socialite begins a shipboard romance with a wealthy man, but is blackmailed by a former lover.

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 an historical murder allegedly committed by Madeleine Smith.