Legally unavailable for almost ninety years due to copyright infringement, 1932’s Letty Lynton has made its way to Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Archive. Based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, a young Joan Crawford stars as Letty Lynton, a…
Based on the novel by James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce is the type of bleak, melodramatic film that its star Joan Crawford excelled in–tough as nails–a woman who could take care of herself, but is alluring enough to always have…
Aging, but holding on to the glamour girl image that had made her a star in the 1920’s, the mid-fifties were an odd time for Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) Not quite ready for William Castle, she starred in Female on the…
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Based on the novel by James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce is the type of bleak, melodramatic film that it’s star Joan Crawford excelled in–tough as nails–a woman who could take care of herself, but is alluring enough to always have…
The Best Picture Oscar Winner of 1932, Grand Hotel was directed by Edmund Goulding (Dark Victory, The Razor’s Edge) and is based on the novel and play by Vicki Baum and the American stage version by William A. Drake. A…
Largely regarded as a Camp classic largely because of the well documented feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Is actually a rather innovative horror film reminiscent of Psycho. Beyond that, the film dared to…