Sex and drugs and poisoned champagne: 90 years on, we can finally see Joan Crawford’s wildest film ^8.2%

The Guardian - By Pamela Hutchinson - 4/15/2026, 5:00 AM

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Joan Crawford was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood’s golden age, but one of her most famous, and controversial, films has not been screened legally since January 1936. Ninety years later, thanks to her grandson, that is all about to change. The 1932 MGM film Letty Lynton tells the lethal tale of a Manhattan socialite, her fiance and... more