The Letty Lynton Dress

I watched a bootleg copy of Letty Lynton and I woke up a day later in a Letty Lynton dress I had somehow sewn myself from the curtains and two bathroom rugs.

Adrian took the daring step of accentuating Crawford's already very broad shoulders. Strange to imagine normal women wearing this exceedingly dramatic and over the top gown.

All that ruche fabric around the waist is very unflattering.

Golly, OP. How nice of you to post about a dress without sharing a photo with the less knowledgable among us.

You're that girl, obviously.

Shoo.

In defense of the OP, that dress is ICONIC to anyone over 80.

My great grandfather avoided the WWII draft by showing up at the recruitment office wearing one of these.

Those puffy sleeves were a very familiar early 1930s look, but yeah, they were usually on a much smaller scale.

[quote]Macy's department store copied the dress in 1932, and it sold over 50,000 replicas nationwide.

Did Adrian get any of the money from that copy?

The exaggerated shoulders helped to de-emphasize La Crawford's wide hips, which is why she stayed with the padded shoulders so long.

Anyway, Crawford's other "big" dress from Letty Lynton is much more flattering, and still looks very modern:

There is a lot to know about that dress.

[quote]In defense of the OP, that dress is ICONIC to anyone over 80.

Well, excuse me... some of us are 79!

Letty is fine. She sends her love.

hey old queens - this woman gives great fashion history on her youtube channel.

Here is the bootleg movie.

Yes, it's a Russian site. I have been watching movies on here for a few years, without issue. It has tons of movies, but you sometimes have to look at bit to find a non-dubbed version.

Yup R14 that is a great site for watching older films. I almost always find the film I'm looking for. I am weary of creating an account though.

I just used my burner email to sign up. The only thing I would recommend is an ad-blocker if you dont have one. It's basically like an old movie archive. I usually look up movies there by who's starring, or the film title and year it came out.

Which came first, the dress or the lampshade?

Was fire retardant for clothing a thing back then?

Crawford had wide shoulders and as mentioned, they disguised this with fabric and shoulder pads. Later on, her director from "Mildred Pierce", Michael Curtiz, accused her of wearing pads and ripped her dress only to find none. Just broad shoulders. Built like a line backer.

Letty Lyndon also shows up on youtube from time to time.

The film was based on a novel that had then been turned into a stage play. MGM licensed the rights to the novel but not the play. But they used changes to the story from the play. The playwright sued for copyright infringement and won. Usually in such situations you pay off the copyright holder with a lump sum or an ongoing share of the profits. But the playwright wasn't interested. He demanded MGM pull the film from release permanently and the courts said he was within his rights. The film has remained in copyright hell ever since.

^ Lynton, not Lyndon

I MUCH prefer that one, R9. And yes, Amanda at "The Ultimate Fashion History" is wonderful. She's a college professor of fashion history, amd has covered tons of things on her channel. It's a great channel, and she's absolutely charming, R13.

"Michael Curtiz, accused her of wearing pads and ripped her dress only to find none."

Did she slap him?

I thought this thread was about The Vairst Letty.

Curtiz directed Joan in Mildred Pierce. That's undoubtedly where the should ripping occurred.

Reply 22. I don't know if she slapped his face, but maybe a little slap n tickle?

Curtiz didn't want Crawford for "Mildred Pierce". He thought she was a "has been" who put on airs. He called her "Phoney Joanie".

Is Letty short for lettuce?

It's such an ugly dress compared to the more sleek, sexy dresses of the period.

The catalogue knock-offs at r10's link are nicer than the original dress, in my opinion.

R15, OH, DEAR!

I hadn't heard of this dress until now and didn't know what to expect. When I saw the dress in the linked pictures I thought it was stunning. Stunningly beautiful. I can see why everybody wanted it. And there is nothing wrong with Joan's shoulders.

[quote] And there is nothing wrong with Joan's shoulders.

Nothing wrong if she were a football player!

Is it "Letty" or "Lotty"?

Letty, Letty, Letty, Letty

Don't walk this lonely avenue

Letty, Letty, Letty, Letty

Let me touch that part of you

You want me to

She co-stars with homo Nils Asther in the movie

r34, Nils was a gorgeous young man....

Back when Rio, Montevideo and Buenos Aires were the ne plus ultra watering holes for international society. Look at this gorgeous deco townhouse in Montevideo.

Nils had his angles. Half profile or full profile, pretty as Garbo

^ MGM pressured him into a beard marriage then trashed him when he wanted out of him. Poor guy.

I wish I could hear some of the conversations that Greta and Nils had together in Swedish. I bet some of it was hysterical about their co-workers.

I read once that during a love scene between Garbo and Nils she shoved him away, telling him "Don't kiss me like I'm one of your sailors!"