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Piccadilly
Why this pick
Its elegant late-silent visual style and escalating triangle of desire, jealousy, and violence closely echo the fevered emotional mechanics of The Letter.
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MOVIE1929 1h 5m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Bored and lonely living on her husband's rubber plantation, Leslie Crosbie takes a lover, Geoffrey Hammond. Eventually, however, he tires of her and takes a Chinese mistress, Li-Ti. When Leslie finds out, she insists on seeing him while her husband is away. She tries to rekindle his love, but when he tells her that he prefers Li-Ti to her, she becomes enraged and shoots him repeatedly.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Reginald Owen
Robert Crosbie
Herbert Marshall
Geoffrey Hammond