Journal of a Crime - DVD

Ruth Chatterton ends the Warner Bros.' phase of her illustrious film career on a high note -- elevating what could have been a lurid melodrama into a sensitive, underplayed and compelling character study. In this adaptation of the Jacques Deval drama Une Vie Perdue, Chatterton plays Francoise, driven to despair by her Paris playwright husband, Paul (Adolphe Menjou), whose dalliance with his current diva, Odette (Claire Dodd), threatens