That Forsyte Woman - Blu-ray [1949]

Dreverhaven is dead. The city's most feared bailiff, the curse of the poor, the agent of law without compassion discovered with a knife through his heart. A self-taught lawyer who just passes his exams was the last person to see Dreverhaven alive. Now, the police want to know why he visited the old man, and the young barrister is ready to tell the story of a lifetime.Based on the popular classic 1938 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk,

Marking the centenary of the First World War, internationally renowned director Peter Jackson (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies) uses the voices of the veterans combined with original archival footage to bring to life the reality of war on the front line for a whole new generation. Footage has been colorized and transformed with modern production techniques to present never-before-seen detail.

New York City socialite Letty Lynton (Joan Crawford) took a steamship to flee Uruguay-and her soured affair with smarmy Emile Renaul (Nils Asther)-where she had a whirlwind courtship with well-off American Jerry Darrow (Robert Montgomery). However, Emile stood ready to spill the dirt on their relationship unless she returned to him... and her desperate ploy for escape would take shocking turns. Long-suppressed pre-Code potboiler also stars Lewis Stone, May Robson, Louise Closser Hale. 84 min. Standard; Soundtrack English DTS HD mono Master Audio; Subtitles English (SDH).