Love Letters of a Star

Love Letters of a Star

OUT OF HER INNOCENT PAST Loomed the letters of her impassioned love

1936 · 66 min · ★ 9.0 · Mystery

A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man responsible. Blackmail, suicide, murder, a cover-up not to mention yachts and sea planes all wrapped up in an efficient 66 minutes of screen time with Henry Hunter, Polly Rowles and C. Henry Gordon in the leads, and Lewis R. Foster sitting in the director’s chair.

Directed by Milton Carruth · Written by Lewis R. Foster

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