Letty Lynton is a 1931 novel by the British writer Marie Belloc Lowndes.Vinson p.450 It is loosely inspired by the case of Madeleine Smith, a young woman accused of murder.
Adaptation In 1932 it was adapted by Hollywood studio MGM into the film Letty Lynton directed by Clarence Brown and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery and Nils Asther.Goble p.294
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.