Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:40 pm**

Tomorrow, March 25 at 4pm, eastern, on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) there will be a showing of the movie "Madeleine". From the write up on Direct TV:

"Madeleine - Docudrama - Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny (1950) - Upper class Madeleine Smith stands trial for killing her French lover in Victorian Scotland."

On the IMDb data base: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042700/

This case is included in a chapter in Pearson's "Murder at Smutty Nose".

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:41 am**

Thanks for the tip Harry, will record it on my DVR.
Tried to watch a movie this week call Strait Jacket with Joan Crawford, she kills her husband & his lover with an axe, just couldn't get into it. Maybe I shut it off too early.

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:47 pm**

According to the chapter in Pearson, Madeleine also attempted to purchase prussic acid. Like the supposed Lizzie she was refused without a doctor's order. This was in 1856. She claimed it was for rats that had infested the gardens on her family's estate. However, she was successful in obtaining arsenic.

Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:06 am**

Did anyone see the film?
I have probably seen every black and white (talkie) movie ever made so it's possible I did see this 1950 version (I don't recall), but I'm wondering if it was accurate to the story of Madeline Smith.