Kino Lorber have confirmed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of Stuart Walker's film
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935), starring Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, David Manners, and Francis L. Sullivan. The release is expected to arrive on the market this summer.
Synopsis: In England, school choirmaster John Jasper (Claude Rains), a secret opium addict, develops a passion for Rosa Bud (Heather Angel), the fiancée of his nephew, Edwin Drood (David Manners). When the Landless twins -- the volatile Neville (Douglass Montgomery) and Helena (Valerie Hobson) -- arrive at the school from Ceylon, Neville takes an interest in Rosa as well. After John invites Edwin and Neville to dinner to reconcile them over Rosa, Edwin disappears, and John accuses Neville of foul play.
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