joan crawford be a jewel thief try to break into society in the last of mrs. cheyney and a 1937 film from mgm also star william powell and robert montgomery and nigel bruce and frank morgan and and jessie ralph . it a remake of a 1929 film which star norma shearer . crawford be a sophisticated and glamorous woman we first meet on board ship a she maneuver and flirt her way into the company of a society crowd . while do so and she meet lord arthur dilling ( robert montgomery ) . he and lord kelton ( morgan ) pursue her . once in london and she wangle the one thing that she and her gang of thief ( lead by william powell a her butler ) have be wait for an invitation to lady ebley country home and and a crack at lady ebley fabulous pearl necklace . all doesn not go a plan . give the star power and the film have some interesting moment and but for the most part and it play too straight . a light touch be need . this be perhaps a directorial problem ( there be several ) or the fact that joan crawford be good at drama than at comedy and and william powell good at comedy than at drama . powell do a great job and but it isn not much of a role . audience probably leave the theater disappoint perhaps part of the reason the film flop at the box office . he doesn not have a lot to play off of and and no chemistry with crawford . robert montgomery be his usual self in one of those role that fit him like a glove and but the star trio be too somber . joan crawford look fabulous and and with a strong director who have a concept of the script and she would have be fine . she do not have a grasp of play comedy and but she be a hard worker who seemingly take direction well . it a shame mgm spend all that money on what be a first class production only to have it just lay an egg . apparently some of the racier part of the play version have to be leave out due to the code . at time and the film drag . several of the comment blame crawford and some the script and but i do believe with the right director and the last of mrs. cheney could have be a lot well .