A Letter to Three Wives
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Actor: Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, Kirk Douglas, Linda Darnell, Paul DouglasDirector: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Brand: CRAIN,JEANNE
Cinematographer: Arthur C. Miller
Writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Editor: J. Watson Webb Jr.
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Writer: John Klempner
Writer: Vera Caspary
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of A Letter to Three Wives
Movie Review: A Letter to Three Wives
Summary: 4 Stars
A very funny movie of the 50's-60's, with a strong cast. Dated, of course, but still funny, especially a scene with Linda Darnell and Paul Douglas kissing in her house by the railroad tracks with a train thundering by.
Summary of A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph Mankiewicz's unique intriguing comedy stars Ann Southern, Linda Darnell and Jeanne Crain as three wives who must wait out a long day to learn which of them has lost her husband to another woman.Just as their boat sets off for the day, Deborah (Crain), Rita (Southern) and Lora Mae (Darnell) receive a letter from the alluring Addie Ross (narrator Celeste Holm) stating she has left town with one of their husbands. Each wife spends the fretful day pondering the state of her marriage and the affection each of their husbands has for Addie. By the end of the day, each woman is convinced she must surely be the betrayed wife.
Before he made the classic All About Eve, writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz made this clever story about three wives who spend an afternoon at a children's picnic mulling over a letter all three had just received, from a woman who says she's just run off with one of their husbands. As the wives--a former farm girl (Jeanne Crain), a radio soap opera writer (Ann Sothern), and a social climber from the wrong side of the tracks (Linda Darnell)--mull over the troubles of their marriages, each begins to think that she's the one left behind. A Letter to Three Wives doesn't have the crackling show-biz milieu of Eve, but it has the same mix of snappy dialogue and topnotch performances. The tone ranges from florid sentiment to unblinking cynicism, yet Mankiewicz holds it all together with smooth, witty direction. Also featuring Kirk Douglas and the great character actress Thelma Ritter. --Bret Fetzer
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