A Letter to Three Wives
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Movie Reviews of A Letter to Three Wives
Movie Review: Good "Darnell" flick! She and Thelma Ritter steal the show!
Summary: 3 Stars
Joe Mankewicz's screenplay won an Oscar for its talky, witty script. The all-star cast couldn't have been bettered. Linda Darnell is the star of this one though as her character steals the show along with the fabulous "supporting actress" Thelma Ritter who plays a ditsy maid named Sadie. The interplay between Darnell and Paul Douglas is priceless. Jeanne Crain and her husband (played by Jeffrey Lynn) are o.k. but their scenes are slow-moving. Rita (Ann Sothern) and her husband (Kirk Douglas in a wasted role) are a little better but cannot equal the sparks that fly between Darnell and Douglas. Mankiewicz's Screenplay won an Oscar for him but aside from Darnell, Douglas and Ritter's scenes, I find the film a little too talky. An unbilled "Celeste Holm" is the voice-over for "Addie Ross", the woman who writes the letter to the three wives. There is a so-so commentary on the film and a dandy extra...A&E's Biography of "Linda Darnell...Fallen Angel". That alone is worth the price of this DVD. The other extras include subtitles in English and French, 1949 Oscar newsreel footage and the original theatrical trailer. This movie may not appeal to everyone and if you want action, you won't get it here. The movie is all talk as I said. It is "Darnell's" film in the scenes she's in!
Movie Review: mind games about marriage
Summary: 3 Stars
The narrator Celeste Holm is never seen as the husband stealing
anti-hero of the movie. There very different woman have to face the realities of their marriages. This qualifies as a classic chick flick/ romantic comedy.
I liked it but the acting in places leaves one thinking they
were just reading the lines?
I enjoyed both Ann Southern and Linda Darnell in this movie.
Kirk Douglas was a surprise as he was a tough guy/ action hero during this time?
Movie Review: Dated but interesting social document
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a film that has not aged well. The 1948 concerns of women moving in post-war American middle class suburbia are just not biting today. In fact the most interesting characters are those played by Kirk Douglas and Paul Douglas as two of the husbands. The "clever" dialogue is not that clever today - still it does have a few laughs. An interesting social document of the period. Includes a good commentary in the DVD extras.Movie Review: Letter to Three Wives
Summary: 3 Stars
Was a well advertised feature in it's day. Doesn't have the "Punch" today it origionally did. But plays for the cinemafile.