A Letter to Five Wives 1945 novel in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan by John Klempner
Produced by
Sol C. Siegel
Starring
Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell Ann Sothern Kirk Douglas Paul Douglas Jeffrey Lynn
Cinematography
Arthur C. Miller
Edited by
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Music by
Alfred Newman
Production company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
February 3, 1949 (1949-02-03)
Running time
103 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$2,750,000 [1]
A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 American romantic drama that tells the story of a woman who sends a letter to three women, saying she has left town with one of their husbands without revealing which one. It stars Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Paul Douglas (in his film debut), Kirk Douglas, and Jeffrey Lynn. Thelma Ritter as "Sadie" and Celeste Holm (the voice of "Addie Ross", the unseen woman who wrote the letter) have key supporting roles.
The film was adapted by Vera Caspary and written for the screen by Joseph L. Mankiewicz from A Letter to Five Wives, a story by John Klempner that appeared in Cosmopolitan, based on a 1945 novel by Klempner.[2][3] It was directed by Mankiewicz, who directed All About Eve the following year.
The film won the Academy Awards Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture.
^"Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
^Stern, Sydney Ladensohn (2019). The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1617032677.
^Picturegoer, 4 June 1949, p.16
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