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Actors: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Letter to Three Wives |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz earned two Academy awards (Best Director and Best Screenplay) for this movie he directed in 1949.
The setting is a small American town near NYC. Three women receive a letter from Addie Ross, a character who doesn't appear physically in the movie but who's the subject of everyone's conversations. Addie Ross informs them that she's just definitely left town in the company of the husband of one of these wives. Deborah, Lora Mae and Rita will spend the next hours remembering moments of their respective lives with the fear that Addie Ross seduced their own husband.
Deborah, the daughter of a farmer, met Brad in the army. As Addie was Brad's girl-friend before the war, she's the one who fears the most Addie's threat. Rita is married to George, a professor, and often quarrels with him because she's earning more money than he is by working as a radio journalist. Lora Mae was Porter's secretary before marrying him. Now Porter is almost sure that Lora Mae married him for his money only. It seems that each of the three husbands had a good reason to leave his wife and start a new life with Addie Ross.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Letter to Three Wives |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- matchbreaker interference
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Woman/class/friends story?
- women's (plural) story
Culture of surrounding area:
- American Northeast
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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