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	A Letter to Three Wives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women, telling them she has left town with the husband of one of them.
		The story involves three married couples in a small town.
		The three wives receive a message, just as the wives are about to take a group of kids on a riverboat ride and picnic, that a fourth woman has run off with one of their husbands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives (372 words)

	Amazon.ca: A Letter To Three Wives: DVD: Joseph L. Mankiewicz,Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer,Florence Bates,Joe Bautista,Pat ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The movie is, all three wives on the island have about 25-30 minute flashbacks about their marriage, dealings with Addie, why their husbands might have left them, and how they feel about that potential.
		Three society wives (Crain, Sothern, and Darnell) are committed to hosting a children's picnic on an isolated island--and as the ferry prepares to depart they receive a letter from town femme fatale Addie Ross (never seen but memorably voiced by Celeste Holm.) Addie informs them that she is leaving town forever...
		Of the three leads, Ann Sothern dominates with her spirited "Rita"--but Darnell has the best of the script, a series of manipulations and drop-dead quips and ripostes, and Crain is perfectly cast as the insecure beauty who is as out of place as a dove at a gathering of eagles.
	www.amazon.ca /Letter-Three-Wives-Joseph-Mankiewicz/dp/B00074DY0W (2704 words)

	A Letter To Three Wives: Fox Studio Classics (1949)
		She was part of the three wives’ friendship but at the start of the film, she abruptly leaves town.
		A Letter to Three Wives appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		A pleasant surprise, A Letter to Three Wives came out of nowhere and really impressed me. Granted, based on prior experiences with the work of Joseph Mankiewicz, I should have expected the zippy and amusing effort I saw, but I nonetheless took it as an unanticipated delight.
	www.dvdmg.com /lettertothreewives.shtml (1768 words)

	New York State Writers Institute - A Letter to Three Wives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Letter to Three Wives is an omnibus film, its three stories ingeniously interlocked through meetings among the characters, flashbacks, and the voice-over of an unseen romantic catalyst, the town siren, Addie Ross (Addie's purring, sultry voice is that of Celeste Holm).
		A Letter to Three Wives began life as a property to be made by the master of the comedy of manners, Ernst Lubitsch, but Lubitsch's death in 1947, and problems with engineering the three stories into a coherent whole shelved the project; the story on which the film was based had five wives.
		A Letter to Three Wives has a marvelous added attraction: this was bristly comedienne Thelma Ritter's first major film, and she runs all the way to Flatbush with every scene she's in.
	www.albany.edu /writers-inst/fnf06n8.html (553 words)

	A Letter To Three Wives - Ayn Rand Admirers at The Atlasphere
		A Letter To Three Wives - Ayn Rand Admirers at The Atlasphere
		All three women have reason to worry, and since all three men are away for the evening, the ladies have several hours in which to stew until they find out which of their mates is the philanderer.
		By the time A Letter to Three Wives reaches its close and the truth is revealed, you’ll be drawn into a world where the confessions of film characters aren’t dissolution and debauchery, but the conflicts that arise when moral people misunderstand each other.
	www.theatlasphere.com /columns/060213-daily-three-wives.php (919 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Letter to Three Wives at Epinions.com
		Because one of the eponymous three wives is a total bore, one part of the story sags, but that section comes first, so if you make it past, the film picks up, making its way to a climax which, if you think about it, may raise more questions than it answers.
		One summer afternoon, the three women are about to embark on a day's excursion for a picnic with less fortunate children when they get a letter from their friend, Addie Ross (the voice of Celeste Holm).
		If the women are slightly less than their Eve counterparts, A Letter To Three Wives gets a major boost from the performances of Kirk and Paul Douglas, who are in every way superior to the relatively bland and anonymous men who populate the backgrounds of All About Eve.
	www.epinions.com /content_69443686020 (1756 words)

	Amazon.com: A Letter to Three Wives: DVD: Jeanne Crain,Linda Darnell,Ann Sothern,Kirk Douglas,Paul Douglas,Barbara ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands.
		Beautfully acted with a stunning cast, the 1949 movie The Letter to Three Wives is part sharp social satire and part relationship drama with a hardnosed and cunning woman at the heart of the story.
		A Letter to Three Wives is a witty, intelligent film that demands attention from the viewer.
	www.amazon.com /Letter-Three-Wives-Joseph-Mankiewicz/dp/B00074DY0W (2633 words)

	A Letter to Three Wives
		In a career of arguably no lows, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's brilliant screenplay and direction on "A Letter to Three Wives" (1949) comes as close to perfection as any movie melodrama has any right to.
		Content, that is, until a mysterious letter surfaces from an equally mysterious source that claims to have carnal knowledge of one of their husbands.
		With a backup cast that includes the diabolically juicy Florence Bates, Hobart Cavanaugh and Connie Gilchrist, "A Letter To Three Wives" proves that all any picture needs to be thrilling is solid writing and fantastic performances.
	www.mediascreen.com /l/lettertothreewives.htm (447 words)

	Linda Darnell @ Classic Movie Favorites - Featured Films: A Letter to Three Wives
		The story revolves around three wives who have just received a letter from their nemesis Addy Ross telling them that one of their husbands has run away with her.
		The letter is received just when the three are about to set sail for a day long children's picnic.
		The story is told in flashback as each wife tries to remember why her husband might be the one who has strayed.
	classicmoviefavorites.com /darnell/threewives.html (167 words)

	A Letter To Three Wives (1949)
		The film is structured in such a way that really sucks any drama out of a potentially juicy mystery: three women receive a letter from another broad who says that she left town and took one of their husbands with her as a memento.
		I was kind of hoping that these three dames would be busting the head of every snitch in Gotham City trying to dig up some info on which man of theirs had taken a powder.
		I think it says a lot about these marriages that as soon as they got this letter, all three of them thought that it was a good possibility that it was their husband who left.
	monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com /A_Letter_To_Three_Wives.html (1495 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In fact, A LETTER TO THREE WIVES has so much going for it, that this marvelous motion picture has deservingly earned the right to be called a true classic.
		On the morning the story begins, these three wives receive a letter from Addie Ross (sultrily voiced by Celeste Holm), announcing that she has left their community permanently- taking one of their husbands with her.
		What follows is a series of flashbacks in which all three wives reflect on their marriages, and just why each they think their husband may have run off with another woman.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2005/lt3w49-dvd.htm (664 words)

	LETTER TO THREE WIVES
		Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz introduces the three women as they are setting out to chaperone a bunch of school kids on a Saturday boat ride and picnic.
		Mankiewicz's flashbacks serve a different purpose Not only do we, the audience, come to understand appreciably more about the three couples, but, more importantly, each woman is able to compare her present self with her earlier self, and to understand what she has had to do to reinvent herself for her husband.
		What "A Letter to Three Wives" does perhaps better than any movie of the post-war era, is to show that women can indeed accommodate themselves to multiple roles, and still keep their own identity.
	members.tripod.com /mcrae_tony/letter_to_three_wives.htm (1137 words)

	Movie Info for A Letter to Three Wives on MSN Movies
		Made for television, A Letter to Three Wives is a modernized version of the classic 1949 theatrical film of the same name.
		While on a charity picnic, the wives of three well-to-do men each receive a letter from a fourth woman, a flashy divorcée named Addie (who is never seen).
		A Letter to Three Wives first aired December 16, 1985, on NBC.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=154561 (200 words)

	A Letter to Three Wives quiz -- free game
		The villain in 'A Letter to Three Wives' is a woman with the last name Ross who seems to be the most enticing bachelorette in town.
		The third of the three wives, Lora Mae, is played by the beautiful Linda Darnell.
		Where have the the three wives been off to all day, making it impossible to learn with which of their husbands Ms.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=228411 (289 words)

	Letter To Three Wives summary
		Three women of varying backgrounds prepare to board a boat which will transport them to a picnic.
		Suddenly they are handed a letter from their friend Addie Ross, who claims she is leaving town and taking one of the three women's husband with her.
		She does not mention which one's husband it is. The day is spent with the three women recalling scenes from their marriages in flashback.
	www.4alfalfa.com /Alfalfaddendum/wives.html (180 words)

	Joseph L. Mankiewicz " A Letter to Three Wives " Fox - Region 1- NTSC
		Joseph L. Mankiewicz " A Letter to Three Wives " Fox - Region 1- NTSC
		As three women head off on a boating trip with a group of children, they receive a letter written by a woman claiming to have stolen one of their husbands.
		All three endure the anguish of uncertainty until the boat trip ends—and the truth is revealed.
	www.dvdbeaver.com /film/DVDReviews9/a-letter-to-three-wives.htm (305 words)

	A Letter to Three Wives (1949) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Addie Ross who is never seen has written a letter to three of her girlfriends saying she's leaving town and taking one of their husbands with her.
		Three years later Kirk Douglas got one of his Oscar nominations in The Bad and the Beautiful.
		But their are undeniable similarities in A Letter To Three Wives to that film as well.
	us.imdb.com /Title?Letter+to+Three+Wives,+A+(1949) (771 words)

	TIME.com: The New Pictures -- Jan. 17, 1949 -- Page 1
		A Letter to Three Wives (20th Cenury-Fox) is a bright, unusual comedy that sets itself some high hurdles and clears them all—mostly with room to spare.
		The picture begins as three young matrons in station-wagon suburbia learn that one of their husbands has run off with a feared and envied local charmer.
		Leaving the runaway husband's identity dangling (neither the wives nor the audience is in on the secret at first), Writer-Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz explores each wife's marital security in three long flashbacks.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,780149-1,00.html (808 words)

	DVDFanatic Review: Letter to Three Wives
		A Letter to Three Wives (1949) must have been a heady and provocative film for female audiences in its time.
		Three women – played by Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern –; commence on a boating trip but are interrupted by an unfriendly letter.
		Instead, A Letter to Three Wives has to be considered as an artifact from a time capsule, in that respect, the film is revealing of social practices circa 1949.
	www.dvdfanatic.com /review.php?id=lettertothreewives (789 words)

	A Letter to Three Wives (1949) - Channel 4 Film review
		Three wives in up-market suburbia along the Hudson River are about to leave their comfortable homes for a day out.
		A commentary (by the wonderful Holm) in the form of a letter to each states that the sender has run off with the husband of one of them.
		Cue anguish, an examination of their marriages and the dreadful realization that it could be any of them.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=105289 (163 words)

	A Letter to Three Wives
		If any of you are familiar with the original movie 'A Letter to Three Wives' with Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern, or its remake, well...
		Three doors to my left are the Wentworths.
		Anne and I have been friends from the crib for she is an Elliot, of course.
	www.austen.com /derby/dani1.htm (7781 words)

	Letter To Three Wives, A (DVD) :: Drama :: DVD :: Movies And Games On-Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern play three suburban housewives with very different marriages: one stable, one in a marriage of convenience and the other trapped in a relationship riddled by lies and suspicion.
		They are brought together by a strange letter which unexpectedly arrives one day from the resident siren, Addie Ross.
		As the women mull over the letter, jealously and suspicion flare as they think over their lives with their husbands, only to come to the conclusion that any one of the men could easily have left with Ms.
	www.moviesandgamesonline.co.uk /xcart/product.php?productid=39880 (282 words)

	Optimum Releasing: A Letter To Three Wives
		A Letter To Three Wives is Joseph L. Mankiewicz' award-winning satire about three married women who are tormented with the knowledge that one of their husbands has left them, in this high-calibre drama which remains a sharp study of suburban life.
		In the letter, she informs the women that she’s leaving town for good — and will be taking one of their husbands with her, but fails to reveal who’s husband she is taking.
		With an ensemble cast that includes excellent performances from Kirk Douglas and Thelma Ritter, A Letter To Three Wives is a classic film from a master filmmaker.
	www.optimumreleasing.com /dvd.php?id=150 (263 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: A Letter to Three Wives: Fox Studio Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Almost six decades before Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, and the rest of the "Desperate Housewives" gang stormed the network airwaves, another group of country-club types was suffering in the suburbs in Joseph Mankiewicz's Oscar-winning A Letter to Three Wives (1949).
		Fans of the former will notice some interesting similarities between the ABC-TV hit and the Fox classic: Both are set in "perfect" neighborhoods in "perfect" towns and feature voice-overs by mysterious, all-knowing narrators who were once part of the core group of women but have, for one reason or another, departed.
		In A Letter to Three Wives, that narrator is Addie Ross (voiced by Celeste Holm), a paragon of female perfection (in men's eyes, anyway…) who drops a bomb on her three best friends when she writes them a letter saying she's left town — and taken one of their husbands with her.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/l/lettertothreewives.q.shtml (496 words)

	Linda Darnell @ Classic Movie Favorites - Biography
		Unfortunately, although this film was a huge success Linda didn't feel she had earned the critical acclaim she hoped for.
		However two years later in the film A Letter to Three Wives she achieved both critical acclaim and true stardom.
		The picture on the piano in A Letter to Three Wives that was supposed to be Addie Ross, was instead one of Otto Preminger whom Linda hated.
	classicmoviefavorites.com /darnell/bio.html (714 words)

	Seattle Gay News' Review of ReAct's A Letter to Three Wives
		If the people handling this delicate task are the Repertory Actors Workshop (known for their multi-cultural takes on traditional plays), then the answer is simple - stick to the script, fill the stage with authentic '40's style furnishings and cast the show with a multi-ethnic group of talented actors.
		ReAct's A Letter to Three Wives, based on the award winning film by Joseph Mankewicz, is not only tru to the original, but maybe better.
		Amy Waschke, Colleen Burke and Ellen Dessler play the three wives in a post-World War II town, who receive a cryptic letter from a woman they have all grown to dislike.
	www.reacttheatre.org /review/sgnletter.html (303 words)

	notcoming.com \| A Letter to Three Wives
		A little of the glory rubbed off on Ritter, as she actually received second billing on her next film and was soon being nominated for (yet never winning) her own Academy Awards year after year in the 1950s.
		A Letter to Three Wives, on the other hand, is a film that not only offered a great role for Ritter, but also offered a half-dozen other superb roles, all filled by a mix of first-rate actors both tyro (Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain) and veteran (Ann Sothern, Jeffery Lynn).
		Of course, this does not mean that A Letter to Three Wives was merely a dress rehearsal for a more perfectly-practiced film.
	www.notcoming.com /reviews.php?id=381 (634 words)

	'Letter' has stamp of a movie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sosna's stage show is snappy and smart, full of the brisk wit that characterized midcentury American movies at their best.
		The letter of the title is from the town femme fatale, Eva.
		The letter is like a marriage counselor's gimmick.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /theater/letteq.html (498 words)

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